Fiscal Year:
1983
Title:
GENERATION OF PROGRAMMABLY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND
Agency / Branch:
DOD / DARPA
Contract:
N/A
Award Amount:
$52,975.00
Abstract:
THE CONCEPT PROPOSED IS AND ELECTRO-OPTIC TECHNIQUE THAT WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO SPATIALLY MODULATE A HIGH POWER PULSED LASER BEAM TO THERMOELASTICALLY INDUCE FOCUSED ULTRASOUND IN A TEST MATERIAL. BEING A PURELY ELECTRO-OPTICDEVICE, THE MODULATOR, AND THEREFORE THE DEPTH AT WHICH THE ACOUSTIC FOCUS OCCURS, CAN BE PROGRAMMED ELECTRONICALLY AT ELECTRONIC SPEEDS. IF SUCCESSFUL, IT WOULD BECOME POSSIBLE TO SCAN A SOUND CONTINUOUSLY IN THREE DIMENSIONS WITHIN THE COMPONENT OR STRUCTURE UNDER TEST.
Principal Investigator:
Business Contact:
J.l. Doty, Ph.d.
7145498477
Small Business Information at Submission:
Spectron Development
3303 Harbor Blvd., Suite G-3 Costa Mesa, CA 92626
EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS:
N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
HUBZone-Owned:
No