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Tellurite glass compositions show significantly enhanced Raman scattering behavior. Optimizing these oxide glass compositions with heavy-metal-oxides(HMO) leads to easily fiberizable and highly non-linear fibers with transparency in the mid-IR wavelength region. These fibers are ideally suited for cascaded Raman lasers to generate multiple wavelengths in the mid-IR region. Furthermore, the high op ...

A sensor/communications package is demonstrated that can sense the physical presence of a submerged submarine at very short range, and that can be manufactured cheaply enough to enable very high density seeding of anti-submarine barriers using environmentally benign materials. The method is based on specially designed composite sensor particles activated by the submarine propulsor wake turbulence. ...

D'HovRobot is a rotor-less V/STOL UAV to meet the needs for tactical sensor elevation. It can operate on a tether, using cabled electrical power, or as a free-flyer, using an engine. It have a VTOL version for close-range operation, and a STOVL version for longer-range / helicopter-escort missions. The rotorless UAV can fly safely close to trees, wires and buildings. D'HovRobot is designed for ...

This project describes a design methodology and development environment that can be used to develop efficient parallel or distributed software systems. Implicit in the methodology are concerns for the characteristics of the information being processed, the properties of the host computer systems, execution time performance issues and measures of effectiveness. The methodology incorporates the ad ...

Separation of trace quantities of species from gas and liquid streams is a major problem for both defense and commercial applications. The motivation for removal varies greatly in different applications. Examples include; safety (gas masks and protective clothing in chemical warfare and hazardous industrial environments), higher semiconductor yields (particularly for deep UV lithography), drinki ...

This SBIR Phase I project will investigate the use of virtual shared memory technology as a unifying software paradigm for a cluster of shared-memory multiprocessors interconnected on a local area network or on a high-speed communication fabric. The main focus of the research will be on development of compilation and runtime systems that support a notion of data locality within a global distribut ...

This Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Grant proposal will develop three-dimensional matrices for in vitro culturing of cells. Three-dimensional matrices will be developed using molecular imprinting polymer (MIP) technology. MIPs in combination with various biological extracellular matrix proteins will be utilized to form different three-dimensional matrices. The biocompatibility and p ...

The detection and tracking of slow to moderate speed ground moving targets with a foliage penetration radar operating on a UAV such as a Global Hawk will require an endo-clutter signal processing capability. A concept is proposed that utilizes a suite of both conventional algorithms and innovative techniques to form the requisite signal processing architecture. Among the algorithms in the propos ...

The conceptual design is presented of a Remote Operating Minehunting Parametric Sonar (ROMPS), for use with the existing Perry technologies RMV as an unmanned tow-vehicle. The ROMPS has three separate sonar systems, viz. (1) a forward-looking sonar, (2)) a side-looking sonar, and (3) a conventional fathometer. Both the forward-looking sonar and the side-looking sonar can operate at their primary ...

The proposal addresses the need to advance the state-of-the-art in direct-write technology. In an effort to reduce feature size, the trend in the thick and thin-film industries has been toward increased manufacturing and write speed, decreased feature size and increased versatility of powder based features. The dry powder deposition of fine powders (1-10 micron) is currently a weak link in that ...