Wavefront Sensor Camera

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Wavefront Sensor Camera
Small Business Innovation Research
Scimeasure Analytical Systems, Inc.
Atlanta, GA

• INNOVATION
• High speed, low noise CCD camera for adaptive
  optics and
• interferometric applications

• ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• ? Developed controller that allows fast,
  low-noise operation of CCD camera
• ? Achieved a 20-fold reduction in mass, volume
  and power requirements with no loss in
  performance
• COMMERCIALIZATION
• ? Commercial sales approaching 1 million in
  biomedical market with applications in
  neurological science and cardiovascular research

University of California and California Institute
of Technology are Collaborating on Construction
of California Extremely Large Telescope (30 Meter
Diameter)

• GOVERNMENT/ SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
• ? Cameras purchased for JPL/Palomar adaptive
  optics program
• ? Selected for California Extremely Large
  Telescope (CELT)
• ? Potential application in future NASA
  interferometric missions including DS3 and SIM

1996 Phase II NAS8-98081 NASA/JPL Contact
Mitchell Troy Company Contact Charles Bleau
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Success Story 7-033