SBIR/STTR Research Award
FOUR WAVEMIXING WITH FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS
Award amount
$125,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Displaytech Incorporated
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS (FLCS) EXHIBIT LOW VOLTAGE, LOW POWER ELECTRO-OPTIC SWITCHING WITH VERY FAST (MICROSECOND) RESPONSE AND HIGH OPTICAL EFFICIENCY. THESE CHARACTERISTICS MAKE POSSIBLE THE APPLICATION OF FLCS IN COMBINATION WITH A HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON (ASI:H) PHOTOSENSING LAYERS TO MAKE OPTICALLY ADDRESSED SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS CAPABLE OF FOUR WAVEMIXING, PHASE CONJUGATION, AND OTHER NONLINEAR OPTICAL OPERATIONS. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL DEVELOP FLC, ASI:H, AND CELL COMPONENT MATERIALS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
Technology keywords
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