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ABSTRACT: We will design, fabricate and test a quantum processing unit (QPU) based on a symmetric ion trap chip. The trap will provide trapping depth similar to that obtain with macrosize Paul traps. In addition to the ion trap, this chip will incorporate integrated optical systems which will deliver the light fields required by the elementary quantum processing unit (or quantum sensing unit). ...

So-called tabletop accelerators are a holy-grail of high energy/high field physics and, if developed, as indicated by the Department of Energy in the Accelerators for America report, will spur a revolution in particle physics discoveries and also in medical treatments. This is because planned next-generation particle accelerators are still kilometers in size and billions of dollars to build and su ...

Accelerators used for nuclear-physics research require megawatts of radio-frequency energy. They currently employ vacuum-tube power amplifiers or conventional solid-state amplifiers that are inefficient and therefore consume a great deal of prime power. Many other applications including semiconductor processing, cellular-telephone base station transmitters and military communication systems simila ...

Accelerators used for nuclear-physics research require megawatts of radio-frequency energy. They currently employ vacuum-tube power amplifiers or conventional solid-state amplifiers that areinefficient and therefore consume a great deal of prime power. Many other applications including semiconductor processing, cellular-telephone base station transmitters and military communication systems similar ...

Superconducting radio frequency (SRF) accelerating cavities are being successfully used for acceleration of electron beams worldwide. The use of superconducting structures helps maximize the accelerating gradient, which is a highly desirable trait for applications involving linear accelerators or storage rings. Application of todays multi-spoke accelerating structures in future SRF electron lina ...

In the last ten to fifteen years, superconducting radio frequency cavities have begun to be utilized in accelerators for light sources, first as passive cavities for stabilizing the beam and later in the accelerating sections. In this SBIR proposal, Niowave will build and test the quarter-wave cavity design developed in Phase I of the SBIR. This new cavity system is simpler and less expensive to ...

The DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (Kbase) was envisioned to provide a framework to support modeling of dynamic cellular processes of microorganisms, plants and metacommunities. The Kbase will provide the tools and data to permit rapid iteration of experiments that draw on a variety of data types and allow end-users to infer how cells and communities respond to natural or induced perturbations, ...

ABSTRACT: In Phase I, Cybernet worked with the Air Force to design and create an automated monitoring system for gathering census data about potentially endangered species to assist with compliance with the Sikes act. This Animal Detection Module (ADM) features visible and infrared cameras, a relational database for stored still pictures, video, and metadata, and Cybernet"s cutting edge image pr ...

ABSTRACT: Sorting, solvent-cleaning, promoting, delivering, sealing and installing 30,000 fasteners per day is a critical task required for full-rate production of the F-35 Lightning II. These 30,000 fasteners are comprised of approximately 350 unique part numbers and each must receive one of three different promoter solutions and sealers, each with time-limited properties. Preparing the fast ...

ABSTRACT: A proposal for a Phase II effort that continues the development of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based tool for the prediction of bulk residual stresses, started under the Phase I effort, is presented. The key objective in this proposal is to improve the numerical heat transfer methods explored in Phase I via experimentation, theoretical development, and validation. Small scal ...