OSW26BZ04-DV012Pre-ReleaseSBIR

High-speed nanophotonic spatial light modulators

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.

This summary is AI-generated from the official solicitation.

Key Details

Agency
Department of Defense
Funding Amount
Release Date
July 1, 2026
Due Date
August 19, 2026

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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Opportunity AddedJul 1, 2026 at 12:02 PM

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