SBIR/STTR Research Award
AUTOMATED, RAPID FABRICATION OF COMPLEX OPTICAL COMPONENTS
Award amount
$49,932Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Sandia Systems, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
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Research abstract
ION BEAM FIGURING TECHNIQUES WILL BE APPLIED TO FIGURE ASPHERE OPTICAL ELEMENTS. A MIRROR WILL BE ASPHERIZED TO REMOVE THE R(0)6 ZERNIKE CONTRIBUTION TO CORRECT FOR THIRD-ORDER AND FIFTH-ORDER SPHERICAL ABBERRATION AND DEFOCUS. IN ADDITION, A PHASE CORRECTION PLATE WITH THE SAME OPTICAL CORRECTION WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOR FABRICATION. SIMULATED ION BEAM FIGURING OF MORE COMPLEX ELEMENTS WILL BE INVESTIGATED.
Technology keywords
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