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Arizona Optical Systems has developed the breakthrough technology FORM (Flexible Optical Ray Metrology) that measures complex aspheric windows in transmission, providing surface maps of both sides of the window. The FORM measurement system for window metrology uses a custom sensor package that looks through the window at modulated images on a digital display. Powerful tomographic software and care ...

Arizona Optical Systems has developed the breakthrough technology FORM (Flexible Optical Ray Metrology) that measures complex aspheric windows in transmission. {The FORM system for window metrology uses multiple CCD cameras that look through the window at modulated images on a digital display.} Powerful tomographic software and careful calibration are used to determine the surface irregularity of ...

We introduce a concept and a design for a high-speed, high-temperature infrared (IR) scene projector for midwave and longwave infrared application.Results from this study of carbon nanotube (CNT) material characteristics, along with field emission and electro-thermal modeling show that 2000K effectivemidwave infrared (MWIR) temperatures can be sustained and projected by this carbon nanotube pixel ...

Technological advances have facilitated weapons systems capable of simultaneously supporting multiple missions leading to cost efficiencies and greater operational flexibility.Future systems capable of deploying multiple payloads from a single missile will enable various targets to be attacked with a single launch allowing more efficient use of limited and valuable resources.For such a system to w ...

The laser absorption spectrometer approach offers the potential to provide the high-accuracy carbon dioxide mixing ratio measurements with the vertical and horizontal spatial resolution that is desired by the carbon cycle research community. It is generally agreed that 2.05 micron wavelength absorption band of carbon dioxide can offer good differential absorption optical depth. An amplifier with o ...

Non-traditional interior roof military vehicle impact injury prevention technologies address the challenge to provide warfighter survivability, allowing them to complete their mission, by preventing impact related injuries such as skull fractures and neck injuries, otherwise incurred during underbody blast, crash and rollover events. The solution accounts for the full range of occupants to include ...

Proposed, is a low cost fiber optic high dynamic range magnetic field gradient measurement system for noninvasive, real-time monitoring of bio-magnetic activities with high spatiotemporal resolution in unshielded environment. Each gradient measurement system would consist of 1 scalar magnetometer, 1 each of horizontal and vertical gradiometers, and additional scalar magnetometers for background ma ...

This project is to develop low loss bi-directional fiber tap couplers for high power fiber laser weapon systems with long term power handling beyond 1kW per channel, which can be integrated with Ytterbium ~1064nm and Thulium ~2000nm fiber laser systems. In Phase I, we will design a kilowatt capable fiber optic tap coupler and packaging for large mode area double clad fiber as well as photonic crys ...

"Alphacore proposes the development of a new digital readout integrated circuit (DROIC) that can be utilized for multiple applications through a unique digital programmability capability, includingdigitally programmable resolution. This programmability allows a single DROIC to be used for multiple applications, with each application having different resolution and speed requirements. In addition t ...