TRANSCUTANEOUS IMMUNIZATION FOR TETANUS BOOSTER

Not Available The Air Force has intense interest in developing efficient, high power laser sources for space-based applications. The NCl (a) pumped atomic iodine laser is a promising candidate system for this important application. Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop two enabling technologies for this new laser system: high flux atomic halogen source and ultra sensitive diode laser based diagnostics for key species. The chemistry involved in the production of the relevant excited states required atomic halogen species: F, Cl, and I. We propose to develop novel, high flow rate sources for these species. This source is based upon our Microwave Driven Plasma Jet (MIDJet) device. This source has demonstrated high fluxes (19mmoles/s) of atomic fluorine and has the potential to produce comparable fluxes of Cl and I. In Phase I we will use a prototype MIDJet to test the feasibility for producing F, Cl, and I. In addition, we will demonstrate a diode laser based system for measuring NCl (X). These two technologies will be developed into deliverable hardware during Phase II.