RLE PROGRESS REPORT
No. 118
JULY 1976
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE;
DISTRIBUTION UNLIMITED
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH LABORATORY OF TECHNOLOGY
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
June 30, 1976 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-Maryland Procurement Office
Contract MDA 904-76-C-0331
Contract MDA 904-76-C-0328
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 F44620-72-C-0057
Contract F44620-76-C-0079
Contract 76-2972
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contract NAS5-21980
Contract NAS5-22929
Contract NAS5-22485
Grant NGL 22-009-013
Contract NAS5-22828
Grant NGR 22-009-526
National Institutes of Health
Grant 2 PO1 GM19428-04
Grant 5 R01 NS04332-13
Grant 5 PO1 HL14322-04
Grant 5 ROI NS11000-03
Grant 1 R01 GM22633-01
Grant 5 RO1 NS11080-03
Grant 1 R01 NS10916-01
Grant 5 SO5 RR07047-10
Grant 1 RO1 NS11153-01
Grant 5 SO5 RR07047-11
Grant 1 RO1 NS11680-01
Grant 1 T32 GM07301-01
Grant 1 R01 NS12846-01
Grant 1 T32 NS07040-01
Grant 1 RO1 NS13028-01
Grant 5 T32 GM07301-02
Grant 2 RO1 GM20370-03
Grant 5 TO1 EY00090-02
Grant 2 RO1 NS10916-02
Grant 5 TO1 GM01555-09
Grant 5 RO1 EY01149-03
Grant 5 TO1 HD00111-10
National Institute of Mental Health
Grant 5 PO1 MH13390-09
Grant 5 PO1 MH13390-10
Grant 1 RO1 MH27636-01
National Science Foundation
Grant AST73-05042-A02
Grant ENG74-24344
Grant AST73-05043-A02
Grant ENG75-06242
Grant DES74-19781
Grant EPP74-12653
Grant ENG71-02319-A02
Grant MPS75-04033
Grant ENG74-00131-A01
Grant MPS75-15421
Grant ENG74-03996-AO1
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 Order 4338-75431-Cl
California Institute of Technology
Contract 953524
Graphic Arts Research Foundation (Grant)
Harvard University Medical School
Purchase Order H49105
Massachusetts General Hospital
Purchase Order F350847
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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TYPE OF REPORT & PER!OD COVERED
Interim, half-year period
I ending June 30, 1976
DAAB07-75-C-1346
PERFORMING ORGANIZATION
NAME AND ADDRESS
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Research Laboratory of Electronics
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Department of the Army
Headquarters U. S. Army Electronics Command
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703
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C8-5-04533-01-C-8-CA
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Mass. 02139
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NUMBER OF PAGES
288
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U. S.
Army Electronics Technology and
Devices Laboratories
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703
REPORT DATE
July 1976
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Unclassified
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KEY WORDS (Cctinue on reve.se side If necessary and Identify by block number)
Microwave s
Lasers
Electronics
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Communications
Millimeter waves
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Molecular physics
Surface physics
Quantum electronics
Electron optics
Signal processing
Atomic physics
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This report, No. 118 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 June 30, 1976.
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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RLE PROGRESS REPORT NO.
118
July 1976
Submitted by:
H. J. Zimmermann
J. G. King
FOREWORD
This
report,
No.
of Progress
Reports
issued by the Research Laboratory of Electronics,
reviews
some of the research
118 in
a series
activities of the
half-year period ending June 30,
1976.
edge the source of research support.
Laboratory for the
All reports acknowlProjects supported by
the Joint Services Electronics Program are further identified
in the margin by the letters JSEP.