Nanopropulsion
RSI Princeton Operations
specializes in
development of new products in
microtechnology and plasma physics.
Microtechnologies developed at
RSI
Princeton Ops
include the MASS noise-cancelling
microspeaker array, the EMP
fiber-optic pressure sensor for
hypersonic flight, microscale magnetic
structures for actuators and charged
particle optics, the MIRROR
micro-retroreflector array for marking
and communications, electron
beam windows, and the M2-EMS compact
energy-mass spectrograph for
charged particle detection in orbit as
well as gas sensing on the
ground.
Plasma technologies at RSI
Princeton Ops
include
the MET microwave electric thruster
for spacecraft, a system for
microwave augmentation of supersonic
combustors, a microwave plasma
aerodynamic control system, the
MIRAGE ionosphere modification
system, the CMTX magnetized target
fusion plasma source, and the
Rotational-Vibrational Spectral
Analysis System for plasma
monitoring.
Clients have included the Air
Force, NASA,
NIST,
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratories, the Naval Research
Laboratory, and Princeton University.
The Princeton Operations have
involved a variety of collaborators,
including the Aerospace
Corporation, Princeton University,
Stanford University, and the Ohio
State University.
The facility includes 350 square feet
of laboratory space with
microfabrication clean rooms, an
optics lab, a main lab with vacuum
chambers for electric propulsion
testing and plasma physics, and
stations for electronics and
mechanical fabrication.
Researchers
at the Princeton Operations have held
guest staff positions at
Princeton University's Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering Department.
Princeton's facilities have been used
for various projects, including
work at Princeton's Institute for the
Science and Technology of
Materials (PRISM).
RSI Princeton Research has been
has been
featured
in these recent magazine articles:
