IMPROVED SLM FOR ADVANCED OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 15814
Amount:
$56,959.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A
Solicitation Number:
N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year:
N/A
Award Year:
1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date):
N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date):
N/A
Small Business Information
2200 Central Ave - Ste A, Boulder, CO, 80301
DUNS:
N/A
HUBZone Owned:
N
Woman Owned:
N
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
N
Principal Investigator
Name: Mark A Handschy
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (303) 449-8933
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (303) 449-8933
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract
THE PROPOSED WORK AIMS TO DEVELOP MULTI-LEVEL OR ANALOG SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS (SLMS) THAT INTEGRATE PHOTODETECTORS AND ELECTRONIC INTERAND INTRA-CELL PROCESSING. WE WILL INVESTIGATE A VARIETY OF ANALOG OPTICAL MODULATION EFFECTS IN FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS (FLCS), AND WE WILL DEVELOP APPROPRIATE MULTI-LEVEL ELECTRONIC DRIVING SCHEMES SUITABLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS. FABRICATION OF PROOF-OF-CONCEPT SLMS WITH THE FLC LIGHT MODULATING LAYER DIRECTLY ATOP CUSTOM-MADE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A VERSATILE, ECONOMICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH FRAME RATE (10 KHZ) SLMS. THESE SLMS WILL ALLOW COMPACT, REAL-TIME OPTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF SOPHISTICATED NEURAL NETWORK MODELS OF HUMAN VISION. * Information listed above is at the time of submission. *
