IMPROVED SLM FOR ADVANCED OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

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Award Information

Agency:

Department of Defense

Amount:

$56,959.00

Program:

SBIR

Contract:

N/A

Solitcitation Year:

N/A

Solicitation Number:

N/A

Branch:

Army

Award Year:

1991

Phase:

Phase I

Agency Tracking Number:

15814

Solicitation Topic Code:

N/A

Small Business Information

Displaytech Inc

2200 Central Ave - Ste A, Boulder, CO, 80301

Hubzone Owned:

Woman Owned:

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:

Duns:

N/A

Principal Investigator

Name: Mark A Handschy
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.

IMPROVED SLM FOR ADVANCED OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

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