SBIR/STTR Research Award
Non-mechanical beam control for synthetic aperture LADAR
Award amount
$749,968Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- BOULDER NONLINEAR SYSTEMS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2016-05-31
- Contract end date
- 2018-06-01
- UEI
- N8J7GS1DB3A6
- Solicitation number
- 2015.1
- Topic code
- AF151-143
Research abstract
Non-mechanical beam steering technology for synthetic aperture LADAR (SAL) is proposed.To enable this low size weight and power (SWaP) subsystem, wide angle non-mechanical beam steering (NMBS) will be implemented using polarization grating technology. The technology will be evaluated by testing in a coherent LADAR system to verify compatibility as a beam control system for SAL.For Phase II Boulder Nonlinear Systems (BNS) and our teaming partners, Exciting Technology and Beyond Photonics, propose to build a beam control system prototype. The prototype will have a 15 cm aperture, switch in 1 msec and weigh less than 5 kg. The field of regard will be at least 45x15 degrees in 1 degree increments and the optical throughput will be at least 80%. The beam control subsystem will be characterized by evaluating it in a conventional coherent LADAR system. We will also investigate complimentary non-mechanical continuous fine steering approaches for future integration into the beam control subsystem.
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
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- Low-cost Lidar for Efficient Wind Energy Production
- Compatible High-res 3D Vision System
- Non-mechanical Beam Steering Technology for Optical Intersatellite Links
- Programmable Phase Nulling Interferometer
- A MEMS-Based High-Throughput Photostimulation Device with Commercial Backplane Integration
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Non-mechanical beam control for synthetic aperture LADAR
- High Power Robust Optical Deflector (HIPROD)
- High Speed Non-mechanical Beam Steering for Coherent LIDAR/LADAR
Research funding history
111 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1989–2023). Reported award amounts total $34,997,508. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture