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RUGATE LASER FILTER

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 8386
Amount: $350,878.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Po Box 145
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 John A Brown
 (201) 647-6890
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

A REQUIREMENT EXISTS TO PROVIDE OCULAR PROTECTION TO TROOPS AT RISK FROM LASER ENERGY EXPOSURE AND BALLISTIC FRAGEMENTS WHILE MAINTAINING ESSENTIAL VISUAL PERFORMANCE. OPTICAL FILTERS BASED ON HOLOGRAPHIC MIRRORS OR THIN FILM INTERFERENCE FILTERS ARE EFFECTIVE IN BLOCKING LASER BEAMS BUT ARE FRAGILE AND ARE SUBJECT TO DEGRADATION FROM AMBIENT MOISTURE. THIS LABORATORY PROPOSES TO MAKE THIN FILM INTERFERENCE FILTERS FROM CROSSLINKED ORGANIC POLYMERS, IN A RUGATE STRUCTURE WITH A SMOOTHLY VARYING, CYCLIC, INDEX OF REFRACTION AND NO INTERFACES FOR DELAMINATION OR MOISTURE ATTACK - ONE SOLID, MONOLITHIC, POLYMER FILM. MANUFACTURE REQUIRES ONLY SIMPLE EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE FABRICATION OF PROTOTYPE INTERFERENCE FILTERS FROM ORGANIC POLYMERS, ON THE LABORATORY BENCHTOP, LITERALLY IN MASON JARS.

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