SBIR Phase II: Development of an Array of Solid State Liquid Crystal Spectral Instruments

* 9710943诺托 这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目利用新兴技术生产高分辨率，可调谐法布里-珀罗标准具，没有移动部件。 它利用新的液晶（LC）技术，在传统标准具板的表面上生长精密液晶，并通过施加可变电场来控制标准具的谐振波长。 LC技术是该仪器的核心，预计将成为未来光谱学的重要组成部分。 将建造几个原型装置，其中包括用于激光雷达系统的超高分辨率标准具和用于拉曼成像或航空学全天多普勒成像的光谱成像系统。 该技术将适用于许多问题，从在生产线上使用光谱分析仪进行过程控制的过程光谱学，到空间科学对高性能、低成本仪器的需求。 这项技术也可以用于地基光学高空气象学，因为预算紧张，需要具有扩展功能的新仪器，这些仪器是完全自动化的，能够在恶劣环境中生存。 ***

*** 9710943 Noto This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project utilizes emerging technology to produce high resolution, tunable Fabry-Perot etalons with no moving parts. It utilizes new liquid crystal (LC) technology to grow precision nematic crystals onto the surface of traditional etalon plates and to control etalon resonant wavelength by application of a variable electric field. The LC technique is the centerpiece of the proposed instrument and is expected to be an essential component in future spectroscopy. Several prototype devices will be constructed with an ultra-high resolution etalon for use in LIDAR systems and a spectral imaging system for either RAMAN imaging or aeronomical all-sky Doppler imaging. The technology will be applicable to many problems, ranging from process spectroscopy, where a spectroscopic analyzer is used on a production line for process control, to needs in space science for highly capable, inexpensive instrumentation. This technology may also find uses in ground-based optical aeronomy, where tight budgets call for new instruments with expanded capabilities and that are fully automated and capable of surviving in harsh environments. ***