SBIR/STTR Research Award
Holographic Light-Emitting Diode-Based Solar Simulator
Award amount
$74,992Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Commerce
- Branch
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- 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
NIST is seeking a large area solar simulator to overcome the shortcomings of current solar simulators. To meet this need, Physical Optics Corp. (POC) proposed to develop a new Holographic Light-Emitting-Diode-Based Solar Simulator (HOLIOS) based on holographic gratings, holographic diffuser, high-power light emitting diodes with electronic drivers, collimating and projection optics, and photodetectors for monitoring output. HOLIOS can accurately simulate both solar irradiance under a wide range of air mass conditions, and atmospheric absorption by water, oxygen, ozone, and carbon dioxide molecules. It can irradiate a 1.5 m by 1.5 m area at irradiance levels that can be varied from 30 cm x 30 cm and of meeting all NIST requirements. COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: The proposed solar simulator not only addresses NIST requirement for a large-area solar simulator that overcomes the shortcomings of current solar simulators, but also has significant commercial applications in agriculture -- for artificial greenhouses in remote locations such as the arctic and space stations -- and in treatment of skin disorders.
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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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