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High SBS-Threshold Er/Yb Co-Doped Phosphate Glass Fiber Amplifiers for High...
In Phase I, NP Photonics has achieved 1.2 kW peak power for 105 ns fiber laser pulses, and successfully demonstrated the feasibility to produce monolithic high SBS threshold... -
Scaling of Two-Phase Systems Across Gravity Levels, Phase I
There is a defined need for long term earth based testing for the development and deployment of two-phase flow systems in reduced-gravity, including lunar gravity, conditions.... -
Development of a Hermetically Sealed Canister for Sample Return Missions, Phase I
The goal of the Phase I is to perform breadboarding and testing of the promising sealing techniques as well as perform a system level study to determine implementation... -
Perception Engine for Activity Recognition and Logging, Phase I
Ten of thousands of hours of video footage already exist and countless more hours will be logged as spacecraft continue to orbit the Earth and explore the solar system. These... -
Surface Optimization Techniques for Deployable Reflectors, Phase II
Under this and several other programs, CTD has developed TEMBOREG deployable solid-surface reflectors (TEMBOREG Reflectors) to provide future NASA and Air Force missions and... -
Bifurcation Tools for Flight Dynamics Analysis and Control System Design, Phase II
The purpose of the project is the development of a computational package for bifurcation analysis and advanced flight control of aircraft. The development of relevant analytical... -
Cryogenic Rotary Piezoelectric Motor, Phase I
Piezoelectric motors operate on the principal of high frequency oscillation of high force precision ceramic elements. The high power oscillations are converted to rotary motion... -
VORTEX Gimbal, Phase I
To overcome the communication gap to Venus, TUI proposes to develop the Venus or Titan Exploratory (VORTEX) Gimbal to point a meter scale diameter, high gain antenna. The VORTEX... -
Precision Mobile-Joint and Latching Technologies for Deployable Optical...
Planned future NASA missions in astrophysics will push the state of the art in current opto-mechanical technologies. Specifically, precision deployable structures will be... -
Stacked Waveguide Imaging Spectrometer for Airborne and Spaceborne...
Stacked Waveguide Imaging Spectrometer for Airborne and Spaceborne Applications, Phase II -
Developing Near Real-time Data-assimilative Models and Tools for the Space...
The IDA4D and AMIE data assimilation methods are currently of limited use for real-time space weather applications because either they don't run in real-time (IDA4D) or the... -
A Quantum Cascade Laser-Based CO Sensor for Fire Warning, Phase II
Maxion Technologies, Inc. (Maxion) proposes to develop and field test a Carbon Monoxide (CO)-sensor prototype for post fire cleanup and CO detection. The sensor will have the... -
Rad-Hard and ULP FPGA with "Full" Functionality, Phase I
Our vision for this NASA proposal is to develop a rad-hard and ultra low power (ULP) reconfigurable FPGA that will have -
Highly Efficient, Compact, Wavelength Converters for Pulsed and CW Laser...
This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will demonstrate the feasibility of fabricating waveguides in stoichiometric lithium tantalite (SLT) for highly... -
Carbothermal Lunar Regolith Processing System (CLRPS), Phase I
Carbothermal Lunar Regolith Processing System (CLRPS), Phase I -
Lunar Materials Handling System, Phase II
The Lunar Materials Handling System (LMHS) is a method for transfer of lunar soil into and out of process equipment in support of in situ resource utilization (ISRU). The LMHS... -
Remote EMI Field Strength Mapping, Phase II
NASA often must deal with the issue of protecting EMI sensitive payloads and instrumentation from damage due to radiated energy. Many of these EMI sensitive payloads can be... -
Advanced Holographic miniature sun sensor optical system, Phase II
Advanced Holographic miniature sun sensor optical system, Phase II -
Sensor Substrate Development
Novel substrates, such as aerogels and porous, low density ceramics may increase the sensitivities of chemical reaction-based sensors for toxic vapors. These sensors are based... -
Fiber-Optic Pyrometer for Thermal Protection Systems, Phase I
Surface temperatures in atmospheric reentry simulations range from 1500-2300 K, while stagnation temperature on the leading edge of a Mach 6 flight vehicle at 25 km altitude is...