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Spatial light modulators are the limited component of optical signal processors. Electronic modulators, including liquid crystals and magento-optic modulators, are expensive, low resolution, and slow. The optical disk offers high resolution at moderate cost. The "pixel" size is on the order of one micron. The total system works to this accuracy by using an active feedback controlled system for ali ...

"Advances in laser technology currently allow for the relative compact packaging of high power pulse lasers and moderate power continuous wave systems. These systems can be used as effective countermeasures against optical sensors. Military sensorssusceptible to this type of countermeasure are mounted on certain types of infrared guided missiles, aircraft systems for guidance and reconnaissance, ...

"Advances in laser technology currently allow for the relative compact packaging of high power pulse lasers and moderate power continuous wave systems. These systems can be used as effective countermeasures against optical sensors. Military sensorssusceptible to this type of countermeasure are mounted on certain types of infrared guided missiles, aircraft systems for guidance and reconnaissance, ...

In recent years, major advances have been made in nearly all areas of microelectronics development, including silicon technology, software development, and chip architecture. The one key area that has been more-or-less neglected however is packaging. The technology of packaging minature electronics such that they do not overheat is now the limiting factor in miniaturization. Experimental evaluatio ...

Significant progress has been made in recent years (through DARPA and industry initiatives) in developing real-time, on-line, model-based control systems to improve the productivity and flexibility of the US semiconductor industry. However, none of these initiatives have addressed the design of sensing systems which are crucial to the operation and efficiency of feedback control systems. The Pha ...

The true impact of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) can be considerabl accelaerated by adequate guidance to users for the correct and effective use of this rapidly deveoping and fairly intricate technology. The proposed project is designed to meet tis very challenge. The Phase I study will focus on the development of: (1)useable CFD rules, guidelines and checks for problem formulation, grid ...

"Three-dimensional (3-D) integrated circuits (ICs) can significantly improve circuit performance and offer the promise of integrating various technologies (memory, logic, RF, mixed-signal, optoelectronics)within a single block. Lack of 3-D design tools andheat dissipation from vertically stacked multiple layers are the crucial problems in their development. To address these issues, CFD Research C ...

"The overall objective of the project is to develop commercial quality, validated, multi-scale and multi-physics modeling and design tools for macroparticle/cells and macromolecule-laden flows in microdevices under the influence of hydrodynamic, thermal,chemical, AC/DC electric, optical and electromagnetic fields. These tools will provide comprehensive design and optimization support for all comp ...

"The overall objective of the project is to develop commercial quality, validated, multi-scale and multi-physics modeling and design tools for macroparticle/cells and macromolecule-laden flows in microdevices under the influence of hydrodynamic, thermal,chemical, AC/DC electric, optical and electromagnetic fields. These tools will provide comprehensive design and optimization support for all comp ...

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