SBIR/STTR Research Award
Voltage Controlled Wide Angular Range Optical Beam Steering Device
Award amount
$49,934Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- Physical Optics Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- DG3AB4E8R4D8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The proposed beam steering technique merges high efficiency wide bandwidth diffraction gratings with liquid crystal cells. The angular dispersion properties of the gratings can be utilized and enhanced when they are combined with a layer of a medium with large refractive index modulation. The initial calculation predicts that an optical beam can be modulated by up to 10 degrees in a simple voltage controlled device. Though slower than acoustooptic beam deflectors, the proposed device offers greater versatility in its angular deflection, significantly smaller power consumption, and less bulky packaging at a lower cost. These properties will permit its wide spread use in laser radar and communication.
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
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Research funding history
1,933 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2021). Reported award amounts total $549,686,800. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security
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