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Phase I seeks to develop lossless beam splitters in a planar integrated optical waveguide form for optical signal processing. We propose to construct lossless beam splitters based on a planar integrated optical waveguide form for the applications at 1.55 um. The proposed device consists of a beam splitter part and an optical amplification part. The device will be built on Er-doped fluoride glass f ...

The BMDO as part of its kinetic energy systems development requires an expendable, inertial guidance package. SatCon is proposing to develop an angular rate sensor combined with an accelerometer which are microfabricated on a single "chip" using the LIGA lithographic process. The accelerometer element employs a rebalanced cantilever, oriented orthogonally to the substrate, while the rate sensor u ...

In order to reduce paekaging requirements for advanced optical and optoelectronic components and system elements and improve the rate of new high performance optical system implementation, an innovative new technology for extremely highprecision plastic injeetion molding will be developed. This research will establish a method by which precision polymeric substrates may be formed to allow critical ...

The goal of the Phase I program is to establish proof-of-concept for a low-cost spatial light modulator that offers independent amplitude and phase control, and that can be used in a wide variety of defense and commercial systems. The proposed device is based on Optron's proprietary transparent silicon active-matrix liquid crystal light modulator technology. The device employs an integrated double ...

NZ Applied Technologies proposes to develop plasma-enhanced metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (PE-MOCVD) to create optically clear single crystal films of several unexplored ternary nitride semiconductors to study their nonlinear optical properties, and to use them for frequency doubling of visible and near IR lasers into wavelengths ranging from green to violet. Ternary nitrides appear to be ...

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F&S and Virginia Tech will cooperatively develop high performance protective ionic self-assembled monolayer (ISAM) organic/inorganic coatings for space-based optical and structural components, and work with Litton to upscale practical coating manufacturing. Revolutionary ISAM methods of creating multi-layer protective nanopartwcle films offer major advantages over con-ventional coating processes, ...