Applied Optics Laboratory Technical Specialties

Optical Materials
Nonlinear optics -- laser protection
Organic and inorganic pigments
Polymer binders
Paints and other thick film processes

Prototype Sensors
Imaging and non-imaging
Active (laser-based) and passive
Visible and infrared

Computational Materials
Spins in semiconductors
Infrared detector materials
Nonlinear optical materials
Materials for x-ray and gamma ray

Measurements
Optical and infrared
Materials properties
Field tests and demonstrations

Modeling
Optical system design
Non-imaging optics
Materials properties