High-speed nanophotonic spatial light modulators

Name: High-speed nanophotonic spatial light modulators
Creator: Department of Defense
Published: 2026-07-01T12:02:27.061294+00:00
Keywords: SBIR

Department of DefenseOSD

AI Overview

This RFP seeks compact, high-speed nanophotonic spatial light modulators to enable advanced wavefront control for adaptive optics applications. Current technologies like liquid crystal and MEMS devices are limited by slow response times, hindering adoption of LiDAR, free-space communications, and quantum sensing systems.

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Key Details

Agency

Department of Defense

Funding Amount

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Release Date

July 1, 2026

Due Date

August 19, 2026 (Closed)

Official Description

Adaptive optics (AO), with wavefront sensors and deformable mirrors based on spatial light modulators (SLMs) has been used for active laser beam control and propagation path compensation. The liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) is the most mature technology used for SLMs. But it suffers from a slow response time of tens to hundreds of milliseconds (~ kHz). Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)-based movable micromirrors, known as digital micromirror device (DMD) or deformable mirror (DM) technolog...

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Change History

Status ChangedAug 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM