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Herein, PSI propose a system-on-chip (SoC) solution for an entangled photon pair source (EPPS) based on thin-film lithium niobate on insulator (TFLNOI) photonic integrated circuits (PIC). Using integrated photonic devices such as fiber coupler, waveguide, modulator, splitter/combiner and micro-ring, the proposed EPPS can generate and process the entangled photons with high efficiency and speed. In ...

Our innovation, Focused LIBS for Elements in Water IDentification (FLEW.ID), is a compact, cost-effective, and sensitive instrument for monitoring the elemental composition of aqueous solutions in plant growth systems on-board the International Space Station (ISS). FLEW.ID utilizes a miniaturized, low-pulse energy laser for performing laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) measurements that, ...

nbsp;We are developing unique Silicon Carbide (SiC) solar blind UV detectors with broad potential impacts in Planetary and Earth Sciences and Heliophysics. We propose to fabricate unique, passive and active, SiC UV linear sensor arrays. We will ultimately scale up our technology to fabricate 128x2 SiC active arrays with lt;40um pixel pitch, with a 3T amplifier readout circuit integrated directly i ...

nbsp;The development of miniaturized spectrometers has revolutionized a wide range of industries. However, traditional off-the-shelf spectrometer designs suffer from essential deficiencies that are limiting their usage in important fields such as medical diagnostics or environmental monitoring. We propose adopting a set of new technologies and machine learning processes in designing and developing ...

The promise of personalized medicine can be realized in part via point-of-care 3D drug printing, but only if there are reliable quality measures available. Children and seniors may need custom or easy-to-swallow doses, a need now addressed only in a limited way by ad-hoc in-pharmacy compounding. Compliance-targeted enhancements such as flavor and shape choices are particularly important for childr ...

Prescribed burns are a critical aspect of land management, but they require vegetation data that is hard to obtain at high resolution and on the timescale required. Our autonomous UAV collects critical fire modeling variables through subcanopy flight, enabling rapid surveys for faster and safer burn planning. In Phase I, we proved the feasibility of mapping live fuel moisture content (LFMC) with s ...

nbsp;The current trend in power electronics is to create a module solution to achieve higher densities and functionality. The advanced current and future NASA missions need more ldquo;plug and playrdquo; solutions, therefore the concept of combining power electronics modules to create a compact multi-input and multi-output power ldquo;boxrdquo; is becoming the norm in advancing the state-of-the-ar ...

The planet Venus is an interesting target for scientific exploration. However, long-duration missions to the surface of Venus present a significant challenge to the power system due to its ambient temperature (390 to 485oC), high surface pressure of carbon dioxide (92 bar) and other corrosive gases. Therefore, conventional power technologies including photovoltaic power systems and the traditional ...

Smallsats offer significant potential in allowing for relatively inexpensive, rapid deployment and robust space operations, communications, science, etc. However, these smallsats are inherently power-limited and thus are correspondingly limited in their data rate capabilities. Accordingly, focus has been on constructing a swarm of these smallsats wherein each smallsat (or lsquo;nodersquo;) would t ...

In this work we willnbsp; develop and prototype a SiC integrated power conversion modular platform for electronics that can operate at very high temperature (500C). The platform is for NASA to use in its space vehicles and rovers to provide power to a set a different instruments and actuators from a single main DCnbsp; bus line and convert it to the various other DC levels that are required by the ...