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We live in a three dimensional world, where we can go around an object and observe it from all angles. The current displays: TVs, movie screens, and computer monitors are all two dimensional devices. These displays give us only "flattened" realities. The missing third dimension carries with it tremendous amounts of information that is absolutely vital to the users. ACT has demonstrated the princip ...

EXPLOITATION IN MICROELECTRONICS OF THE VERY HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS OF FERROELECTRIC PEROVSKITES SUCH AS BATIO3 AND PZT HAS BEEN LIMITED BY MATERIALS PROCESSING AND COMPATIABILITY PROBLEMS. HIGH QUALITY FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS HAVE NOT BEEN GROWN AT TEMPERATURES COMPATIABLE WITH STANDARD SI OR GAAS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES. A HUGE PAYOFF AWAITS ONE WHO CAN UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF FERROELECTRIC ...

The need for compact solid state ultraviolet light sources includes clinical light sources for a variety of surgeries, analytical instrumentation sources and communications systems based on shorter wavelengths that will be able to handle higher information densities. Such advanced optoelectric applications demand totally new materials. Of those available, silicon carbide is the most promising for ...

Many key steps in semiconductor "chip" manufacture utilize gases to form thin films which are critical to both device performance and cost. Over $2 billion worth of equipment, materials and peripherals are now sold annually to the semiconductor manufacturers who use gas phase processing. As increased memory demands escalate the need for thinner films, higher quality and lower costs, ever more exac ...

High temperature superconducting (HTSC) materials offer the potential for major cost and performance advantages in advanced high frequency communications and radar sytems. Key to the use of these materials in subsystems is the fabrication of components, especially low loss switches, which can replace standard components. Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., in conjunction with Harris Corporation, ...

The continuing drive toward increased circuit densities in dynamic random access memories (DRAMs) has spurred great interest in new dielectric materials that permit greater storage capacitor charge density. Ferroelectrics are particularly attractive because of their intrinsically large dielectric constant, and non-volatile and radiation-hard memory capability. Application of ferroelectrics in micr ...

The use of optoelectronic materials, such as gallium arsenide, in applications ranging from fiber optics to solid-state lasers has been growing rapidly. The fabrication of these materials requires exacting control over material composition, purity, uniformity and production rate. Typically these materials contain small amounts of rare earth dopants or impurities which are designated to enhance the ...

Infrared radiation sensing has grown rapidly as both a military and commercial detection and measurement technique. Recently the sensitivity of infrared detection has been improved by the used of focal plane arrays which have the capability of imaging scenes of very low contrast by collecting radiation over long periods of time. This technique can be dramatically enhanced by the use of new materia ...

MISSILE SEEKERS MUST DETECT TARGETS IN DUAL BANDS (3-5 UM AND 8-12 UM). THEY NOW USE HYBRID ASSEMBLY OF TWO SEPARATE ARRAYS, WHICH INCREASES THE POWER, CONSUMPTION, THE WEIGHT, AND THE COST. WE WILL DEVELOP MONOLITIHIC DUAL BAND 128X128 STARING ARRAYS ON HGCDTE MATERIAL. THE INNOVATION IS THE DETECTION OF BOTH LONG AND SHORT WAVE SIGNALS IN THE SAME PIXEL SIMULTANEOUSLY. FABRICATION METHODS ARE DE ...

Recent advances enable thermionic converters to achieve energy conversion efficiencies of up to 30%. Advanced Energy Technology will explore this technology for nuclear space power. High efficiency means that more power can be obtained with a smaller system radiator; this reduces spacecraft mass and increases manueverability, as well as improved packaging. Our converter is inherently survivable ag ...