This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) project grant of $275,000 awarded to Corlens Inc. on January 1, 2025 seeks to develop a groundbreaking flat lens architecture for thermal imaging systems. The objectives are to eliminate image noise and chromatic aberration in flat lens designs, enabling smaller, lighter, and less expensive thermal imaging lenses using abundant semiconductor materials like silicon. This innovation aims to reduce the size and weight of traditional thermal lenses by half, with applications in unmanned aerial vehicle imaging for defense and security. The project will advance a first prototype in collaboration with payload developers, laying the foundation for further commercialization of the technology into commercial imaging sensors.
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