SBIR Phase I: A Large Mosaic Liquid Crystal Fabry-Perot Etalon for Atmospheric Sensing

SBIR 第一阶段：用于大气传感的大型马赛克液晶法布里-珀罗标准具

• 批准号: 9861095
• 负责人: John Noto
• 金额: $ 9.63万
• 依托单位: Scientific Solutions Incorporated
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-01-01 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9861095&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Large; Mosaic; Liquid

9861095 This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project explores a liquid crystal (LC) etalon design that capitalizes on solid state Fabry Perot etalons, which are tunable by altering an applied potential. Phase I will construct prototype systems that use the precision tuning capability of a number of smaller LC etalons to produce a mosaic that, when tuned, will act as a single etalon of larger aperture. The mosaic etalons can be produced with diameters far exceeding those of traditional monolithic etalons, and can retain the ease of use inherent in LC etalons. It is thought that the LC technique, that is the centerpiece of the instrument, will become an essential component of future spectroscopy. Commercial applications are expected in remote sensing of regulated environmental pollutants, replacement of current large aperture interference filters for spectral imaging applications, measurements utilizing spectroscopic remote sensing or process spectroscopy, and passive detection of clear air turbulence.

9861095 这个小型企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第一阶段项目探索了一种液晶 (LC) 标准具设计，该设计利用了固态法布里珀罗标准具，可通过改变施加的电势进行调节。 第一阶段将构建原型系统，该系统使用多个较小的液晶标准具的精确调谐能力来产生马赛克，在调谐后，该马赛克将充当较大孔径的单个标准具。 镶嵌式标准具的直径可以远远超过传统整体式标准具，并且可以保留LC标准具固有的易用性。 人们认为，作为仪器核心的液晶技术将成为未来光谱学的重要组成部分。 商业应用预计可用于受管制环境污染物的遥感、光谱成像应用中现有大孔径干涉滤光片的替代、利用光谱遥感或过程光谱的测量以及晴空气湍流的被动检测。