[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76086-76087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21107]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


State University of New York at Stony Brook University, et al.; 
Notice of Decision on Application 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).On 
August 9, 2024, the Department of Commerce published a notice in the 
Federal Register requesting public comment on whether instruments of 
equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which the instruments 
identified in the docket(s) below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States. See Application(s) for Duty-Free 
Entry of Scientific Instruments, 89 FR 65323-24, August 9, 2024 
(Notice). We received no public comments.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no 
instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments 
described below, for such purposes as these are intended to be used, 
that were being manufactured in the United States at the time of order.
    Docket Number: 24-020. Applicant: State University of New York at 
Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5230. 
Instrument:Miniature 2-Photon Microscope System. Manufacturer: Nanjing 
Transcend Vivoscope Bio-Technology Co., Ltd., China.Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used for neuroscientists to enable them to 
study brain activity with unprecedented detail and flexibility. 
Acquiring a miniature two-photon scope for campus use would 
significantly advance neuroscience research at Stony Brook.
    Docket Number: 24-021. Applicant: Washington State University, 
Procurement and Contract Services, French Administration Building 240, 
P.O. Box 64120, Pullman, WA 99164-1020. Instrument: Optical Lens, 
Polarized Beamsplitter, Broadband Dielectric Mirror, Non-polorizing 
Beamsplitter, Zero-order half and quarter. Manufacturer: Fuzhou 
Sunlight Technology, Co., Ltd., People's Republic of China. Intended 
Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study quantum phenomena, 
such as: Quantum memory, quantum computing, and quantum networking, and 
to investigate the quantum properties of such neutral atom array. This 
device could also be used for educational purposes. For graduate 
students' education (Physics 800 Doctoral Research) and undergraduate 
students' educations (Physics 499 Special Projects), students can learn 
how to operate lasers and MOT system to trap neutral atoms and form 
atom arrays and design optical layout. These tools will be commonly 
used in most quantum optics labs.
    Docket Number: 24-022. Applicant: Columbia University, Department 
of Physics, Pupin Hall, 538 W 120 Street, New York, NY 10027. 
Instrument: Fiber Laser. Manufacturer: PreciLasers, China. Intended 
Use: The instrument is intended to be used for the production of an 
ultracold and trapped gas of Strontium-88 atoms for a Sr2 
molecular clock experiment. This molecular clock will be used to 
perform precise measurements of molecular vibrational energies, 
enabling the study of physics beyondthe standard model. Learning to use 
lasers is an important part of the training of graduate students 
pursuing Ph.D.s--through using the lasers; they learn laser physics and 
practical aspects of operating and maintaining lasers.
    Docket Number: 24-023. Applicant: Instrument: University of 
Colorado JILA Department, 3300 Walnut Street, Unit B, JILA Building, 
Room S/175, Boulder, CO 80301. Instrument: Fiber Laser. Manufacturer: 
Shanghai Precilasers Technology Co., Ltd., China. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used for the JILA eEDM Generation III 
experiment designed to explore physics beyond the Standard Model by 
precisely measuring the electron electric dipole moment (eEDM) using a 
tabletop setup. The approach involves measuring the eEDM within a 
molecular ion, which enhances the eEDM effect for better accuracy. The 
fiber laser we intend to acquire will provide the necessary 300 mW 
power output for both transitions.
    Docket Number: 24-024. Applicant: Columbia University, Department 
of Physics, Pupin Hall, 538 W 120th Street, New York, NY 10027. 
Instrument: Fiber Laser. Manufacturer: PreciLasers, China. Intended 
Use: The instrument is intended to be used for the production of an 
ultracold and trapped gas of Strontium-88 atoms for a SR2 
molecular clock experiment. This molecular clock will be used to 
perform precise measurements of molecular vibrational energies, 
enabling the study of physics beyond the Standard Model. Also, the 
instrument will be used to make sensitive measurements of the 
properties of the SR2 molecule in an optical lattice. In 
particular, looking for evidence of non-Newtonian gravity at Angstrom 
range, a possible indication of new physics required to explain the 
nature of dark matter in the universe.
    Docket Number: 24-025.Applicant: Trustees of Boston College, 140 
Commonwealth Avenue, Higgins Hall 335, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. 
Instrument: Atomic Force Microscope Tip Containing Single Nitrogen 
Vacancy Centers. Manufacturer: QZabre Limited, Switzerland. Intended 
Use: The instrument is intended to be used in research projects in 
quantum information science and quantum materials. The diamond atomic 
force microscope tip (AFM) tip with single nitrogen vacancy (NV) 
centers will allow us to obtain the highest spatial resolution imaging 
of magnetic stray fields and current distributions. The instruments 
will be conducted by graduate students enrolled in doctoral

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program at Boston College. This will significantly benefit their 
training on cutting-edge quantum sensing techniques and allow them to 
join the US STEM workforce upon graduation.

    Dated: September 12, 2024.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies and Economic Analysts, Enforcement and Compliance.
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