RLE PROGRESS REPORT
No. 117
JANUARY 1976
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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH LABORATORY OF ELECTRONICS
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139
The Research Laboratory of Electronics is an interdepartmental
laboratory in which faculty members and graduate students from
numerous academic departments conduct research.
The research in this laboratory for the half-year period ending
December 31, 1975 was made possible by the support extended the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology by the following agencies.
Joint Services Electronics Program (U.S. Army, U.S. Navy,
U.S. Air Force)
Contract DAAB07-75-C-1346
U.S. Army-Electronics Command
Contract DAAB03-75-C-0489
U.S. Army-Research Office-Durham
Contract DAHC04-74-C-0027
U.S. Navy-Office of Naval Research
Contract N00014-75-C-0951
Contract N00014-75-C-1183
Contract N00014-76-C-0900
U.S. Air Force-Electronics Systems Division
Contract F19628-75-C-0122
Contract F19628-76-C-0054
U.S. Air Force-Office of Scientific Research
Contract F44620-71-C-0051
Contract F44620-72-C-0057
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contract NAS5-21980
Contract NAS5-22485
Contract NAS5-22828
Grant NGL 22-009-013
Grant NGR 22-009-526
Grant NSG 7091
National Institutes of Health
Grant 5 RO1 NS11000-03
Grant 2 PO1 GM19428-04
Grant 5 RO1 NS11080-02
Grant 5 P01 HL14322-04
Grant 5 SO5 RR07047-10
Grant 1 RO1 GM22633-01
Grant 1 T32 GM07301-01
Grant 1 RO1 NS10916-01
Grant 1 T32 NS07040-01
Grant 1 RO1 NS11153-01
Grant 5 TO1 EY00090-02
Grant 1 RO1 NS11680-01
Grant 5 TO1 GM01555-09
Grant 2 RO1 GM20370-03
Grant 5 TO1 HD00111-10
Grant 5 RO1 EY01149-03
Grant 5 RO1 NS04332-13
National Institute of Mental Health
Grant 5 PO1 MH13390-09
Grant 1 RO1 MH27636-01
National Science Foundation
Grant ENG74-24344
Grant AST73-05042-A02
Grant ENG75-06242
Grant AST73-05043-A02
Grant EPP74-12653
Grant DES74-19781
Grant MPS75-04033
Grant ENG71-02319-A02
Grant MPS75-15421
Grant ENG74-00131-A01
Grant ENG74-03996-A01
U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration
Contract E (04-3) -1105
Contract E (11-1) -2766
Contract E (11-1) -3070
Associated Press (Grant)
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. (Grant)
Boston City Hospital
Purchase Orders 3319-51355-C1, 4338-75431-Cl
California Institute of Technology
Contract 953524
Graphic Arts Research Foundation (Grant)
Harvard University Medical School
Purchase Order G79497
Purchase Order H49105
Massachusetts General Hospital
Purchase Order F63583
M.I.T. Health Sciences Fund
Grant 76-07
Grant 76-11
M.I.T. Project MAC (Subgrant from IBM)
M.I.T. Sloan Fund for Basic Research
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Purchase Order 4554
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DAAB07-75-C-1346
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Department of the Army
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Electronics
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Microwaves
Lasers
Signal processing
Atomic physics
Molecular physics
Surface physics
Quantum electronics
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This report, No. 117 in a series of progress reports issued by the M. I. T.
Research Laboratory of Electronics, reviews the research activities of the
entire laboratory for the half-year period ending December 31, 1975.
Progress for each research unit supported by the Joint Services Electronics Program (Contract DAAB07-75-C-1346) is summarized and is
designated by the letters JSEP in the outside margin.
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MASSACHUSETTS
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LABORATORY OF ELECTRONICS
RLE PROGRESS REPORT NO. 117
January 1976
Submitted by:
H. J. Zimmermann
J. G. King
FOREWORD
This report, No. 117 in a series of Progress
Reports
issued by the Research
Electronics,
Laboratory of
activities of
reviews the research
the Laboratory for the half-year period
December 31,
1975.
ending
Part I comprises the cus-
tomary annual statement of research objectives
and summary of research for each group. Part II
describes
research
in
greater
activities.
detail progress in
All projects
the source of research support.
ported by the Joint
Services
some
acknowledge
Projects sup-
Electronics
Pro-
gram are further identified in the margin by the
letters JSEP.