New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Grant

Organization - New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Grant Amount - $266,274
Foundation - Moore Foundation
Grant Purpose - 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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