Optical Cooling by means of Anti-Stokes Fluorescence in Molecular Systems

Not Available The Navy's submarine fleet continues to experience premature failures in submarine outboard electrical cable connectors across many CWS and HM&E systems due to water ingress into the connector. Foster-Miller, Inc. a specialist in advanced materials technologies, with strong support from D. G. O'Brien (DGO), a leading developer and supplier of submarine outboard electrical cable and connector systems to the Navy, proposes to replace the current water permeable polyurethane overboot and water permeable epoxy backfill materials with advanced hydrophobic polymeric materials whose properties can be tailored to meet the exacting requirements for more reliable, longer service life underwater connectors. The Foster-Miller team will be strengthened by the addition of two leading experts in outboard cable systems: Dick Hugus, formerly with NRL and Ray Haworth, formerly with General Dynamics Electric Boat Division. During Phase I the Foster-Miller team will demonstrate the feasibility of using hydrophobic materials and new design concepts to produce a generic solution to both the primary and secondary sealing problems of outboard electrical cable connectors. Phase I materials and designs will be further refined in Phase II, leading to the fabrication and testing of prototype connectors under simulated operating conditions by DGO in anticipation of Phase III commercialization.