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Nicalon fiber-reinforced SiC matrix composites owe their good mechanical properties at room temperature to either C or BN interfaces, which provide a weak interfacial bond. However, C and BN interfaces encounter oxidation problems at elevated temperatures in oxidizing environments resulting in degradation of mechanical properties. Recent efforts to replace C and BN interfaces have identified alu ...

Multi-component dielectric thin films suitable for solid state electronics have been deposited using various conventional chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques, including organometallic CVD, plasma enhanced CVD, and low pressure CVD. However, these approaches are difficult to integrate with standard silicon IC processing of ferroelectric DRAM and NVFRAM attributed to high deposition temperat ...

The ability to provide an accurate and integrated picture of the battle-space in order to support command level decision making is a crucial component of the modem advanced warfare management system. This ability can be significantly improved through the introduction of collaborative decision support tools. In this proposal Datamat Systems Research, Inc. (Datamat) presents the development of a cla ...

The intelligent data processing tools of the command posts of the future must be able to take full advantage of the huge amount of available information by having a mechanism for the fusion of disparate types of data. The fusion of data can yield some information which may not be obtainable when the data are interpreted separately. The proposed work focuses on providing a general architecture for ...

Dominion Technology proposes to reformulate common digital signal processing algorithms in a form particularly well suited to implementation using a reconfigurable computer based on Field Programmable Gate Arrays. Such techniques offer improvements in throughput of an order of magnitude or more compared to conventional algorithms implemented on programmable DSP chips as software. Dominion further ...

We propose here a ferroelectric trigger for a UWB source with high voltages and operated at high rep rate. This trigger will be simpler and more reliable than existing designs, and will be implemented at lower cost. In addition, this trigger will allow operation at much higher rep rates than existing designs. Finally, the proposed switch will have a lower jitter than competing designs. During Pha ...

The broad applicability of soft x-ray lasers to metallurgy, dense plasma diagnostics, nano/micro lithography, study of biological cells, and directed energy weapons has prompted a widespread search for lasing media. Gain has been demonstrated in plasma Droduced by large high Dower optical laser systems and pulse power Z pinch systems or in smaller capillary discharges which have a limited energy o ...

The aim of this effort is to inexpensively produce high performance strained-Si devices. The idea is to introduce strain into the Si lattice mechanically, and not via lattice mismatched, layered, heterostructures. Strain will be introduced by curving the ICs around a cylindrical packaging form. Using only standard fabrication techniques, integrated circuitry will be processed on thin single crysta ...

In this Phase I SBIR a totally new, non intrusive optical method for making fundamental atmospheric turbulence measurements will be investigated. A correlation between the movement of a pair of thin beams is used to define the inner and outer scale size independent of any assumed turbulence model and to calculate the index of refraction coefficient. During the effort, extensions will be made to th ...

Infrared transparent domes for missiles require a multi-mode system of electromagnetic guidance. In recent-years efforts have been concentrated on maximizing the resolution of such detector materials and provide sensor guidance systems between the W. visible and the mid IR ranges. With a higher thermal shock resistance than any available optical material, sapphire is the material of choice, but di ...