SBIR/STTR Research Award
ENHANCED LASER EYE PROTECTION USING AXIAL INDEX OF REFRACTION GRADIENTS AND DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS
Award amount
$509,668Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- GRADIENT LENS CORP.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- T7P3LDEKJLN9
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE THE DESIGNS FOR DIRECT VIEW OPTICAL SIGHTS WHICH INCORPORATES NON-LINEAR OPTICAL SWITCHES, SACRIFICAL MIRRORS OR OTHER OPTICAL LIMITERS PLACED IN THE FOCAL PLANE TO PROVIDE LASER EYE PROTECTION. THIS IS DONE BY INCREASING THE SPEED OF THE OBJECTIVE LENSES USING AXIAL INDEX OF REFRACTION GRADIENTS AND DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS. THESE DESIGNS AND THEIR MANUFACTURING FEASIBILITY WILL BE COMPARED WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH HOMOGENEOUS SPHERIC AND ASPHERIC DESIGNS. DESIGN RULES FOR AXIAL GRADIENTS AND DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS AS REPLACEMENTS FOR ASPHERIC SURFACES ARE GIVEN.
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.
- 80-Degree Night Vision Goggle
- NEW GRADIENT INDEX OPTICAL GLASSES FOR OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
- WAVELENGTH STABILIZED LASER DIODE SOURCES FOR DISTANCE MEASURING INTERFEROMETERS
- SOL-GEL GRIM FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS
- ENHANCED LASER EYE PROTECTION USING AXIAL INDEX OF REFRACTION GRADIENTS AND DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS
Research funding history
12 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2005). Reported award amounts total $1,808,373. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation