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NEW-TECHNOLOGY X-RAY SPECTROMETER DEVELOPMENT FOR EFFECTS TESTING

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 8255
Amount: $49,846.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1988
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
425 Lakeside Dr
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
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

THE EMERGING IMPORTANCE OF NUCLEAR-WEAPON AND DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON (DEW) EFFECTS TESTING IN THE SOFT X-RAY REGIME HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR A ROBUST, ACCURATE AND RELIABLE SOFT X-RAY SPECTROMETER THAT WILL MEASURE FLUENCE INCIDENT ON UGT TEST-ARTICLES. THE NEW LAYERED SYNTHETIC MICROSTRUCTURE (LSM) X-RAY INTERFERENCE MIRROR TECHNOLOGY IS PROPOSED AS THE BASIS FOR A SPECTROMETER RESPONSIVE TO THIS NEED. THE PHASE I PROJECT WILL RESOLVE TECHNICAL RISK ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURVIVABILITY OF SPECTROMETER COMPONENTS IN THE UGT ENVIRONMENT, WITH THE ARCHITECTURE OF A MULTICHANNEL INSTRUMENT, AND WITH THE QUALITY OF THE DATA IT WILL PROVIDE AS A PRIME UGT DIAGNOSTIC. THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL ESTABLISH A DESIGN BASIS FOR A PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENT THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AND EXPERIMENTALLY EVALUATED IN PHASE II.

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