Nanovox, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N221-079
Nanovox, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
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- Amount
- $239,993
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- N221-079
- Solicitation
- 22.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- OR
- Period
- 2022-07-11 → 2023-09-25
Description
Microlens arrays optimized for efficiently coupling optical power onto photonic integrated circuits (PICs) will be developed using a gradient index (GRIN) optics inkjet print additive manufacture technology platform. In the Phase I base program, after working with stakeholders to refine the application requirements, low-loss, low-aberration, aperture-matched anamorphic (axis dependent) lenslet designs will be optimized and shown by simulation to meet the solicited requirements. Achromatic optical materials will then be synthesized and small-sized microlens arrays will be fabricated and characterized using holographic interferometry, profilometry, and point spread function analysis. The measured performance will be demonstrated to match simulation. In the Phase I Option, 100 x 100 and 200 x 200 element arrays, sized larger than 1-cm x 1-cm, will be fabricated, and their measured performance will be shown to meet the solicited performance. Preliminary reliability and environmental testing will be performed.