SBIR / STTR #OSW26BZ04-DV012

R&D for High-Speed Reconfigurable Metasurfaces and SLMs for Adaptive Optics

This opportunity from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), under the DOW agency, seeks innovative research and development proposals for advanced adaptive optics technologies. - Government Buyer: - Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) - Agency: DOW - Products/Services Requested: - Research and development of compact, high-speed, high-performance reconfigurable metasurfaces and spatial light modulators (SLMs) - Solutions must enable amplitude and phase modulation - Focus on overcoming limitations of current liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) and MEMS-based micromirror technologies (including DMD and DM) - Unique/Notable Requirements: - Emphasis on leveraging nanophotonics and integrated photonics - Applications include LiDAR, free-space laser communications, quantum sensing, and imaging - No specific OEMs, vendors, part numbers, or purchase quantities are identified - Requirement is for innovative R&D, not off-the-shelf products - OEMs: - No specific OEMs are named; the solicitation is open to all qualified R&D providers

Description

This solicitation seeks proposals for the development of compact, high-speed, high-performance reconfigurable metasurfaces and spatial light modulators (SLMs) capable of amplitude and phase modulation. The focus is on overcoming limitations of current technologies such as liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) and MEMS-based micromirrors, to enable advancements in applications like LiDAR, free-space laser communications, quantum sensing, and imaging. The solicitation is open for both phases and aims to leverage advances in nanophotonics and integrated photonics.

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