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.
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