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SILICON INTEGRATED CIRCUIT/FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL HYBRID SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 8511
Amount: $50,809.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1988
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
2200 Central Ave
Boulder, CO 80301
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 MARK HANDSCHY
 (303) 449-8933
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Abstract

THE PROPOSED WORK AIMS TO DEVELOP NOVEL, HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS (SLMS) BY JOINING FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS (FLCS), A FAST, LOW-VOLTAGE, LOW-POWER ELECTRO-OPTIC MATERIAL, WITH SILICON INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ISC). THE RESULTING SLMS MAY BE EITHER ELECTRONICALLY OR OPTICALLY ADDRESSED, HAVE FRAME RATES FROM 10 KHZ (PRESENT) TO 10 MHZ (FUTURE), AND CAN BE USED TO MODULATE OPTICAL INTENSITY, POLARIZATION, OR PHASE, ALL WITH HIGH THROUGHPUT. THE IC TECHNOLOGY IS ALREADY MATURE, ALLOWING SCALE-UP TO SLMS WITH LARGE NUMBERS OF ELEMENTS (512 X 512) TO OCCUR IN THE NEAR TERM, AND AT LOW COST. THE PHASE I WORK WILL DEMONSTRATE A CONCEPT-PROVING ELECTRICALLY ADDRESSED SLM WITH A 10 KHZ FRAME RATE AND UP TO 256K ELEMENTS. DURING PHASE II, FULL-SCALE CUSTOM ICS AND IMPROVE FLC MATERIALS WILL BE DEVELOPED, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ELEMENTS AND FRAME RATE, AND PERMITTING SENSITIVE OPTICAL ADDRESSING.

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