SBIR/STTR Research Award
Membrane-Based Deformable Mirrors for High Power Laser Systems
Award amount
$79,905Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- MZA ASSOCIATES CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2013-05-08
- Contract end date
- 2014-03-07
- UEI
- YEG4AQRRQFC6
- Solicitation number
- 2013.1
- Topic code
- N131-081
Research abstract
The demonstration of polymer membrane deformable mirrors capable of receiving a high-reflectivity coating and handling high energy laser radiation enables the potential for a new generation of low-cost DMs for directed energy weapons. To achieve high actuator count and high speed, a new structural architecture need to be demonstrated. We propose to develop this architecture to achieve a low-cost DM with high reflectivity and scalable to both a large aperture and a large number of actuators while maintaining a high response speed.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Research funding history
120 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1995–2025). Reported award amounts total $68,625,691. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration