Primary Recipient

SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Amount

$145,000.00

Award Date

8/17/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

A sensor for monitoring of the curvature of the surface of an optic such as a mirror or beam-splitter will be developed using heterodyne measurements of the phase of a laser beam reflecting off the surface of the optic. The objective is to provide a metho