Custom Opto-Electronic Crystals Scientific Materials Corporation, Bozeman, MT

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Custom Opto-Electronic CrystalsScientific
Materials Corporation, Bozeman, MT

• Innovation
• Crystal growth techniques for the efficient, cost
  effective production of custom crystalline
  materials for opto-electronic applications
• Accomplishments
• ? Delivery of high quality custom manufactured
  crystal products for space based lasers
• ? Developed growth techniques for lower cost
  production of multiple crystal
  compositions for material properties studies
• ? Developed growth techniques for a wide range
  of high melting point oxide crystals,
  including simple oxides, silicates,
  molybdates, tungstates, YAP, as well as various
  garnets containing combinations of yttrium,
  gadolinium, aluminum, scandium and gallium
• Commercialization
• ? Micron systems for heart puncture surgery
• Four custom crystal growth programs ranging
  from the supply of spectroscopic samples to the
  development of new dopant-host combinations
  
• ? Marketed in the U.S., Japan, and Europe
• ? Over 250 custom crystals sold to government
  and industry Over 1000 components and
  spectroscopic samples sold to government
  and industry
• ? Custom crystal product line experienced a
  300 growth rate for 1997-1998

Custom Opto-electronic
Materials Government/ScienceApplications ?
NASA - Custom/research laser systems thermal
emitters for power generation ? US Air
Force - Optical limiters work for aircraft
safety research funded by a 3,000,000
Phase III program ? DOD/USAF - Coherent laser
radar systems optical memory and signal
processing systems ? DOE - Next generation
solid state laser system for laser fusion
cooling of solids Points of Contact NASA
Norman P. Barnes [phone]
n.p.barnes_at_larc.nasa.gov SMC Ralph L.
Hutcheson [phone] scimat_at_avicom.net
http//www.scientificmaterials.com NASA
Langley Research Center 1991 Phase II - Last
update 4/99