Foundation president, Harvey Fineberg, and chairman emeritus and co-founder, Gordon Moore, discuss the Statement of Founders’ Intent with staff.
This grant to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology will be used to investigate the requirements, feasibility, and design of microwave guide star systems for large adaptive array optical telescopes. Microwave guide star systems are based on creating a bright plasma discharge (artificial reference star) at altitudes above 80 km using a focused beam of microwaves. These microwave guide star systems have the potential to overcome most of the limitations of the current laser guide star systems and revolutionize adaptive optics for ground-based astronomy.
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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
$266,274
12 months
Microwave Optical Guide Star Design
Sep 2007
Creating positive outcomes for future generations.
