PLASMONICS INC — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: AF20C-TCSO1
PLASMONICS INC — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $49,471
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF20C-TCSO1
- Solicitation
- X20.C
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- FL
- Period
- 2021-02-05 → 2021-05-08
Description
Plasmonics and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has developed a new class of Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs) utilizing phase-change materials (PCMs). Controlling the optical property of PCM’s is achieved by electrical biasing and results from the re-ordering of the material’s crystal structure. Coupling these materials to an IR coating makes it possible to engineer an active surface with a wide range of optical behaviors including dynamic amplitude, polarization, and directionality. These behaviors can be leveraged to assemble various compact, dynamic optical elements such as filters, polarizers, beamsteerers, and absorbers.