SBIR Phase II: High Performance Cholesteric Liquid Crystal-Based Wide Angle Broadband Polarizers for Practical Applications

该小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目的使命是实现Reveo专有的基于液晶（CLC）的薄膜偏光片的反射偏振特性的大入射角性能增强，以消除几种高市场拉动技术的最后商业化障碍。在第一阶段，Reveo通过对基本材料特性的更深入了解，发现了解决这一障碍的方法，并开发了几种意想不到的新型偏振器技术。 在第二阶段，Reveo计划将这些解决方案应用于超高亮度LCD、节能窗和可切换隐私窗技术的偏振器组件，利用之前私营部门战略合作伙伴投资的250万美元，迅速将这些市场就绪的技术商业化。 私营部门的这种早期投资是这些技术具有巨大市场吸引力的有力证据。 偏振器性能将针对每个应用的特定需求进行调整和优化，并且可制造性问题将集中于本文开发的偏振器增强特征来解决。 在这些技术的商业化过程中，Reveo将遵循其非常成功的战略伙伴关系SBIR商业化战略，该战略利用4项SBIR第二阶段赠款吸引了37，000，000美元，并创造了65个就业机会。 由该计划产生的CLC偏振器在成本和性能方面上级任何其他现有或提出的薄膜反射偏振器，并且所实现的增强亮度LCD、节能窗和可切换隐私窗技术同样具有上级的商业潜力。 此外，前所未有的低成本宽带45'反射偏振器是一种新的技术。

The mission of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to implement the large-incident-angle performance enhancement of the reflective polarizing properties of Reveo's proprietary cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC)-based thin film polarizer to eliminate the last commercialization obstacle for several high market-pull technologies. In Phase I, Reveo discovered solutions to this obstacle through a greater understanding of the fundamental material properties, and several unexpected novel polarizer technologies were also developed. In Phase II, Reveo proposes to apply these solutions to the polarizer components of its ultrahigh-brightness LCD, energy conservation window, and switchable privacy window technologies, leveraging $2.5 million in prior private sector strategic partner investments to rapidly commercialize these otherwise market-ready technologies. This early private sector investment is dramatic evidence for the substantial market pull for these technologies. The polarizer performance will be adapted and optimized for the specific needs of each application, and manufacturability issues will be addressed focusing on the polarizer enhancement features developed herein. In commercializing these technologies, Reveo will follow its highly successful SBIR commercialization strategy of strategic partnerships that has leveraged 4 SBIR Phase II grants to attract $37,000,000 and create 65 jobs to date. The CLC polarizers resulting from this program are superior in cost and performance to any other existing or proposed thin film reflective polarizer, and the enabled enhanced brightness LCD, energy conservation window, and switchable privacy window technologies are similarly of superior commercial potential. In addition, unprecedented low cost broadband 45' reflective polarizers are a resulting newly enabled technology.technology.