Gradient-Index Optics

Abstract

SAIC has performed an effort to advance the state of the art in gradient-index (GRIN) nanolayered polymer optics. The goal of this study was to take significant risks off the table with regard to practical high-performance GRIN optical designs. The DARPA BOSS program had demonstrated a remarkable ability to finely control the behavior of light passing through a GRIN lens composed of hundreds of thousands of polycarbonate and acrylic plastic layers. The generalization of existing advanced imaging and nonimaging design capabilities to incorporate manufacturable GRIN lenses can provide imaging lens systems that are compact and lightweight and concentrators that operate closer to the thermodynamic limit. We have built the most sophisticated polymer GRIN lens system to date - a lightweight, fast, SWIR GRIN lens based on performance metrics consistent with Army Night Vision Lab (NVL) portable imaging programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 2010
Accession Number
ADA546662

Entities

People

  • Narkis Shatz

Organizations

  • Leidos

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Computational Science
  • Detectors
  • Fabrication
  • Fungi
  • Gradient-Index Lenses
  • Gradient-Index Optics
  • Manufacturing
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Polymeric Films
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.