Large-Area, High-Efficiency Diffractive Optics for Solar Imaging, Year 2

Completed TRL 4 (started at 2, targeting 4)

Description

Advance diffractive photon sieves to larger aperture, improved efficiency, optimized fabrication, and higher TRL, thereby enabling diffraction-limited angular resolution in the EUV;

Benefits

Achieve 10-20 times better EUV angular resolution than current or planned missions, with a collecting area to support fast-cadence imaging of transient events.

Details

Technology area	Sensors and Instruments > Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors > Optical Components
Program	Center Innovation Fund: GSFC CIF (GSFC CIF)
Lead organization	Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Start date	2021-10-01
End date	2022-09-30

Project contacts

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Adrian N Daw — adrian.daw@nasa.gov
Douglas M Rabin — douglas.rabin@nasa.gov
Kevin L Denis — kevin.l.denis@nasa.gov
Thomas R Widmyer — thomas.r.widmyer@nasa.gov

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