Products

Imaging

Video Cards

The Matrix PCI Express 4-lane video cards from Great River Technology (Albuquerque, NM) are designed for high-speed ARINC 818, FC-AV, and HOTLink II applications. The cards can record or transmit video at 500 MB/s, are built with Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA technology, and can be configured for a variety of video formats and resolutions. They...

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Physical Sciences

Robot Vision System for Precise Object Retrieval in Unmanned Systems

Automating large-scale material handling systems that involve picking up or retrieving items via cranes or robot arms can yield big benefits, particularly in harsh or...

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Photonics/Optics

Hybrid Micro-Electro-Mechanically Tunable Optical Filter

A prototype hybrid micro-electro- mechanically tunable optical filter (MEM-TF) based partly on an electrostatic-actuation principle has been built and tested as an essential component...

Articles

Imaging

GigE Vision and Video Transmission in Military Vehicles

Video plays a crucial role in defense and security, and video streams are now used in armored vehicles for target acquisition, Local Situation Awareness, and other military applications....

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Photonics/Optics

Developments in Adaptive Filtering and System Identification

Progress has been made on several fronts in a continuing program of research oriented toward the development of real-time algorithms, and computer and control systems that utilize the...

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Electronics & Computers

Laser-Based System for Measuring and Analyzing Vibrations

A system for noncontact measurement and analysis of vibrations of an electronic circuit board or a similar lightweight, nominally flat, rectangular object has been developed. This...

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Photonics/Optics

Near-Field Light Lenses for Nano-Focusing of Beams of Atoms

Near-field light lenses for focusing beams of light and beams of atoms to spots having a width of no more than several nanometers are undergoing development. There are numerous...

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Imaging

X-Ray Imaging Camera

Rad-icon Imaging Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) offers the Shad-o-Box 1024 Hi-Res X-ray-sensitive imaging camera that uses the company's RadEye™ digital image sensor. The compact standalone camera features a 14-bit output and...

Articles

Software

Data-Based Paradigm for Rapid Development of Advanced Avionics Displays

The database concepts, tools, and runtime software described in this article provide a methodology for creating advanced avionics human-machine interfaces (HMIs), such as...

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Photonics/Optics

Cleaning and Protecting Large Mirrors Using a Polymer Solution

Cleaning and protecting optics is a challenge — contamination must be removed without damaging the surface. Preventing recontamination for extended periods of time after...

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Physical Sciences

Adaptive Deblurring of Noisy Images

An algorithm for adaptive deblurring of images has been designed to be less adversely affected by image noise than are prior deblurring algorithms. The need for this or another noise-tolerant deblurring...

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Photonics/Optics

Booth 305

Deposition Sciences (Santa Rosa, CA) offers expanded optical coating services in the Infrared spectrum for defense applications. Coating capabilities range from the ultraviolet (UV), through the visible (VIS), near-infrared (NIR), middle-infrared (MIR or IR), and to the farinfrared (FIR). The companyís patented MicroDyn reactive...

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Photonics/Optics

Miniaturized GPS Controlled-Reception-Pattern Antenna Array

A miniaturized Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna array is being developed for use on aircraft on which the room available for installation of this or any other equipment is...

Tech Transfer Reports

Photonics/Optics

Mirror-Steering System Eliminates Vibration in Optical Devices

For optical systems used in communications and instrumentation applications in space and on the ground, eliminating vibration can be a difficult task. Left Hand Design Corp. (LHDC,...

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Photonics/Optics

Terahertz Fiber-Optic Lasers for Detection of Explosives

Fiber-optic lasers of a proposed type would serve as sources of coherent radiation at frequencies between 0.5 and 4.0 THz and output power levels ≥100 mW. In the original application...

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Photonics/Optics

Study of Membrane Optics for Lightweight Space Telescopes

Astudy has been performed to establish a foundation for the analysis, design, and further development of inplane- actuated deformable membrane mirrors for lightweight spaceborne...

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Photonics/Optics

Optical-Fiber Infrasound Sensors

Optical-fiber infrasound sensors (OFISs) are being developed for detecting acoustic pressures in the frequency range from a few millihertz to a few hertz. As explained below, these sensors were conceived to...

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Imaging

Miniature Hyperspectral Sensors for Imaging on Small UAVs

As unmanned vehicles get smaller and smaller, operational expectations and mission objectives demand a much broader array of platform capabilities — a necessity even with reduced...

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Electronics & Computers

Photonic Analog-to-Digital Converters

Early steps have been taken toward the development of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that would incorporate photonic quantizers based on the technology of InP semiconductors. These photonic ADCs are...

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Sensors/Data Acquisition

Patterned Gallium Arsenide Devices for Infrared Countermeasures

The US Air Force has a need for improved tunable laser sources—both in the midinfrared region, for developing infrared countermeasure (IRCM) applications, and in the longinfrared...

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Materials

Monazite Deformation Twinning Research

AFRL scientists have significantly advanced the understanding of a phenomenon called deformation twinning, a major materials deformation mechanism that is particularly important at low temperatures and...

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Imaging

Geo*View

Visualization of geospatially correct, remotely sensed data is a key element of many government and commercial applications. It enables a user to analyze and assess ground activities and other conditions of interest. Because remotely...

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Photonics/Optics

Surface-Emitting Laser Arrays Bring Light to the Top

Laser diodes are an integral part of everyday life, incorporated into commonplace items as diverse in function as laser pointers, fiber-optic communications systems, and DVD players....