SBIR/STTR Research Award
An Innovative Raster-Mirror Optical Detection System for CCD Camera Bistatic Lidar
Award amount
$74,950Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Commerce
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- METROLASER, INCORPORATED
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RB8MDWWD5MF8
- Solicitation number
- NOAA-2004-1
- Topic code
- 8.1.2
Research abstract
An innovative optical system with 500X higher ¿tendu and spatial resolution will be designed for CCD-based bistatic lidar. A 100¿ vertical field of view is required to image the laser beam from the ground through the boundary layer, but only a few degrees are required in the horizontal direction. The proposed design is based on dividing the vertical field of view into N sectors, using 1D rastering of flat mirrors, and parallel imaging of laser scattered light from each sector onto one CCD-matrix utilizing a single objective with narrow angle of view. By employing an off-the-shelf, off-axis, parabolic mirror as an objective, chromatic aberration can be eliminated, i.e., this system can be used in a broad spectral area from IR to UV. Phase I will consist of modeling, design, and proof-of-concept breadboard experiments.
Technology keywords
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Research funding history
308 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1989–2025). Reported award amounts total $100,196,325. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce, Department of Health and Human Services