CAREER: Self-Calibration Metrology Advances for Micro-Optics Manufacturing

职业：微光学制造的自校准计量学进步

• 批准号: 0348142
• 负责人: Angela Davies
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-05-01 至 2010-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0348142&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Self; Calibration; Metrology; Advances

This Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award provides funds to advance discrete-component metrology that directly impacts manufacturability and inspection of micro-optic components. The measurement advances are based on self-calibration and homogeneous transformation methods that will allow interferometric measurements of the dimensional errors and optical performance of micro-lenses. This will significantly reduce measurement uncertainty and increase the types of parts that can be measured. Transfer of research advances to industry will be accomplished through an industry-sponsored graduate student internship and a continuing education workshop. The award will also be used to advance graduate education through a laboratory course module on micro-optics metrology and a new course on project management. High school summer internships will be used to expose local students to the research program by leveraging an existing NSF-funded GK12 program with a local high school.Industry implementation of the metrology advances will improve manufacturing of micro-refractive lenses by improving device yield and reducing testing time and cost, and thereby enhancing U.S. competitiveness in this area. The research accomplishments will also advance research and manufacturing capabilities under a micro-optics testing and fabrication program at UNC Charlotte. The program focuses on low-cost/high-volume micro-optic manufacturing research to develop cost-effective manufacturing solutions for micro-optic components and systems. The program falls at the interface between the Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications and the Center for Precision Metrology at Charlotte, and will be orchestrated under the Carolinas MicroOptics Triangle Agreement. This is a multi-institution agreement aimed at stimulating economic growth in the Carolinas through high-impact research, providing joint access for students and faculty to advanced facilities, and delivering a well-trained workforce in opto-technologies. The education objectives will enhance the retention and recruitment of students in the area and contribute to the objectives of the MicroOptics Triangle Agreement.

该学院早期职业发展（CAREER）奖为推进直接影响微光学元件可制造性和检测的分立元件计量提供资金。 测量的进步是基于自校准和均匀变换的方法，将允许干涉测量的尺寸误差和微透镜的光学性能。 这将显著降低测量不确定性，并增加可测量的零件类型。 将通过工业界赞助的研究生实习和继续教育讲习班，将研究进展转移到工业界。 该奖项还将用于通过显微光学计量学实验室课程单元和项目管理新课程推进研究生教育。 高中暑期实习将通过利用现有的NSF资助的GK 12项目与当地高中合作，让当地学生接触到该研究项目。计量学进步的行业实施将通过提高器件产量、减少测试时间和成本来改善微折射透镜的制造，从而增强美国在该领域的竞争力。 这些研究成果还将提高夏洛特的微光学测试和制造项目的研究和制造能力。 该计划侧重于低成本/大批量微光学制造研究，为微光学组件和系统开发具有成本效益的制造解决方案。 该计划福尔斯光电子学和光通信中心与夏洛特精密计量中心之间的接口，并将根据科维纳斯微光学三角协议进行协调。 这是一个多机构协议，旨在通过高影响力的研究刺激经济增长，为学生和教师提供先进设施的联合访问，并提供训练有素的光技术劳动力。 教育目标将提高该地区学生的保留和招聘，并有助于实现微光学三角协议的目标。