This research will develop an ultra fast scheme fordetection of electromagnetic signals based on the inherentelliptical symmetry of multi-stable devices, as proposed by SAETand VIVIANI. The result is a state space mapping which can beusefully applied for real-time detection, control and monitoringfor a variety of signals of interest, by developing suitablehardware based on a novel generalized polarization concept (whichis also described). This proposal plans to draw upon a body ofliterature on the subject of multi-stable devices in order toprovide plans for commercially viable technology based on theinvention of the principal investigator. Likely applicationsinclude: radar backscattering, observations of optical "objectsof interest," ocean acoustic monitoring and a host of others.Such results should be of significant interest for applicationswhere approximations to "vision" are desirable, and as ought tobe expected with a fundamental advance such as this, theprocedures are applicable across the frequency spectrum. Ascompared with conventional approaches, the primary motivation forthis approach is ultra-fast performance that results from therequisite dynamical properties of a multi-stable device.
Keywords: Electromagnetic Signal Detectors Multi-Stable Devices
