SBIR/STTR Research Award
Nanometer Precision Absolute Linear Interferometer
Award amount
$98,750Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Commerce
- Branch
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Recipient company
- AUTOMATED PRECISION, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2016-08-01
- Contract end date
- 2017-01-31
- UEI
- LR8MS4H7N2U5
- Solicitation number
- 2016-NIST-SBIR-01
- Topic code
- 09.01.01
Research abstract
The goal of this Phase I project is to develop an affordable, accurate, and rapid absolute interferometric length measurement technique with improved repeatability and accuracy. API has a patent-pending technology, Frequency-Modulated Time-to-Frequency Mapping Interferometer (FM-TFMI), that is an absolute interferometer capable of measuring at high speed and with exceptionally high accuracy. The TFMI uses a fiber Bragg grating to provide great system design flexibility in terms of scalability of measurement range that no other methods can possibly afford without compromising measurement accuracy or speed. In Phase I, we demonstrate its capability in terms of range, accuracy, repeatability and speed.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Advanced Six-Degree-of-Freedom (6-D) Laser Measurement System
- High-Speed Laser Scanning Impact Scoring System
- A 3-D Machine Tool Error Modeling System
- Advanced Six-Degree-of-Freedom (6-D) Laser Measurement System
- Laser Tracking System for Robot Position Measurement
Research funding history
10 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2016). Reported award amounts total $1,817,422. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services