MULTI-LAYER FAR-INFRARED COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY THIS PHASE I SBIR WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A PROCE…

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MULTI-LAYER FAR-INFRARED COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY THIS PHASE I SBIR WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A PROCESS TO CREATE MULTI-LAYER THIN-FILM OPTICS FOR THE FAR-INFRARED/SUB-MILLIMETER WAVE SPECTRAL REGION. THE PROCESS WILL CREATE ALTERNATING SUB-WAVELENGTH LAYERS OF WINDOW AND AIR WITH HIGH INDEX CONTRAST. THE PROCESS PROVEN IN PHASE I WILL BE APPLIED TO PHASE II COMMERCIAL PROTOTYPES INCLUDING MIRRORS WITH REFLECTIVITY EXCEEDING 99.99%, DESIGN TUNABLE BAND-PASS AND BAND-BLOCKING FILTERS, ANTI-REFLECTION OPTICS, AND SCANNING FABRY-PEROT SPECTROMETERS WITH SIMULTANEOUS UNPRECEDENTED HIGH RESOLUTION AND BROAD FREE SPECTRAL RANGE AT 100 MICRON WAVELENGTHS. SUCH SPECTROSCOPIC COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY CAN BE IMMEDIATELY INTEGRATED INTO A NUMBER OF FUTURE NASA MISSIONS IN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY, AND ASTROPHYSICS, AS WELL AS HAVING DUAL USE AND LARGE POTENTIAL MARKETS IN DEFENSE, SECURITY, AND BIOMEDICINE.