MZA ASSOCIATES CORPORATION — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: SB171-012

MZA ASSOCIATES CORPORATION — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$1,499,973
Agency
Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase II
Topic
SB171-012
Solicitation
17.1
NAICS
Place of performance
NM
Period
2017-09-19 → 2019-09-18

Description

Propagation of high-energy short-pulse laser light through the atmosphere must contend with not only the phase aberrations induced by atmospheric turbulence, but also a cadre of nonlinear phenomena that can reduce the efficacy of light delivery to a target. During this effort, we are investigating several adaptive optics designs that should improve the compensation of distributed aberrations in the atmosphere to facilitate delivery of short-pulse high-energy light to a target at range.