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High performance and Cost Effective Diffraction Gratings by Projection Photolithography

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8650-11-M-1081
Agency Tracking Number: F103-173-1922
Amount: $99,868.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF103-173
Solicitation Number: 2010.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2010
Award Year: 2011
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2011-01-13
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
875 Wilson Street Unit C
Eugene, OR -
United States
DUNS: 105463603
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Thomas Mossberg
 President/CTO
 (541) 431-0027
 twmoss@lightsmyth.com
Business Contact
 Dmitri Iazikov
Title: Corporate Secretary
Phone: (541) 284-4544
Email: dmitri@lightsmyth.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

Use of projection photolithography allows for fabrication of high fidelity diffraction gratings with individual control on location and shape of each groove using modern semiconductor tools and powerful computer-based simulation and CAD software. The method yields master-grade highly efficient diffraction gratings with high batch-to batch reproducibility at the fraction of the cost of regular holographic or mechanically ruled gratings. Proposal included development of the entire range of designs for hyperspectral imagers covering VIS, SWIR, MWIR and LWIR ranges, dual band grating design for MWIR/LWIR range and fabrication of VIS grating prototype all in Phase I. BENEFIT: Proposed method will be ideal for large volume, highly reproducible, high yield and high efficiency gratings requested by AirForce in the topic. The grating design and fabrication technology has been already proven in other types of diffraction gratings.

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