NANOHMICS INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: A16-094

NANOHMICS INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$159,999
Agency
Department of Defense · Army
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
A16-094
Solicitation
2016.2
NAICS
Place of performance
TX
Period
2017-11-21 → 2018-03-20

Description

For dynamic protection of LWIR sensors from laser dazzler threats, Nanohmics, Inc., proposes to develop a thin, light-weight, high-transmittance, electrically tunable notch filter based on microfabricated metasurfaces. One or more 200 nm filter notches can be electrically activated and tuned to reject >90% of incident threats. The metasurfaces comprise an engineered array of resonant microstructures that leverage standard materials and microfabrication techniques to reduce cost and provide a rapid route to commercialization. The high-rejection filter prototype is thermally engineered to operate properly for optical power up to 80mW/sq.cm. The thin (