U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AND 
SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM
FY 2004 PHASE I - AWARDS BY TOPIC

                                                                                 

TOPIC:  FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

    Project
  Alme and Associates                                                    A High Intensity Neutron Source for
  P. O. Box 1388                                                            the Detection of Unexploded Ordnance
  Los Alamos, NM  87544

  Research Institution:  Los Alamos National Laboratory

Detection and removal of unexploded ordnance is a key task in the decommissioning of military bases and their conversion to civilian use, as well as the clearing of landmines from former combat areas.  We propose to cut the cost of these efforts by providing a neutron source that can directly identify high explosives in unexploded ordnance.

   STTR Project
  Alme and Associates                                                     A Modular Neutron Source for the
  P. O. Box 1388                                                             Detection of Shielded Highly Enriched
  Los Alamos, NM 87544                                               Uranium in Shipping Containers

  Research Institution:  Los Alamos National Laboratory


Detection of highly enriched uranium in large shipping containers is one of the most daunting security problems facing the United States.  This project will develop a neutron source capable of detecting the uranium through active nuclear assay.

   Calabazas Creek Research                                                Improved Magnetron Injection Guns
  20937 Comer Drive                                                           for Gyrotrons
  Saratoga, CA  95070-3753
                                                   

This project will reduce or eliminate performance degradation in high power gyrotons and gyroklystrons caused by non-uniform emission from electron guns.  Maintenance of performance levels will reduce costs and risk, and enable gyroton and gyroklystron use in fusion research, high energy accelerators, defense applications, and industrial heating systems.

 

  HY-Tech Research Corporation                                         Novel, Laser-Based Probe for
  104 Centre Court
                                                              Measuring Neutral Densities in
  Radford
Industrial Center                                                   Tokamak Plasmas
  Radford
, VA   24141-5123

This project will develop a laser-based sensor for application to fusion energy systems and the emerging technology of plasma coatings on engine components for increased energy efficiency and reliability.

 

  HyperV Technologies Corp.                                                A 200 km/s Plasma Accelerator for
  11316 Smoke Rise Court                                                    Magneto-Intertial Fusion and for
  Fairfax
Station, VA   22039                                                Refueling Magnetic Fusion

This project will develop a high-velocity plasma jet technology to evaluate the cost and efficiency of plasma-jet-driven magneto-inertial fusion, used in the production of fusion energy.

 

 STTR Project
  Lodestar Research Corporation                                         Integrative Predictive Models for
  2400 Central Avenue, P-5                                                  ICRF-Edge Plasma Interactions
  Boulder, CO 80301-2843

  Research Institution:  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

This project will develop a numerical model, describing the interaction of intense radiofrequency waves with the edge of a tokamak fusion reactor, for the optimization of heating in future burning plasma experiments such as ITER.

                                                                                     

  MSNW                                                                               Inductive Plasma Accelerator
  16436 SE 39th Place
  Bellevue, WA   98008-5858

This project will design and build a high-velocity plasma accelerator with application to several fusion devices. These include innovative high energy density approaches as well as the international tokamak experimental reactor, ITER.

                                                                                      

   NOVA Photonics, Inc.                                                          Rapidly Tunable, High Throughput
  One Oak Place                                                                      Spectral Filter for Plasma
  Princeton
, NJ   08540-4701                                                  Diagnostics

This project will develop a tunable filter to address the need for more sensitive and accurate characterization of plasma used in fusion energy systems.  The tunable filter should enhance the development of fusion as a viable energy source.                                                                              

   STTR Project
  NPL Associates, Inc.                                                            A Dipole Assisted IEC Neutron Source
  912 West Armory Avenue
  Champaign , IL  61821-4537

  Research Institution:  University of Illinois

Electrostatic fusion confinement suffers from low efficiencies and short particle confinement times.  A new hybrid plasma confinement concept is proposed that may be developed as a commercial neutron source and an enhancement of electrostatic reactors.

                                                                                   

   Princeton Scientific Instruments, Inc.                                      Internal Magnetic Field
  7 Deer Park Drive
                                                                Measurement of Plasmas Using
  Monmouth
Junction, NJ   08852-1921                                  an Alpha Particle VxB Detector

This project will improve measurement of the magnetic field inside hot plasmas.  The measurement improvements should enhance research to promote the viability of nuclear fusion as an ecologically attractive source of electric power.

                                                                                       

   Tech-X Corporation                                                              FSML-Fusion Simulation Markup
  5621 Arapahoe Avenue
                                                        Language for Interoperability of
  Suite A                                                                                  Data and Analysis Tools
  Boulder,
CO   80301

This project will develop software tools that will facilitate integrated scientific modeling, collaborative data analysis, and archiving of fusion data.  Additional benefits include increased software reuse and data interoperability.

   

   Tech-X Corporation                                                              Improving Between-Shot Fusion
  5621 Arapahoe Avenue
                                                         Data Analysis with Parallel
  Suite A                                                                                   Structures
  Boulder
, CO   80301

This project will modify fusion data analysis software to increase its speed of operation, and enhance magnetic fusion research.

 

TOPIC:  ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR FUSION ENERGY SYSTEMS


  Composite Technology Development, Inc.                             Innovative, Low Cost
  2600 Campus Drive
                                                             Radiation-Resistant Fusion Magnet
  Suite D                                                                                  Insulation
  Lafayette,
CO   80026-3359

This project will develop high temperature, radiation-resistant insulation systems for fusion and superconducting magnets.  The insulation systems should enable the design of more efficient fusion devices, and ultimately lead to the development of new, efficient energy sources for the Nation.


  STTR Project
  DDl
OMNI Engineering                                                       Solid State and Resistance
  8260 Greensboro Drive
                                                      Joining Technologies for Fusion
  Suite
600                                                                              Energy Systems
  McLean
, VA   22102-3852

  Research Institution:  Edison
Welding Institute

New alloys are being developed for fusion energy systems that are more environmentally acceptable than fission energy systems in use today. This project will demonstrate advanced, solid-state and resistance joining technologies that will enable the use of these alloys for fabricating structural components in fusion reactors.


  HyPerComp, Inc.                                                                  Development of a Canonical
  31255 Cedar Valley Drive
                                                    Approach to Liquid Metal MHD
  Suite
327                                                                               Computations and Experiments
  Westlake
, CA   91362-7140

HyPerComp is developing a pioneering liquid metal MHD code environment which has already attracted significant interest in the nuclear fusion community in the design of liquid metal heat transfer concepts.


  Hyper Tech Research, Inc.                                                     Lower Cost Nb3Sn Internal-Tin
  110 E. Canal Street
                                                              Strand for ITER Fusion Project
  Troy
, OH   45373-3581

This project will develop a reduced-cost niobium-tin superconductor wire for fusion energy efforts.


  Plasma Processes, Inc.                                                           Flowing Liquid Lithium Walls Using
  4914 Moores Mill Road
                                                        Engineered Surfaces
  Huntsville
, AL   35811-1558

To enable liquid wall fusion devices, control of the liquid metal is required.  This project will develop technology needed for controlling the flow of liquid lithium, a liquid metal under high heat flux.


  Shear Form                                                                            Microstructural Refinement of
  2805 Brothers Boulevard
                                                       Tantalum for Superconductor
  College Station
, TX   77845-5712                                          Diffusion Barrier Applications

This project will demonstrate the superior performance of pure tantalum, when it is highly refined and introduced into multi-filamentary superconductor wires.  The project also will provide the scale-up potential of a materials-processing technology for high energy physics and fusion energy magnet applications.

 

   STTR Project
  Specialty Materials, Inc.                                                        Fabrication of Chemically Doped, High
  1449 Middlesex Street                                                           Upper Critical Field Diboride
  Lowell , MA  01851                                                               Superconducting Wires

  Research Institution:  Northwestern University

Improved superconducting magnesium diboride wires will be fabricated using a chemical reaction process and metal casting.  This process is a spin-off of well-established processes developed for military applications for boron fibers, and should lead to better methods for diagnosing and treating cancer via improved MRI and radiation-therapy devices.

                                                                                            

   STTR Project
  Starfire Industries, LLC                                                      Advanced Plasma Gun Development for 
  1010 West Stoughton , #203                                               Simulating Edge-Localized-Mode Plasma 
  Urbana , IL 61801-7768                                                     Disruptions with Application to Free 
                                                                                              Surface Flowing Liquid Metal PFCs

  Research Institution:  University of Illinois

This advanced plasma simulator will enhance near-term plasma-facing-component development, while supporting long-term liquid surface heat removal.  These innovations are necessary for viable fusion power leading to domestic energy independence.

 

                                    TOPIC:  INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY

   STTR Project
  Advanced Magnet Laboratory, Inc.                                  Optimized Superconducting Quadrupole
  2730 Kirby Avenue, NE                                                    Arrays for Multiple Beam Transport
  Building 5
  Palm Bay , FL  32905-3402

  Research Institution:  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

This proposal will develop affordable superconducting magnets that are needed for inertial fusion power production.  Implementation of this technology will enhance our standard of living, the quality of our environment, and national security. 

 

   STTR Project
  Advanced Magnetic and Cryogenic, LLC                        Cryostat with Foil and MLI
  P.O. Box 85
  2210 N. Pewter Drive
  Macungie, PA   18062

  Research Institution:  Massachussetts Institute of Technology

This project will combine low emissivity thermal insulation material with conventional multi-layer insulation (MLI) to build cost-effective compact cryostats for heavy ion fusion beam array transport and other more general-purpose applications

                                                                                     

   STTR Project
  Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation                        Pulsed Liquid Metal Ion Source
  2235 Polvorosa Avenue                                                 for Heavy Ion Fusion
  Suite 230
  San Leandro , CA 94577-2249

  Research Institution:  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Ions are pulled from molten metal by means of applied high voltage and acceleration.  This process provides only a small number of ions per emission site, but they have extremely low fluctuation.  Through the use of nanotechnology, the number of emissions will be increased, while low fluctuation is retained, to obtain a high current beam over a small area.  The application of this technique will provide highly defined ion beams for heavy ion fusion.

                                                                                  

  FAR-TECH, Inc.                                                                     Efficient 3D Plasma Ion Source
  10350 Science Center Drive
                                                   Modeling with Adaptive Mesh
  Building 14,
Suite 150                                                              Refinement
  San Diego, CA
  92121-1129

This project will develop an efficient, 3D computer simulation program for plasma ion sources that are needed for fusion energy research.  By eliminating much trial and error, the program should realize large cost savings, and find application in National and commercial projects that require plasma-based ion sources, such as ion plasma implantation.


   STTR Project
  First Point Scientific, Inc.                                                      Ion Beam Drift Compression
  5330 Derry Avenue
                                                               Technology for HCX
  Suite J
  Agoura Hills
, CA   91301-4500

  Research Institution:  Lawrence
Berkeley
National Laboratory

This project will lead to the experimental demonstration of a key element of heavy ion fusion technology, the final compression of the ion beam for interaction with the fusion target.  Its success will forward efforts to use heavy ion fusion to meet long-term power needs.

 

   STTR Project
  NPL Associates, Inc.                                                              Computational Module for Charge
  912 West Armory Avenue                                                      Exchange and Ion Stripping in HIB
  Champaign , IL 61821-4537                                                 Transport

  Research Institution:  University of Illinois

This project will develop a subroutine for a large-scale plasma (LSP) computer code to calculate the charge exchange and ion stripping cross sections in heavy ion beam (HIB) transport.  This work is done by data mining from experimental data, handbooks and calculation results, and further numerical calculations for unsolved data.

 

TOPIC:  HIGH-FIELD SUPERCONDUCTOR AND SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE COLLIDERS

                                                                                    

  Global Research and Development, Inc.                                   Ternary Nb-Ti-Ta Alloys for High
  110 E. Canal Street
                                                                 Field 2 K Applications--Alloy
  Troy
, OH   45373                                                                   Selection and Process Optimization

This project will develop technology to improve the workhorse alloy superconductor, niobium-tin.  This technology will allow low-cost upgrades to high energy particle accelerators, before the introduction more expensive advanced materials.


  Global Research and Development, Inc.                                    High Superconductor Fraction, High
  110 E. Canal Street
                                                                 Engineering Critical Current Density
  Troy, OH   45373                                                                    Bi-2212/Ag Wires Fabricated by
                                                                                                  Ultrasonic Wire Drawing

Ultrasonic wire drawing will be used in this project to manufacture superconductors able to carry large currents in high magnetic fields.  These wires are intended for building electromagnets able to generate very high magnetic fields for particle colliders and other instruments used to study the sub-atomic and atomic/molecular nature of matter.


  INNOVARE, Inc.                                                                    Increase Piece Length and Reduce
  7277 Park Drive
                                                                      Cost of A15 Superconductor Wire by
  Bath
, PA  18014-8854                                                             Eliminating Wire Drawing Breakage

This project will develop technology to eliminate breaks in advanced superconductor wire during production.  The technology should enable the development of a robust, cost effective, commercial production system for advanced superconductors used in high energy physics and fusion energy development.


  MultiPhase Composites                                                             Moldable Ceramic Composites for
  1130 Francis Street, #7012
                                                      High Field Magnet Applications
  Longmont
, CO  80501-3704

This project will develop moldable ceramic insulators to provide shaped parts that require no complicated machining and reduce insulation damage leading to costly repair.  These parts should reduce fabrication costs of high field magnets used in particle accelerators, storage rings, and fusion devices


   STTR Project
  MUONS, Inc.                                                                           Hydrogen Cryostat for Muon Beam
  552 N. Batavia Avenue
                                                          Cooling
  Batavia
, IL   60510-1274

  Research Institution:  Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

This project will develop technology to shrink muon beams in accelerators needed to study the fundamental forces of nature.  The technology will take advantage of the latest advances in high-temperature superconducting magnets and pressurized high-gradient RF cavities.


  Supergenics, LLC                                                                     Improved Fin Designs to Reduce
  1233 Tree Bay Lane
                                                                Deffective in Internal-Tin Nb3Sn
  Sarasota,
FL  34242

In order to maintain the nation’s technical leadership in high energy physics it is necessary to have an active part in the development and construction of the future generation of particle accelerators.  To do this, high field superconducting magnets are required and this project is designed to make high quality conductors at relatively low cost to be used in these magnets.  Similar conductors can also be used in fusion devices that will be one of the long-term answers to the global energy problems.

TOPIC:  ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS

                                                                                     

  Advanced Energy Systems, Inc.                                                Exploration of Long-Life Polarized
  27 Industrial Boulevard
                                                            Electron Sources
  Unit E
  Medford
, NY  11763

This project will develop technology to enhance the development of a long-life source that delivers polarized electrons at low emittance.  The technology would benefit the design of all electron sources, and may result in a simplification and cost improvement of linear collider damping systems.


  Boston
Applied Technologies                                                  Tm-Doped Ceramic Laser for Laser
  150-H New
Boston Street                                                       Accelerator Applications
  Woburn
, MA  01801-6204

The ceramic laser technology development in this program will not only serve Department of Energy’s need, but also be in the Nation’s best interest.  It will put the U.S.in the leading edge of the high-power laser technology.


  Euclid
TechLabs, LLC                                                             Development of a Tunable Dielectric
  5900 Harper Road, #102
                                                        Loaded Accelerating Structure
  Solon
, OH  44139-1866

This project will develop technology to enhance microwave devices used in particle acceleration.  The technology will eliminate their need for mechanical tuning and should permit their manufacture at reduced cost.


  Euclid
TechLabs, LLC                                                            Low Loss Ferroelectric Material
  5900 Harper Road, #102
                                                       Development for Accelerator
  Solon
, OH  44139-1866                                                         Applications

This project will develop “smart” material for use in advanced and conventional particle accelerators.  Applications include military and commercial electronics, such as wireless communications and microwave radar.


  FAR-TECH, Inc.                                                                    High Precision Integrated
  10350 Science Center Drive
                                                  Beam-Position, Emittance, and
  Building 14, Suite
150                                                             Third-Moment Monitor
  San Diego
, CA  92121-1129

This project will develop a system of instruments for monitoring the beam in accelerators used in research and medicine.  The system would permit more precise and cost-effective control of accelerators for applications ranging from high-energy physics to cancer treatment.


   STTR Project
   FutureTek USA Corp.                                                           Hybrid Nanocrystalline Permanent
  2705 Far
Hills Avenue                                                            Magnets for Beam Focusing in High
  Suite
2                                                                                     Energy Accelerators
  Dayton,
OH  45419

  Research Institution:  University
of Dayton

A new class of hybrid nanocrystalline permanent magnets will be studied and synthesized in the proposed research project.  These new magnets will have significantly improved thermal stability and higher operating temperature leading to better, lighter, smaller, and cheaper electromagnetic machines and devices.


    G. H. Gillespie Associates, Inc.                                             Open Architecture Software
    P.O. Box
2961                                                                     Integration System for Particle Beam
    Del
Mar, CA  92014-5961                                                   Optics

This project will develop advanced software tools to improve the productivity of workers in organizations using particle beams, such as, research laboratories, medical institutes, semiconductor manufacturers, and nano-technology centers.


    Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories, Inc.                                          Laser Systems Development for the
    4699 Nautilus Court
South                                                         SLAC Linac Coherent Light Source
    Unit 205                                                                                     Photoinjector
    Boulder,
CO 80304

This project will develop advanced laser technologies that are critical for the implementation of new-generation light-source scientific facilities. These facilities will make possible revolutionary advances in physical, biological, and biomedical research.  The laser technology itself has other science and industrial uses.


    MUONS, Inc.                                                                           Ionization Cooling Using Parametric
    552 N. Batavia Avenue
                                                            Resonances
    Batavia
, IL 60510-1274

This project will combine two previously unrelated accelerator techniques to enable an affordable muon collider at the energy frontier.


    MUONS, Inc.                                                                           Gaseous H2 Absorber for Muon
    552 N. Batavia Avenue
                                                             Beam Cooling
    Batavia
, IL 60510-1274

New particle accelerators, needed to study the fundamental forces of nature, require a technique to shrink muon beams before acceleration.  This project will develop dense hydrogen gas to reduce the beam size and lower costs.


    STTR Project
    Omega-P, Inc.                                                                           RF Gun with High-Current-Density
    199 Whitney Avenue
                                                                Field Emission Cathode
    New Haven
, CT 06511

    Research Institution:  Florida
International University

This project will develop a rugged, high-current cathode to replace fragile cathodes of limited lifetime in a wide range of vacuum electronics devices.  Benefits include saving cathode heater power and increasing device lifetime.


    Particle Beam Lasers, Inc.                                                     Feasibility Study of a Compact
    18925 Dearborn Street
                                                        Gas-Filled Storage Ring for 6-D
    Northridge
, CA 91324-2807                                                Cooling of Muon Beams

This project will develop a compact, magnetic particle storage ring, filled with compressed gas, for the cooling of muon and ion beams.  The storage ring should find use at national accelerator sites and commercial ion laser facilities.

     STTR Project
     Pavilion Technologies, Inc.                                             Self-Validating Knowledge-Guided On-Line
     10415 Morado Circle Bldg # 3                                        Optics and Orbit in an Electron Storage Ring
     Suite 100                                                                          Using a Combined Neural Network and
     Austin , TX   78759                                                          First-Principles Model

     Research Institution:  SLAC, Stanford University

This project will strengthen expert-system controls, in both software algorithms and hardware, for process industry applications.  The combination of accelerator physicists, in a basic research national laboratory, with the practical knowledge and experience of the commercial, control-systems sector will lead to new solutions for both high-energy physics and the process industry.


    Radia Technologies                                                                An Inexpensive High-Current
    15547 Horseshoe Street
                                                        Betatron Using Fixed-Field
    Moreno Valley
, CA 92555-2946                                           Alternating-Gradient Focusing and
                                                                                                   New Low-Loss Magnetic Materials

This project will use modern advances in physics and engineering to make a high-power, high-energy electron source, which is compact and inexpensive, for mail sterilization, cancer treatment, medical device sterilization and food irradiation.


    STI Optronics, Inc.                                                                 Advanced Gas Jet Nozzle for Laser
    2755 Northup Way
                                                                Wakefield Acceleration
    Bellevue,
WA 98004-1403

The advanced gas jet nozzle is important for scaling laser wakefield acceleration to higher energies, which can be used to create more compact and less expensive electron accelerators.  These accelerators can be used in many applications such as industrial processing, medical therapy, high-energy particle research, and academia.


    Tech-X Corporation                                                               Rapid 3-D Simulation of a
    5621 Arapahoe Avenue
                                                         Bunch-Length Diagnostic for Laser
    Suite A
                                                                                  Wakefield Accelerators via Coherent
    Boulder
, CO 80301                                                                Transition Radiation at THz
                                                                                                   Frequencies

Future generation high-energy particle accelerators, used to study the fundamental nature of matter, will likely include plasma-based components that produce extremely short particle beams.  Existing software is being enhanced to enable the measurement of these ultra-short electron beams


    Tech-X Corporation                                                                   Advanced 3D Photocathode
    5621 Arapahoe Avenue
                                                             Modeling and Simulations
    Suite A
    Boulder
, CO 80301

This project will develop software to improve modeling and design of electron sources.


    TechSource, Inc.                                                                       Electron Cloud Diagnostic for
    P.O. Box
31057                                                                       Quadrupole Magnets
    Santa Fe
, NM 87594-1057

This project undertakes the development of a conceptual design for electron diagnostics to be used in quadrupole magnets at high-intensity proton and positron rings to study electron cloud formation and trapping.

TOPIC:  RADIO FREQUENCY ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS AND COLLIDERS


    Black Laboratories, LLC                                                        Production of Seamless
    116 Villa Road
                                                                      Superconducting Radio Frequency
    Newport News
, VA  23601-3606                                         Cavities from Ultra-Fine-Grained
                                                                                                   Niobium

Superconducting radio frequency cavities, used in high energy physics accelerators, are produced with costly, complex welding methods that are detrimental to optimum performance.  This program will develop an improved welding method to enable cost-effective production of seamless high performance accelerators.


    Calabazas Creek Research                                                        Development of a 200 MHz,
    20937 Comer Drive
                                                                 Multiple Beam Klystron
    Saratoga, CA
95070-3753

This project will develop technology to provide support, having increased efficiency and reduced size and cost, for proton drift tube linacs used in high energy accelerators and colliders.  The technology will lead to reduced linac cost and improved performance.


    Calabazas
Creek Research                                                     High Peak Power Gyroklystron with
    20937 Comer Drive
                                                              an Inverted Magnetron Injection Gun
    Saratoga, CA
95070-3753

This project will develop an advanced microwave amplifier for use in high-energy accelerators.  The concepts will also be useful in amplifiers for fusion, radar, and scientific instrumentation.


    Diversified Technologies, Inc.                                                 Reentrant 500 k V Connection for
    35 Wiggins Avenue
                                                               Inverted Sheet Beam Klystron
    Bedford,
MA 01730-2345

This effort will develop an advanced, high voltage connection for use in the Next Generation Linear Collider. The technology will support affordable accelerator systems for cancer therapy, X-ray inspection systems, and food/mail sterilization.


    Haimson Research Corporation                                              Development of a High Efficiency
    3350 Scott Boulevard
                                                           Output Circuit for a Spatial
    Building 60                                                                             Modulation High Power Microwave
    Santa Clara,
CA  95054-3104                                               Amplifier

The successful development of a high-efficiency, high-power microwave amplifier capable of operating at short wavelengths would represent a significant advance in radio frequency source technology, and would have a positive impact on linear collider construction and operating budgets.


    Haimson Research Corporation                                              Development of a High Gain, High
    3350 Scott Boulevard
                                                            Power Traveling Wave Relativistic
    Building 60                                                                             Klystron
    Santa Clara
, CA 95054-3104

This project strives to achieve two orders of magnitude reduction of the input power to a high power klystron amplifier, without loss of stability or efficiency (output power). This would represent a significant advance in radio frequency source technology and would have a positive impact on linear collider construction and operation budgets.

    MacroMetalics, Division of Elcon                                       Development and Testing of a
    1009 Timothy Drive
                                                          Demountable Sheet Electron Beam
    San Jose
, CA 95133-1043                                                Analyzer with Fluorescent Screen

This project will develop a beam analyzer to enhance the performance of particle colliders used in high energy physics.


    Omega-P, Inc.                                                                      High-Power Ferroelectric Switch for
    199 Whitney Avenue
                                                           an X-Band RF Pulse Compressor
    New Haven
, CT 06511

Development of an electrically-controlled, high-power microwave switch is to be carried out which has the potential for increasing efficiency and affording new flexibility in design for the next linear collider.  Successful completion of this project would lead