Navy funds Digital Optics to develo¥diffractive optics
Digital Optics Corp. (Charlotte, NC) has just completed the first phase of a Small Business Innovation Research contract for diffractive optics development, funded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (Dahlgren, VA). During the six-month program, Digital Optics researchers designed and fabricated
125-?m-diameter diffractive focusing elements to couple light into optical fiber for datalinks and
communications applications. Terms of Phase II are currently under negotiation.