Award

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) will develop sharp longwave optics with cost-reduced assembly of bolometer (SLOW-CRAB) to provide high quality, lightweight, and low cost imaging optics for large format longwave infrared (LWIR) microbolometer imaging. PSI will leverage its experience with broadband transmissive flat optics to reduce requirements on optical materials for ability to simultaneously achromatize and athermalize the optical system.Ā The flat optics will integrate with other optics to provide a wide high transmission band optical system suitable for a wide variety of thermal imaging applications.Ā PSI will design a high quality lens and present a scalable solution in terms of performance, cost, and key application drivers.