[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36170-36171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14368]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Pittsburgh, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision 
on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    This is a decision pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, as amended by Pub. L.106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). 
Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in Room 
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no 
instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments 
described below, for such purposes as each is intended to be used, that 
was being manufactured in the United States at the time of its order.
    Docket Number: 12-064. Applicant: University of Pittsburgh, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Instrument: Dilution Refrigerator with 18T 
Solenoid Superconducting Magnet. Manufacturer: Leiden Cryogenics, the 
Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 78 FR 7399-7400, February 1, 
2013. Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no 
instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments 
described below, for such purposes as this is intended to be used, that 
was being manufactured in the United States at the time of order. 
Reasons: The instrument will be used for three purposes: To develop 
ways for preserving quantum information in a way that is immune to a 
wide variety of decoherence mechanisms by using predicted topological 
properties of superconductors in two dimensions, to program fundamental 
couplings at near-

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atomic scales and quantum simulation of ``metasuperconductors'' by 
using the extreme nanoscale precision with which the LaAIO3/
SrTiO3 interface can be gated, and to develop new mechanisms 
for the transfer of quantum information between long-lived localized 
states (nitrogen-vacancy centers) and delocalized states 
(superconducting resonators). The experiments will combine the unique 
local control capable with the LaAIO3/SrTiO3 
interface with the natural tendency of SrTiO3 to become 
superconducting to develop superconducting structures with vortices 
that will be manipulated to achieve topologically protected quantum 
computation, as well as electrostatic programming of the 
LaAIO3/SrTiO3 interface with V(x,y) to create new 
electronic states of matter which themselves can become 
superconducting. The unique properties of this instrument are the 
capability of cooling the sample below the superconducting transition 
temperature (Tc~200mK), to apply large magnetic fields >18T) to 
investigate the large spin-orbit present in these samples (Bso~15T), 
and the ability to orient the sample in any orientation relative to the 
magnetic fields.
    Docket Number: 12-066. Applicant: University of Pittsburgh, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Instrument: mK Scanning Probe Microscope. 
Manufacturer: Nanomagnetics, Turkey. Intended Use: See notice at 78 FR 
7399-7400, February 1, 2013. Comments: None received. Decision: 
Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific value to 
the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as this is 
intended to be used, that was being manufactured in the United States 
at the time of order. Reasons: The instrument will be used for three 
purposes: to develop ways for preserving quantum information in a way 
that is immune to a wide variety of decoherence mechanisms, by using 
predicted topological properties of superconductors in two dimensions, 
to program fundamental couplings at near-atomic scales and quantum 
simulation of ``metasuperconductors'' by using the extreme nanoscale 
precision with which the LaAIO3/SrTiO3 interface 
can be gated, and to develop new mechanisms for the transfer of quantum 
information between long-lived localized states (nitrogen-vacancy 
centers) and delocalized states (superconducting resonators). The 
experiments will combine the unique local control capable with the 
LaAIO3/SrTiO3 interface with the natural tendency 
of SrTiO3 to become superconducting to develop 
superconducting structures with vortices that will be manipulated to 
achieve topologically protected quantum computation, as well as 
electrostatic programming of the LaAIO3/SrTiO3 
interface with V(x,y) to create new electronic states of matter which 
themselves can become superconducting. The unique properties of this 
instrument are the capability of scanning probe microscopy at base 
temperature (T<50mK), and to locally (on nanometer scales) gate, 
modify, and probe nanowire devices and quantum dot arrays.
    Docket Number: 13-006. Applicant: Oregon Health and Science 
University, Portland, OR 97239. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 
78 FR 13860-13861, March 1, 2013. Comments: None received. Decision: 
Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific value to 
the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as this is 
intended to be used, that was being manufactured in the United States 
at the time of order. Reasons: The instrument will be used to obtain a 
powerfully detailed picture of the architecture of the molecular 
signals that function in normal and diseased tissues at the molecular, 
cell, tissue and organism levels.
    The data will be used to improve management of human diseases 
including cancer, cardiovascular disease, immunodeficiency and 
dementia.

    Dated: June 11, 2013.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-14368 Filed 6-14-13; 8:45 am]
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