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Lead-salts have been the only semiconductor alloys of capable of diode laser emission in the mid-infrared (3-30 um). these devices were homostructure diffused diode lasers which operated continuously only at cryogenic temperatures. substantial improvements in lead-salt diode laser performance have… More

Optically pumped kerr-liquid filled hollow fiber devices are proposed as a novel multiwavelength coherent light source with applications in lidar and coherent optical sensor systems. the devices are based on stimulated rayleigh-kerr scattering from a kerr-liquid-filled hollow fiber system. the… More

The goal of this project is to use molecular beam epitaxy (mbe) of pbsnte and pbeusete on pbte substrates to develop and fabricate buried heterostructure (bh) tunable single-mode diode lasers emitting in the 15mum to 28mum spectral region with operation temperature in execess of 20 k. the bh diode… More

Multifunctional material with unique optical, electronic and structural characteristics are becoming increasingly important for variety of military and commercial needs ranging from new types of protective coating to optical signal processing and recording. molecular composites demonstrate enormous… More

There is a convincing need for novel and reliable memory storage devices to be used in rapidly advancing optical computer technology. the novel optical storage devices must have the attributes of high density data storage and retrival with high speeds to be compatible with ultra-fast optical… More

This research aims to demonstrate the utility of employing novel fiber-optic sensors for use in high pressure and high temperature environments. the planned sensor design employs a novel "surface composite" containing sol-gel coatings and immobilized fluorescent organic compounds. the first goal is… More

The innovation we propose in the phase i work is the development of novel and inexpensive route to pure ceramic coatings exhibiting well documented corrosion and wear resistance. the proposed effort will establish feasibility of formulating pure phase ceramic coating and explore the potential of… More

Second-harmonic generation, electrooptic modulation and optical beam steering are among the most important applications of second-order nonlinear optical processes. A new concept in the design of novel nonlinear optical materials is proposed in which second order chromophores are incorporated in… More

The development of novel bonding materials is of great importance to the fabrication of complex ceramic shapes whose machining is eith impossible or too expensive. In Phase I, Laser Photonic Technology, inc. proposes to explore the use of polymer precursors to silicon carbide, silicon nitride, and… More

Researchers are developing a fluoropolymer based immunoprobe. recent work in this area has illustrated the superiority of immobilizing biological recognition elements onto a fluoropolymer material as compared to conventional quartz substrata used in constructing fiber-optic immunoprobes. the… More

Efficient, environmentally stable, easily processable, and cost effective semiconducting materials are needed for fabrication of light emitting diodes to be used in large area, high resolution displays, and in optical recording. the research utilizes copolymers to fabricate visible light emitters… More

Electro-optic materials with large optical nonlinearities (electrooptic coefficients) and high thermal and temporal stabilities are crucial components in many photonics applications. Organic and polymeric NLO materials are excellent candidates for these applications. Current materials experience a… More

Electrooptic (EO) materials with large optical nonlinearities (electrooptic coefficients) and high thermal and temporal stabilities are crucial components in many photonics applications for aircraft avionics systems. Although polymeric NLO materials are excellent candidates for these… More

A consequence of improved laser technology is an increase in the potential for it to be used as an effective weapon. The principle intended targets are the sensitive tissues of the eye and a variety of optical instruments. Protection from these threats rests in the deployment of inexpensive power… More

The highly directional properties of lasers makes them effective weapons when they are directed at the human retina or other sensitive detectors. Lasers are becoming increasingly more reliable, smaller and of lower cost. The recent introduction of practical low-cost tunable lasers circumvents any… More

There is an increasing need for high capacity data storage devices. Current technologies familiar to all computer users include magnetic media and optical compact disks. The need to handle large amounts of information (especially graphical information) requires the development of new data storage… More

The highly directional properties of lasers makes them effective weapons when they are directed at the human retina or other sensitive detectors. Lasers are becoming increasingly more reliable, smaller and of lower cost. The recent introduction of practical low-cost tunable lasers circumvents any… More

There is an increasing need for high capacity data storage devices. Current technologies familiar to all computer users include magnetic media and optical compact disks. The need to handle large amounts of information (especially graphical information) requires the development of new data storage… More

An advanced LIDAR technology is proposed that can rapidly identify submerged marine mammals. The LIDAR devices will be aircraft or ship based and use laser reflections off submerged targets to determine their size and depth. A chief obstacle to tilizingLIDAR methods has been to eliminate sunlight,… More

Hybrid Technologies (HT, Amherst, NY) in cooperation with the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics (ILPB) at the State University of New York at Buffalo proposes to develop new bulk glass-photopolymer materials and investigate the feasibilityof using them for high efficiency, permanent,… More

Hybrid Technologies proposes in this Phase I feasibility program to develop a versatile method of fabricating high refractive index contrast photonic crystal structures. In our approach we will utilize a modified holographic interference method to produce the desired symmetry in a polymeric… More