SBIR/STTR Research Award
MEMS Refocusing Concentrator for Free Space Optics
Award amount
$349,988Program and phase
STTR · Phase IIAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- MICROASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2004-12-17
- Contract end date
- 2006-12-17
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- AF03T009
Research abstract
MicroAssembly Technologies and Lawrence Livermore National Labs aim to develop low-cost MEMS spatial light modulators for adaptive optics correction and vibration/jitter control. MEMS SLMs can provide significant Strehl ratio improvements. However, available devices are severely limited by fabrication technology, resulting in low yields and high costs, which is prohibitive for most military applications, and essentially all commercial applications. Other considerations include the necessity for high stroke, tip-tilt-piston capability, and extremely flat mirror facets.
Technology keywords
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