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THE RESEARCH FOR AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO CRT TECHNOLOGY OF GENERATING VISUAL DISPLAY HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR YEARS. THE PROGRAM PROPOSED WILL DEFINE A METHOD OF PRODUCING A "CRT" TYPE OF VISUAL DISPLAY USING A LASER SCANNING CONCEPT PREVIOUSLY BASED ON WORK AT APA OPTICS, INC. THE PREVIOUS WORK DEFINED A METHOD OF GENERATING A NONMOVING PART SINGLE AXIS LASER SCAN GENERATOR. THIS PROGRAM WILL INVESTIG ...

CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION HAS BEEN FOCUSED UPON THE POSSIBLE USE OF TOXIC BIOLOGICAL AGENTS IN BOTH SOUTHEAST ASIA AND AFGHANISTAN. SUCH REPORTED INCIDENTS INDICATE A NEED FOR IMPROVING THE UNITED STATES' CAPABILITY OF ACCURATELY DETECTING A VARIETY OF NATURALLY OCCURRING TOXINS. ONE SUCH TOXIN OF CONSIDERABLE INTEREST IS ANATOXIN-A, A SECONDARY METABOLITE OF THE CYANOBACTERIA (BLUE-GREEN ALGAE) ANAB ...

A REQUIREMENT EXISTS TO PROVIDE OCULAR PROTECTION TO TROOPS AT RISK FROM LASER ENERGY EXPOSURE AND BALLISTIC FRAGMENTS WHILE MAINTAINING ESSENTIAL VISUAL PERFORMANCE. SINCE HOSTILE LASER BEAMS MAY BE AT UNEXPECTED WAVELENGTHS, THE USUAL NOTCH FILTER IS NOT A COMPLETE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM. THIS LABORATORY PROPOSES A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANSWER: AN INTERFERENCE FILTER THAT BLOCKS ALL OF THE VISIBLE ...

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THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTACTLESS, CAPACITIVE ENCODER SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A RUGGED, LOW COST DIGITAL CODE READER THAT IS SMALL IN SIZE, AND ABLE TO MEET ENVIRONMENTAL AND GUN LAUNCH STRESSES. THE EFFORT WOULD DRAW UPON VENDOR'S EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING ITS OWN COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC VERNIER CAPACITIVE ABSOLUTE ENCODER. PHASE I INVOLVES THE DESIGN OF THE THREE-RING SENSING ELEME ...

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, UNDER GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL SUPPORT, CONTINUUM DYNAMICS, INC. HAS MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN COMPUTING THE UNSTEADY WAKES OF ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT. THIS PROGRESS HAS RESULTED LARGELY FROM THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASIC CURVED VORTEX ELEMENT (BCVE), AS A FUNDAMENTAL WAKE ELEMENT BUILDING BLOCK, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL METHOD TO REPRESENT THE FULL-S ...

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A TWO STEP PROCESS FOR THE STERILIZATION OF HEAT LIABLE GOODS IS PROPOSED IN WHICH THE OXIDATION STRENGTH OF A GAS OR VAPOR IS ENHANCED THROUGH A PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION. THE PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION PRODUCES A SHORT LIVED OXIDANT SPECIES WHICH DISINFECTS THE ITEM BUT LEAVES NO TOXIC RESIDUE BEHIND. THIS APPROACH HAS THE ADVANTAGE THAT LESS TOXIC MATERIALS THAN THE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE STERILIZING GAS ...

UNTIL RECENTLY, NEARLY ALL MAJOR WORK ON HEMTS HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY MBE. WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, SEVERAL JAPANESE COMPANIES, AFTER INTENSIVE RESEARCH EFFORTS, HAVE BEGUN TO OFFER MOCVD-GROWTH HEMT DEVICES FOR SALE. BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE AND PREVIOUS WORK IN THE GROWTH AND FABRICATION OF MOCVD HEMTS, EMCORE FEELS THAT A CONCERTED EFFORT IN NECESSARY TO PROMOTE AND STIMULATE BOTH THE GROWTH AND FAB ...

THERE IS A GREAT INTEREST IN HIGH SPEED (5 NS) LIGHT DETECTION IN THE 1.7 TO 2.0 MICRON SPECTRAL RANGE. APPLICATIONS INCLUDE GAS MONITORING, DOWNHOLE LOGGING, ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSION, AND ACTIVE OPTICAL PROXITY SENSING. ALTHOUGH SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTODIODES (INAS, INSB, PBS, PBSE, ETC.) ARE AVAILABLE, THEY HAVE SLOW RESPONSE AND LACK SENSITIVITY. EPITAXX PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NOVEL METHOD TO FABRICA ...