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X-RAY SOURCE ENHANCEMENT FOR X-RAY LASER (XRL) MATERIAL RESPONSE EXPERIMENTATION

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Missile Defense Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 2476
Amount: $483,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1987
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1223 E Arques Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Louis N Koppel
 (408) 733-7780
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Research Institution
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Abstract

AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF SDI DEVELOPMENT OF X-RAY LASER (XRL) WEAPONS SYSTEMS AND THE COUNTERMEASURES IS THE EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF EFFECTS OF SIMULATION FIDELITY AND THE CREATION OF MATERIALS RESPONSE DATABASES. THIS EXPERIMENTALPROGRAM USES AS A SOURCE OF INTENSE SOFT X-RAY THE PLASMA RADIATING SOURCE (PRS) OPERATED BY THE DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY. THE PRS AS CURRENTLY USED FALLS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT X-RAY FLUENCE, SPECTRAL QUALITY AND DEBRIS-FREE MEASUREMENT ENVIRONMENT REQUIRED BY THIS NEW XRL EFFECTS TESTING ROLE. A CALCULATIONAL/EXPERIMENTAL PHASE I PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP A SPECTRALLY DISCRIMINATING X-RAY CONCENTRATOR OPTIC COMPONENT THAT WILL IMPROVE PRS PERFORMANCE IN THE XRL TESTING ROLE. THE BASIS FOR THIS COM PONENT IS THE ADVANCED LAYERED SYNTHETIC MICROSTRUCTURE (LSM) X-RAY INTERFERENCE MIRROR. PHASE I CALCULATIONAL EFFORT WILL ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING FIGURED LSM X-RAY CONCENTRATOR OPTICS OFR PRS ENHANCEMENT. EXPERIMENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED AT A PRS FACILITY TO DEMONSTRATE DEBRIS MITIGATION AND TO INVESTIGATE LSM SURVIVABILITY IN THE PRS ENVIRONMENT.

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