SBIR Phase I: Low Cost Manufacture of Refractive Index Gradient (GRIN) Lens

Information

• NSF Award
• 9661615

Owner

• CHEMAT TECHNOLOGY, INC.

• Award Id

  9661615

• Award Effective Date

  1/1/1997 - 28 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  6/30/1997 - 27 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 75,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

*** 9661615 ZHENG This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II is directed towards optical materials which contain a distributed refractive index and are used in lens design are called gradient-index (GRIN) materials which have wide applications in optical systems. In this proposed research, we plan to integrate the supercritical drying technique for the fabrication of axial GRIN glasses via the layering of sol-gel solutions, since this technique has been proven to be low cost and fast process. In addition, new glass compositions will be tested in order to achieve good chemical durability. The principal application of this AGRIN lens is in various optical systems. The use of axial GRIN lenses can reduce one third of lenses. The proposed sol-gel layering technique is expected to be universal and promising way to make low cost and designable axial GRIN lenses in optical systems. ***

• Program Officer

  Darryl G. Gorman

• Min Amd Letter Date

  11/26/1996 - 28 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  11/26/1996 - 28 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  CHEMAT TECHNOLOGY INC

• City

  NORTHRIDGE

• State

  CA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  9036 WINNETKA AVE

• Postal Code

  913244323

• Phone Number

  8187279786

• First Name

  Haixing

• Last Name

  Zheng

• Email Address

  hzheng@chemat.com

• Start Date

  11/26/1996 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Metals, Ceramics & Electronic Materials

• Code

  15