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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 ...

WE ARE DEVELOPING A MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY APPROACH TO GROW EPITAXIAL DIAMOND THIN FILMS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES. WITH HALOGEN ATOMS AND HALOCARBON FREE RADICALS TO CONTROL THE DEPOSITION WE WILL OVERCOME THE PROPENSITY OF TYPICAL DIAMOND DEPOSITION PROCESSES TO GROW 3-DIMENSIONAL MICRO-CRYSTALLINE FILMS. IT THIS PROJECT SUCCEEDS, WE WILL DEVELOP A HIGH-SPEEED AND/OR HIGH POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICE TE ...

A laser beam will be totally electronically scanned among any number of discrete angular positions within a nearly 180 degree sector by exciting an array of elements disposed over the focal surface of a lens or reflector through a set of controlled switches. Feasibility of the proposed switched array will be established through fabrication and test of a prototype. The configuration of objective an ...

A Hall thruster (HT) using C60 fullerene as the propellant is currently being developed. The HT is a magnetized neutral plasma electrostatic thruster that has been successfully deployed by the Russians. Efficiencies of 50-70 % at Isp up to 3000 second were achieved, and lifetimes in thousands of hours were demonstrated. The HT performance may be improved by replacing the current propellant of choi ...

High energy (>1kJ/cc) varistors operating at cryogenic temperatures (

A novel organic/inorganic composite is described which promises to yield nonlinear optical materials that have extraordinarily high stereoregularities and contain very few defects. The overall approach takes advantage of the highly structured order of special template materials to form previoiusly unknown organic/inorganic composites that promise to have high NLO susceptibilities. The success of t ...

Cr:LiCAF shows potential as an efficient tunable laser with good beam quality at moderate power levels. While efficient laser operation for Cr:LiCAF has been demonstrated in the laboratory, commercialization is impeded because large crystals with low scatter loss are not available. The proposed program is to adapt the Heat Exchanger Method (HEM) for growth of Cr:LiCAF crystals. Since crystal growt ...

SOLID-STATE BATTERIES HAVE LONGER SHELF-LIFE AND BETTER RELIABILITY THAN THEIR LIQUID ELECTROLYTE COUNTERPARTS. THEY HAVE LONG SHELF-LIFE DUE TO LITTLE OR NO SELF-DISCHARGE, ARE RUGGED AND CAN BE ASSEMBLED INTO LEAKAGE CURRENT-FREE BIPOLAR STRUCTURES. BIPOLAR BATTERIES ARE DESIRED FOR APPLICATIONS REQUIRING HIGH POWER DRAINS SUCH AS PORTABLE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, ELECTRIC DRILLS, ENGINE STARTER ...

Organic polymers will play a key role in optical processing by spatial light modulation, information storage, and optical bistability. This project will develop the first examples of polymers in which light induces persistent changes in optical absorption, electronic conductivity, and refractive index, all potentially on the time scale of electronic motion. The polymer should also exhibit strong n ...

Solution based deposition processes represent an extremely attractive method for the inexpensive fabrication of high Tc superconducting films on large area and non-planar surfaces. EIC Laboratories has developed a unique precursor consisting of an extremely soluble Cu-Ba-Y oxoalkalide complex that can be deposited on planar and non-planar surfaces by standard spin and dip coating techniques. The p ...