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"HgCdTe is the material of choice for high performance infrared red focal plane arrays (IRFPA) used in militarys night vision systems. One of the major problems IRFPA manufacturers face is the ineffective passivation of the highly reticulated HgCdTe detector surfaces, which results in poor performance. Furthermore, newly evolved FPA technology requires the creation of much challenging high-aspect ...

Novel photonic structures, such as periodic metal-dielectric photonic bandgap structures (MDPBG) have the potential to revolutionize the field of optical windows. The large mismatch in the permittivities of the metal and dielectric creates resonant tunneling, which allows for high transmission in regions where metals are typically opaque. This property makes MDPBGs very attractive for screening or ...

Approximately 5-6% of military injuries involve some form of major peripheral nerve injury that has little chance of spontaneous healing. Currently these injuries lead to major impairment of voluntary muscle function in the limbs and extremities, making tasks of walking, reaching, grasping, etc. very difficult or impossible for many patients. Focusing therapeutic treatments to segmental nerve in ...

On-site activated decontaminants will revolutionize chemical and biological decon because the activated solution is produced on demand, without the limitations of traditional pre-made mixtures. TDAs system uses electrical activation to convert battery power into reactive chemicals that quickly destroy chemical and biological warfare agents. Prior to activation, the decontaminant mixture can be saf ...

Integrated Solutions for Systems, Inc. (IS4S) and teammate Auburn University (AU) propose to develop a PNT initialization system for dismounted soldiers. The proposed system will enhance warfighters’ ability to operate immediately in a GPS denied environments once their mission begins and has wide commercialization potential outside of DoD. In Phase I, the feasibility and expected benefits of in ...

We propose to develop a compact, integrated ion trap quantum system for quantum sensor, timekeeping, and processing applications. To do so, we leverage ColdQuantas expertise in miniature ultra-high vacuum (UHV) and atom chip technology and Duke Universitys expertise in microfabricated surface ion traps and quantum information processing experiments. We will produce designs and implementation pla ...

We propose to develop a compact, integrated ion trap quantum system for quantum sensor, timekeeping, and computing applications. To do so, we leverage ColdQuantas expertise in miniature ultra-high vacuum (UHV) and atom chip technology and Duke Universitys expertise in microfabricated surface ion traps and quantum information processing experiments. We will produce a manufacturable, commercializa ...

As the warfighter is increasingly using more highly integrated instruments, e.g. a laser rangefinder (LRF) combined with a laser designator and an imager, the need to decrease the size of these components becomes more important. Compact small munition applications of rangefinders particularly place an emphasis on size of the optical front end. In order to make the transceiver more compact, speci ...

Variational two-electron reduced-density-matrix (v2RDM) methods can provide a reference-independent description of the electronic structure of many-electron systems that naturally captures multireference correlation effects. These methods offer one of the few possible routes to performing the large-active-space computations that are necessary for the qualitative description of strongly-correlated ...

A critical step in the extraction of elements from ore, especially rare earth elements that are found in complex minerals, is separation. Froth flotation is a highly versatile method for physically separating particles based on differences in the ability of air bubbles to selectively adhere to specific mineral surfaces in a mineral/water slurry. The particles with attached air bubbles are then ca ...