SBIR/STTR Research Award
A Large Aperture Electro-Optic Beamsteerer
Award amount
$99,782Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- VESCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2008-08-03
- Contract end date
- 2009-04-03
- UEI
- JDCKBJDFLLL5
- Solicitation number
- 2008.A
- Topic code
- AF08-T021
Research abstract
We propose to develop a fully electro-optic beamsteerer for large aperture beams. The beamsteerer will be able to deflect 3-cm beam into a field of regard of 50 deg x 20 deg. In Phase I we will demonstrate and model key technologies needed for a Phase II deliverable. These include a highly birefringent liquid crystals, waveguide couplers, and high-index, high contrast waveguides that will give a tunable refractive index of 0.25. The anticipated Phase II deliverable will require only 19 electrical connections and weigh under 0.5 kg. BENEFIT: Large angle beam deflectors are needed for laser ranging (LADAR) and will find many commercial application for security sensors, situational awarenss sensors for military, space and transportation, volume metrology in mining operations, grain storage, and more.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Speckle image processing for conformal sub-aperture arrays
- Sub-aperture based EO imaging systems
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- Speckle image processing for conformal sub-aperture arrays
- Sub-aperture based EO imaging systems
Research funding history
81 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2002–2025). Reported award amounts total $26,537,716. 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, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency