LASER RECORDER MONTHLY STATUS REPORT, (SANITIZED), TASK ORDER NO. 04

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04747A003100020008-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 20, 1964
• Content Type: LETTER

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Roselyn Station
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Subject: Laser Recorder Monthly Status Report,
20 July 1964
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Task Order No. STAT
In accordance with the subject contract, the contractor herewith submits
Monthly Status Report No, 1, covering the period 1 July through 19 July 1964.
In this initial report, only two weeks are covered. This is due to the fact
that an executed contract was not received by this contractor until 1 July 1964.
All subsequent reports will cover a full thirty-day reporting period.
This program for a Laser Display Feasibility Study is being conducted by
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The program began with a review of the problem as described in the=proposal. STAT
The overall program plan was reviewed and a detailed plan for the first report
period was established. This plan called for an early start on the literature
searches and reviews described in the statement of work?
Literature searches have been started in the areas of modulation, scanning, and
screens. At the outset, the searches will be a joint effort by engineers of
the a and bibliographers of the S&ID Technical Informa- STAT
tion renter, Papers and bibliographies presently in the laboratory's files are
being used as a starting point for the searches.
Effort has been started to accumulate information on lasers which are commercially
available and lasers expected to be available either on the commercial market
or as developmental devices in the near future, STj T
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has indicated that a xenon laser having output wavelengths ranging
from 0.2 microns to 5 microns is expected to be available within nine months.
This laser is of considerable interest relative to the subject study, since the
0.2 micron UV output has a significant advantage over present red laser outputs
for certain applications. A UV laser would permit greater depth of modulation
with interference recording techniques, and would greatly extend the range of
screen and recording materials usable with laser display systems.
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The plan for the next month is to pursue the literature searches already
started, and initiate a concentrated effort to obtain as much information as
possible on lasers and other light sources. In addition, detailed plans for
the remainder of the study will be drawn up. It is expected that by the latter
part of the coming month enough information will have been accumulated to allow
theoretical and analytical work to be launched in specific problem areas.
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