The iSFA technology will find applications in a variety of industries that need to precisely control the phase and amplitude properties of generalized optical wavefront. Such markets include: free-space laser communications, adaptive optics systems, remote sensing, optical metrology, medical imaging, photogrammetry, environmental monitoring, LADAR imager sensors, and microscopy applications. The proposed iSFA will precisely control the phase and amplitude of optical wavefront and enhance the performance of nulling coronagraph, which will benefit NASA Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) and Stellar Imaging (SI) missions for detection of earth-like planets, climates, habitability and life beyond our solar system.
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