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A NOVEL CONCEPT OF A MINIATURIZED, RUGGED, PERMANENTLY ALIGNED, ALL-SOLID-STATE SPECTROMETER SENSOR IS PROPOSED FOR A MISSILE SEEKER. A SET CONTAINING TWO OR THREE SUCH SENSORS CAN RESOLVE THE COMPLETE UV THROUGH IR SPECTRUM OF A SOURCE IN THE FIELD-OF-VIEW. IT IS INTENDED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS SPECTRUM WHEN PROCESSED VIA SPECTRAL-DOMAIN ALGORITHMS CAN PRODUCE A COUNTERMEASURE-IMMUNE MISSILE SE ...

THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A TELEROBOTIC CONTROL GLOVE (TCG) FOR THE CONTROL OF ROBOTIC DEXTROUS HANDS. THE GLOVE WILL BE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING BOTH THE POSITION OF AND THE FORCES EXERTED BY THE FINGERS OF THE ROBOTIC HAND. FEEDBACK OF BOTH TACTILE AND FORCE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE OPERATOR. THE SYSTEM WILL BE EASILY INTEGRABLE WITH TELEROBOTIC ARM CONTROL SYSTEMS. THE TCG WILL ...

ORBITEC PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A MEANS TO PRODUCE AND UTILIZE SOLID OXIDIZERS IN A COMBUSTION CHAMBER. CONDENSION GASEOUS OXYGEN DIRECTLY TO THE SOLID STATE APPEARS AN INTRACTABLE APPROACH BECOUSE OF LOW DENSITY OF THE FROST FORMATION. RAPID FREEZING FROM THE LIQUID PHASE HOWEVER, ASSURES A DENSE, COHERENT SOLID PHASE FORMATION. TO SIMPLIFY DELIVERY TO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, WE PROPOSE TO USE THE CO ...

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AT FREQUENCIES ABOVE 10 GHZ, CONVENTIONAL PHOTODIODES MUST SACRIFICE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY FOR SPEED SINCE THE THIN ACTIVE LAYERS REQUIRED DO NOT ABSORB ALL OF THE LIGHT PASSING THROUGH THEM. A WAVEGUIDE PHOTODIODE STRUCTURE ALLOWS ABSORPTION OVER A MUCH GREATER LENGTH ALONG THE ACTIVE LAYER THUS PROMISING BOTH SPEED AND EFFICIENCY. SUCH A PHOTODIODE REQUIRES A MORE SOPHISTICATED APPROACH FOR EFFICIE ...

IDENTIFICATION OF DISTANT, PASSIVE THREATS IN A COMBAT ENGAGEMENT WHERE LARGE CLUTTERED BACKGROUNDS ARE PRESENT IS OF MAJOR CONCERN TO INFRARED SENSOR SYSTEMS. THE IDENTIFICATION OF BOTH THREAT, FRIENDLY AND NEUTRAL, TARGETS IN A CLUTTERED SCENE ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE ADDED EDGE NEEDED FOR SMART BATTLE MANAGEMENT AND SURVIVABILITY. IN MANY CASES THE DETECTION AND DECLARATION OF A D ...

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IN THIS PROGRAM, THE FEASIBILITY OF PRODUCING A HOLOGRAPHIC LITHOGRAPHY MACHINE WILL BE INVESTIGATED. SUCH A MACHINE SHOULD HAVE HIGH RESOLUTION, LARGE FIELD MASKS, AND MINIMUM ABERRATION. BOTH THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL EFFORTS WILL BE MADE IN PHASE I TO FULLY DETERMINE THE LIMITS OF THIS APPROACH AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DESIGNING A PRACTICAL LITHOGRAPHY MACHINE FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPLICATIO ...

PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION (POC) PROPOSES A FIBER OPTIC SENSOR-REPORTING SYSTEM FOR DETECTING KNOWN CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AT REMOTE LOCATIONS. THE FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM IS ISNENSITIVE TO ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE AND JAMMING WHICH WOUL RENDER A CONVENTIONAL ELECTRONIC OR RADIO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM MORE LIKELY TO FAIL. IT OFFERS VERY HIGH DATA CAPACITY AND CAN HANDLE A LARGE NUMBER OF SENS ...

PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION (POC) PROPOSES A NOVEL 2-D SLM THAT IS: 1) ELECTRICALLY ADDRESSABLE; 2) PHASE DOMINANT; 3) POLARIZATION MODULATED AND; 4) HAS 3AND 4-STATE ARCHITECTURE. THE SUCCESSFUL DESIGN OF AN SLM THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY SATISFIES ALL OF THESE FEATURES IS ACHIEVABLE USING THREE EXISTING POC TECHNOLOGIES; 1) HIGH-EFFICIENCY VOLUME HOLOGRAPHY; 2) COHERENTLY-COUPLED TUNABLE HOLOGRAPHIC FA ...