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Light scatter has been used to map and size particles on silicon wafers for many years, producing accurate maps of particle position and giving an indication of particle size, but do not reveal any information about particle composition. Today's technology is limited by noise, precluding detection of the smallest particles of interest. Present instruments are not adequate for the next generation ...

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Phase conjugation, discovered over 20 years ago, now has a wide assortment of applications. However, phase conjugation requires that the medium in which the phase conjugation takes place in be lossless. Based on recent preliminary research for which it is anticipated a patent will be applied for, it now appears possible for a limited though important class of materials to extend the phase conjugat ...

In the proposed research we will investigate methods for improving the performance of very long wavelength infrared (VLWIR) photovoltaic detectors fabricated from Hg1-xMnxTe. This material was chosen because Hg1-xMnxTe has been shown to have superior mechanical, chemical and thermal stability compared Hg1-xCdxTe. During previously SBIR-BMDO funded work, Brimrose Corporation successfully fabricate ...

Brimrose Corporation has developed a novel low-temperature and low energy ion-beam assisted growth process for minimizing the problems and improving the quality of the hetero epitaxial films of III-V compound semiconductors on foreign substrates such as silicon, germanium, etc. The improvement in the quality of hetero epitaxial InP/Si films will be achieved by using this novel low temperature grow ...

Phase I technical objectives of Brimrose Corporation are two fold. They are: 1) Epitaxial growth of AlxGa1-xN solar blind detector material device structure on new lattice and thermal matched substrates and evaluation of the material properties. The film growth will be carried out in Brimrose Corporation's 'Novel' ECR MOMBE Reactor using rare earth permanent magnets; 2) Preliminary epitaxial growt ...

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Novel high surface area electrodes, based upon conducting polymers, will be fabricated for use in advanced multilayer capacitors. Compact and flexible capacitor designs are anticipated which will possess significantly improved energy densities compared with state-of-the-art capacitor systems. The development of high performance and safe energy systems is an important National goal. The potential c ...

CST proposes research and development of an artificial neural geometric engine designed according to a Lie group model of cortical visual information processing that can rapidly determine affine difference between two images. Computing parameters of geometric transform, such as scale, rotation, shear, shift, are considered as "inverse problem" in computer vision. The currently available warping an ...

Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSEL) offer unique optical and electrical characteristics including single mode operation, low power requirements, low beam divergence, circular beam shape and 2D configurability. As in any semiconductor laser these lasers lack temporal and spatial uniformity in wavelength for most present application. With the fast growing interest and development of appl ...