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Industrial Partners

In order to get the most out of the research done at Marshall, we have formed a number of industrial partnerships. Below are some of these partnerships:
  • Fresnel Optics - Diamond turning of masters for Fresnel zone plates.
  • Rohm and Hass Advanced Materials - Silicon Carbide grinding and polishing experiments.
  • Photronics - Diamond Turning of germanium lenses (not completed because of cancellation of requirement)
  • Speedring (TTA) - Training of Technicians in optical polishing and metrology.
  • Ball Brothers (under discussion) - Optical metrology support and stray light support.
  • Raytheon Optical Systems Inc. (ROSI) (TTA) - Rotary head polisher development for x-ray optics.
  • IIT Industries - Silicon carbide mirror development.

Alliance for Optics Technology:

  • Advanced Optical Systems, Inc.
  • AZ Technology
  • Boeing Defense and Space Group
  • Dynetics, Inc.
  • Raytheon Optical Systems Inc. (ROSI)
  • Kaman Sciences
  • LTI
  • Mason & Hanger National, Inc.
  • Morgan Research Corp.
  • Nichols Research Corp.
  • Pentastar Electronics, Inc.
  • Speedring
  • Teledyne Brown Engineering
  • WIT Corp

SBIR:

Active Phase I Awards:
  • OCA Applied Optics: Low-Scatter SiC Optical Surfacing Using Photoelectro-chemical Etching
  • OCA Applied Optics: Ultra-Lightweight Mirror Using C/SiC Substrate
  • Massie Research Laboratories: An Absolute Distance Interferometer
  • Coherent Technologies Inc: 50 mJ 200 Hz 2 micron Lidar Transmitter using Novel Cooling methods for Improved Systems Efficiency
  • Osmic Inc: Low Distortion High Performance Supermirror Coatings for Hard X-ray Telescopes
  • Owen Research: Super resolution optical monitor for PVT crystal growth experiments
Active Phase II Awards:
  • Coherent Technologies Inc: Highly Efficient High Energy Laser for Space-Based Lidars
  • Blue Line Engineering Co: Active Segmented Mirror Technology Development
  • Continental Optical Corp: Vertical Scan Profiler for X-ray Telescope Metrology
  • United Applied Technologies: Thin Film Fresnel Solar Energy Reflector

Practice Oriented Masters in Optics:

  • Raytheon Optical Systems, Inc. (ROSI)
  • Teledyne Brown Engineering
  • Dynetics, Inc.
  • Speedring
  • Nichols Research
  • WIT, Inc.
  • Alabama A&M University
  • University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • U.S. Army Missile Command
  • Musle Shoals Community College