Many articles have been published on the use of saturable ferromagnetic materials to generate pulsed power by magneticswitching or pulse sharpening effects. previous work has used either amorphous alloys such as metglas (r) else conventional ferrites. the frequency response of matglas (r) is… More

Commercially available amorphous magnetic materials prepared by rapid quenching from the melt are restricted in thickness to the range of approximately 0.5 mils to 5 mils and cannot be formed directly onto substrates. many prior workers have used sputtering to deposit small samples of amorphous thin… More

In this project we will expand upon the existing technology of multilayer magnetic thin film composites to develop a pseudo-bulk material with stable magnetic properties over the entire 0 to > 600 deg c temperature range. the saturation magnetization and permeability of this material at 600 deg c… More

The immediate goal of this proposed work in phase i is to sputter deposit and test samples of metallic glass on silicon wafers. the long term goal is to fabricate low cost, monolithic accelerometers where all of the components are integrated onto a single silicon wafer. the most important phase i… More

In this project the researchers will systematically examine "moth eye" or geometric transition structures for use as optical absorbing surfaces to reduce scattered light inside sensitive optical instruments. the emphasis will be placed on fabrication techniques that meet all three of the following… More