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SBIR Phase I: Improved Metal Oxide Magneto-Optical Indicator Films and Method of Fabrication

Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: 0945136
Agency Tracking Number: 0945136
Amount: $149,997.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: NM
Solicitation Number: NSF 09-541
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2010
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
575 MCCORKLE BLVD
Westerville, OH 43082
United States
DUNS: 051815553
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Mahavir Sanghavi
 DPhil
 (614) 891-2243
 msanghavi@lakeshore.com
Business Contact
 Mahavir Sanghavi
Title: DPhil
Phone: (614) 891-2243
Email: msanghavi@lakeshore.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project is intended to investigate the feasibility of enhanced magneto-optic thin garnet films, capable of converting magnetic field intensity to optical data using Faraday polarization rotation, and fabrication of such films using a novel method of manufacturing all-dielectric metal oxides. This type of thin film is known as an "in-plane" film because the magnetization vector lies in the plane of the substrate and must be distinguished from the "out-of-plane" thick films that are used in large quantities in optical communications (e.g. for isolators and circulators), and in some electrical current sensors. With the projected film properties and proposed system design, it is estimated that magneto-optical imagers (MOIs) can resolve spatial magnetic features of less than 200 nm and magnetic field strengths of less than 100 nanotesla (which corresponds to electrical currents of less than 10

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