
Volume Phase Diffractive Optical Elements for Laser CavitiesAward last edited on: 6/19/2015
Sponsored Program
SBIRAwarding Agency
DOD : AFTotal Award Amount
$150,000Award Phase
1Solicitation Topic Code
AF151-155Principal Investigator
Sergei KrivoshlykovCompany Information
Phase I
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Phase I year
2015Phase I Amount
$150,000Benefits:
One-step optical recording is less labor intensive than traditional grinding, polishing or etching and offers considerable cost reduction due to saving the expensive ZnSe material. This creates strong competitive advantage for commercialization of the developed technology. In addition to immediate military applications of the VPDOEs in laser cavities for infrared countermeasures, remote sensing and monitoring, target detection and ranging, free space optical communication, detection of chemicals, the proposed relief-free diffractive optics having improved performance, high resistance to laser damage and harsh environments will find many industrial, scientific and medical applications, including spectral devices and detectors, chemical spectroscopy, industrial process and material quality control, environmental monitoring, trace gas identification and analysis, semiconductor lasers and telecom semiconductor devices, optical memory and laser mode tuning, material laser processing and medical surgery.
Keywords:
Volume phase diffractive optical elements, relief-free diffractive optics, holographic recording, infrared diffractive optics, diffraction gratings
Phase II
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