MZA ASSOCIATES CORPORATION — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: The demonstration of polymer membrane deformable mirrors capable of receiving a high-refle
MZA ASSOCIATES CORPORATION — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $79,905
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- 2013.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- NM
- Period
- 2013-05-08 → 2014-03-07
Description
The demonstration of polymer membrane deformable mirrors capable of receiving a high-reflectivity coating and handling high energy laser radiation enables the potential for a new generation of low-cost DMs for directed energy weapons. To achieve high actuator count and high speed, a new structural architecture need to be demonstrated. We propose to develop this architecture to achieve a low-cost DM with high reflectivity and scalable to both a large aperture and a large number of actuators while maintaining a high response speed.