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Surface Optics Corp

  • Contact Person: Marian Geremia
  • Contact Phone: 858-675-7404
  • Contact Email: MGEREMIA@SURFACEOPTICS.COM
  • Business Structure:
  • Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
  • Business Type:
  • For Profit Organization
  • Industries Served: Paint and Coating Manufacturing, Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring, Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing, Other Electronic Component Manufacturing, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, Testing Laboratories, Custom Computer Programming Services, Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
  • Product Areas: OTHER DEFENSE (ENGINEERING), R&D- DEFENSE OTHER: OTHER (ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT)

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

  • $9,540 - Wednesday the 1st of August 2012
    Department Of Army
    W6QK ACC-APG ADELPHI
    YEARLY SERVICE VISIT FOR GOVERNMENT-OWNED SOC 100 HEMISPHERICAL DIRECTIONAL REFLECTOMETER
  • $88,822 - Wednesday the 24th of October 2012
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
    VERY LARGE SOLAR REJECTION FILTER FOR LASER COMMUNICATION SURFACE OPTICS CORPORATION (SOC) WILL DEVELOP A BAND PASS FILTER COMPRISED OF A VISIBLE DIELECTRIC MIRROR AND AN INDUCED TRANSMISSION FILTER, APPLIED TO TWO SIDES OF A CAST POLYIMIDE MEMBRANE. THE MIRROR/FILTER COMBINATION WILL BLOCK 95% OF THE INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION, WHILE ALLOWING A NARROW PASS-BAND FOR LASER COMMUNICATION. THE COMBINATION OF A VISIBLE DIELECTRIC MIRROR CONSTRUCTED ON ONE SIDE OF A MEMBRANE AND A BAND-PASS FILTER ON THE SECOND SURFACE, OFFERS A MEANS OF CREATING A VERY EFFICIENT SOLAR REFLECTOR WITH RELATIVELY FEW COATINGS LAYERS. THE EXCEPTIONALLY THIN AND FLAT OPTICAL SUBSTRATE WILL MINIMIZE DEGRADATION OF THE LASER SIGNAL. 2-METER MEMBRANE FILTERS ARE SOUGHT BY NASA TO PREVENT OVER-HEATING OF GROUND-BASED LASER COMMUNICATION RECEIVERS OPERATING DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.
  • $801,498 - Tuesday the 7th of February 2012
    Department Of Navy
    NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER
    HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING DIGITAL CAMERA SBIR 3
  • $69,951 - Tuesday the 22nd of May 2012
    Department Of Navy
    NSWC CARDEROCK
    EXERCISE OPTION 1 UNDER SBIR PHASE I PROPOSAL N103-217-0109
  • $55,000 - Tuesday the 4th of February 2014
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
    THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-METER DIAMETER RADIOFREQUENCY (RF) ANTENNAS FOR NASA AND DOD WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF FUTURE SPACE PROGRAMS. POLYMER MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGIES ARE WELL SUITED FOR LARGE AREA DEPLOYABLE SPACE ANTENNAS BY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE MASS AND VOLUME OF THE LAUNCH VEHICLE. LOW CTE POLYMER PIEZOELECTRIC MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY IS NOW AT A MATURITY LEVEL TO ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE LARGE AREA ELECTRICALLY FORMAL MEMBRANE REFLECTORS. ADVANCED COATING TECHNOLOGY IS CRUCIAL TO ENABLING TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTAL OF HIGH PERFORMANCE RF ANTENNAS. THE PRODUCTION OF A CONDUCTIVE AND HIGHLY REFLECTIVE THERMAL CONTROL COATING THAT MATCHES THE CTE OF THE POLYMER MEMBRANE IS AT THE CENTER OF THIS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, IN PHASE I, THE PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMERIC MEMBRANE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DEFORMATION AT THE APPLICATION OF THE ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL - THIS MANIFESTED THE NEED FOR STRESS BALANCING THE COATING. SPECIFICALLY, THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP THE THIN-FILM STRESS-BALANCED COATING THAT WILL PRECISELY MATCH THE CTE OF THE POLYMER TO THE COATING MATERIAL ITSELF, RESULTING IN A ZERO CTE MEMBRANE/COATING COMPOSITE STRUCTURE. IN ADDITION, THE COATED MEMBRANE WILL EXHIBIT THE REQUIRED RF PERFORMANCE, THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENDURANCE, SUCH AS: ATOMIC OXYGEN (AO) RESISTANCE; VISIBLE AND ULTRA-VIOLET (VUV) RADIATION REJECTION; AND SPACE TEMPERATURE EXTREMES. SURFACE OPTICS CORPORATION (SOC) HAS CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE IN PRODUCING RF/THERMAL COATINGS AND PRECISELY CONTROLLED INTRINSIC STRESS THIN-FILMS; BOTH ARE NECESSARY TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM. NEXOLVE IS THE PARTNERING ORGANIZATION WITH SOC, PROVIDING THE POLYMER MEMBRANES THAT HAVE THE APPROPRIATE PIEZOELECTRIC FORMULATION, SURFACE PROPERTIES, AND ZERO CTE.
  • $4,821 - Tuesday the 10th of April 2012
    Department Of Navy
    NSWC CRANE
    EVALUATION FOR REPAIR DUOCHROME TWO BAND
  • $4,800 - Thursday the 12th of April 2012
    Department Of Navy
    NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
    REFLECTANCE
  • $450,000 - Monday the 5th of November 2012
    Department Of Navy
    NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER
    PHASE II.5 UNDER SBIR TOPIC N05-071
  • $400,000 - Monday the 24th of September 2012
    Department Of Army
    W00Y CONTR OFC DODAAC
    MWIR HSI HIGH RADIANCE CONFIGURATION
  • $39,200 - Tuesday the 25th of September 2012
    Department Of Navy
    NSWC CRANE
    PANCHROMATIC INFRARED LENS ASSY

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