ANTIBODY THERAPY FOR STAPHYLOCOCUUS AUREUS INFECTIONS

Not Available This program will develop high-power visible laser sources based on frequency conversion of 1 micron diode-pumped solid-state lasers. Improvements are needed in efficient and robust nonlinear materials. The technical objectives of our overall research program are to develop periodically-poled materials for use in commercial high-power visible devises, and for use in cascaded nonlinear output coupling configurations that have been studied at the USAF Phillips Laboratory. Our goals for the Phase I portion of the program are to demonstrate improved properties of periodically-poled materials using the same set-ups in order to fairly compare their performance. We will test the already commercially available materials and also investigate newly emerging materials. Tests will include absorption measurements and side-by-side nonlinear optical measurements in 532 nm second harmonic generation and 1 micron pumped optical parametric oscillators. Test results will be provided to nonlinear crystal suppliers.