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NEW MATERIALS DEVELOPED BY QUANTEX IN 1985 SHOW GREATLY IMPROVED PROPERTIES FOR APPLICATION TO OPTICAL COMPUTERS.

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 4299
Amount: $74,937.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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2 Research Ct
Rockville, MD 20850
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 CHARLES Y WRIGLEY
 (301) 258-2701
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Abstract

NEW MATERIALS DEVELOPED BY QUANTEX IN 1985 SHOW GREATLY IMPROVED PROPERTIES FOR APPLICATION TO OPTICAL COMPUTERS. A CLASS OF ELECTRON TRAPPING (ET) MATERIALS HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH, UPON TRAP-CHARGING WITH VISIBLE LIGHT, MAINTAINS FILLED TRAPS INDEFINITELY. NEAR-INFRARED LIGHT (800 NM TO 1200 NM) TRIGGERS TRAPPED ELECTRON RELEASE, RESULTING IN EMITTED VISIBLE LIGHT. SUCH OPERATION APPEARS IMPERVIOUS TO EMP, STRUCTURAL DAMAGE EFFECTS SEEM MINIMAL AND POSSIBLE TRANSIENT RADIATION EFFECTS ARE ALSO MINIMAL. IT IS PROPOSED TO FABRICATE ET OPTICAL MEMORY (ETOM) STRUCTURES WITH READ-WRITE-ERASE AS A VEHICLE TO EVALUATE THE RADIATION HARDNESS OF THESE MATERIALS FOR OPTICAL COMPUTERS. MEASUREMENTS OF DATA STATUS, RESPONSE MAGNITUDES, RESPONSE TIMES AND TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES WILL BE MADE BEFORE AND AFTER RADIATION DOSES DESIGNED FOR TRANSIENT IONIZATION, DISPLACEMENT DAMAGE AND EMP EFFECTS. IN THIS WAY, THE HARDNESS OF THESE NEW ET PHOTONIC MATERIALS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR APPLICATIONS IN VARIOUSTHREAT ENVIRONMENTS.

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