Gradient-Index Optics

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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.

Author(s):
Shatz, Narkis
Author Organization(s):
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP SAN DIEGO CA
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 1 Sep 2009-31 Mar 2010
Supplementary Note:
The original document contains color images. DOI: 10.21236/ADA546662
Pagination:
0107

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
ARO-56484-PH-DRP.1
Contract/Grant Number(s):
W911NF-09-C-0077
Monitor Series:
56484-PH-DRP.1, ARO
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5.2.3_Share Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned
Modernization Areas:
Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Human Systems
Descriptor(s):
*RAY TRACING, *OPTICS, *ALGORITHMS, OPTICAL IMAGES, CAMERAS, NIGHT VISION, POLYCARBONATES, THERMODYNAMICS, OPTIMIZATION, ACRYLIC RESINS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Numerical Mathematics, Optics
Report Date:
2010 Mar 31
Creation Date:
2011 Aug 24