SBIR/STTR Research Award
ULTRA-HIGH EFFICIENCY POLARIZERS AND POLARIZING FILTERS
Award amount
$750,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1995Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- REVEO, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Reveo has invented a new optical element called Polarizing Wavelength Separator (PWS), which eliminates most sources of inefficiency, and when used with a new LCD architecture, results in at least a factor of 10 improvement in light efficiency, thereby also leading to reduction in weight and size. The PWS element converts the unpolarized white light to an array of polarized (h(p)>90%) light strips that are spectrally separated (h(f)>90%) and spatially separated (h(ff)>95%).
Technology keywords
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