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X-RAY SOURCE ENHANCEMENT FOR X-RAY LASER (XRL) MATERIAL RESPONSE EXPERIMENTATION
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Woman-Owned: NoMinority-Owned: NoHUBZone-Owned: No
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Fiscal Year: 1987Title: X-RAY SOURCE ENHANCEMENT FOR X-RAY LASER (XRL) MATERIAL RESPONSE EXPERIMENTATIONAgency / Branch: DOD / MDAContract: N/AAward Amount: $483,000.00
Abstract:
AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF SDI DEVELOPMENT OF X-RAY LASER (XRL) WEAPONS SYSTEMS AND THE COUNTERMEASURES IS THE EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF EFFECTS OF SIMULATION FIDELITY AND THE CREATION OF MATERIALS RESPONSE DATABASES. THIS EXPERIMENTALPROGRAM USES AS A SOURCE OF INTENSE SOFT X-RAY THE PLASMA RADIATING SOURCE (PRS) OPERATED BY THE DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY. THE PRS AS CURRENTLY USED FALLS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT X-RAY FLUENCE, SPECTRAL QUALITY AND DEBRIS-FREE MEASUREMENT ENVIRONMENT REQUIRED BY THIS NEW XRL EFFECTS TESTING ROLE. A CALCULATIONAL/EXPERIMENTAL PHASE I PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP A SPECTRALLY DISCRIMINATING X-RAY CONCENTRATOR OPTIC COMPONENT THAT WILL IMPROVE PRS PERFORMANCE IN THE XRL TESTING ROLE. THE BASIS FOR THIS COM PONENT IS THE ADVANCED LAYERED SYNTHETIC MICROSTRUCTURE (LSM) X-RAY INTERFERENCE MIRROR. PHASE I CALCULATIONAL EFFORT WILL ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING FIGURED LSM X-RAY CONCENTRATOR OPTICS OFR PRS ENHANCEMENT. EXPERIMENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED AT A PRS FACILITY TO DEMONSTRATE DEBRIS MITIGATION AND TO INVESTIGATE LSM SURVIVABILITY IN THE PRS ENVIRONMENT.Small Business Information at Submission:Principal Investigator:
Louis N Koppel
4087337780Business Contact:
Advanced Research & Applctns
1223 E Arques Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94086EIN/Tax ID:DUNS: N/ANumber of Employees:Woman-Owned: NoMinority-Owned: NoHUBZone-Owned: No
Award Information
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Agency: Department of Defense |
Branch: Missile Defense Agency |
Award ID: 2476 |
Program Year/Program: 1987 / SBIR |
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Agency Tracking Number: 2476 |
Solicitation Year: N/A |
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A |
Solicitation Number: N/A |