SBIR/STTR Research Award
Metamaterial Rislely Prism
Award amount
$199,968Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- PLASMONICS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2025-04-11
- Contract end date
- 2025-10-12
- UEI
- ZCD2ULL43U14
- Solicitation number
- 24.D
- Topic code
- AF24D-T002
Research abstract
Beam steering is a critical component of a variety of optical platforms. The large size, weight, and power (SWaP) of mirror-based gimbal systems limit their usability for compact platforms. Compared to conventional gimbal systems, Risley Prism beamsteerers are more compact, more resistant to vibration, offer higher scan speeds (3000 rpm), and require lower power for operation. To further the state of the art of existing Risely Prism systems we propose to further refine the new optical element based on metasurface Risley prisms (MRPs). Emphasis of this program will be on improving operational bandwidth.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Metasurface Filter for Sensor Protection
- Engineered Solar Reflective Coating with High Infrared Transparency
- Flexible Variable Emission Material
- Flat Optic Metamaterial Array
- Flexible Autoregulating Thermal Radiator Coating
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Advancing Beam Steering with a New Polarization-Insensitive Liquid Crystal Prism
- Three-dimensional Infrared Metamaterial Optic for Broadband Risley-style Beam Steering (TIMBeRS)
Research funding history
26 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2011–2025). Reported award amounts total $9,171,263. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration