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MEMS-Based Aero-optics Simulator System
Award last edited on: 4/7/2010

Sponsored Program
STTR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$599,945
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
AF06-T030
Principal Investigator
Dennis Mansell

Company Information

AgilOptics Inc (AKA: Intellite Inc)

1717 Louisiana NE Suite 202
Albuquerque, NM 87110
   (505) 268-4742
   dmansell@agiloptics.com
   www.agiloptics.com

Research Institution

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Phase I

Contract Number: ----------
Start Date: ----    Completed: ----
Phase I year
2006
Phase I Amount
$99,975
This effort joins the MEMS-based deformable mirror technology available from AgilOptics, a New Mexico small business, with the aero-optics technology of the University of Notre Dame to develop an Aero-optics Simulator. This simulator will develop a library of aero-optics patterns to simulate atmospheric distortions for test and evaluation of military or commercial beam control systems.

Keywords:
Adaptive Optics, Aero-Optics, Simulator, Active Optics, Mems Optics, Deformable Mirrors, Membrane Deformable Mirrors, Optical Simulators, Wind Tunnels

Phase II

Contract Number: ----------
Start Date: ----    Completed: ----
Phase II year
2008
Phase II Amount
$499,970
AgilOptics and the University of Notre Dame are collaborating to develop and commercialize an aero-optics disturbance simulator. Wavefront temporal data will be collected on various wind tunnel configurations that are applicable to transmitting light beams from aircraft. These time histories of the optical path distortions will be recorded and re-played through a membrane deformable mirror, driver and microprocessor set.

Keywords:
Deformable Mirrors, Beam Control, Aero-Optics, Adaptive Optics, Membrane Deformable Mirrors, Shear L