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ORLANDO, Fla. (April 9, 2007) --- OptiGrate (AKA Light Processing & Technologies, Inc), a UCF Technology Incubator client, was recently awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from NASA. The grant is for $600,000 over a two-year period.
Dr. Leon Glebov, president and chief technology officer at the firm, said OptiGrate will advance the development of optical components utilizing the company’s proprietary technologies involving photo-thermo-reactive (PTR) glass and holographic recording for the manufacture of volume Bragg gratings.
Dr. Glebov said OptiGrate recently completed two Phase II SBIR grants awarded in 2005 totaling $1.5 million. These grants were issued by the U.S. Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Division.
OptiGrate designs and manufactures a large variety of volume diffractive gratings for both commercial and defense applications. The company also develops custom prototypes of various diffractive optical components for many optical and semiconductor companies. OptiGrate manufactures volume
diffractive gratings in both reflecting and transmitting geometries with efficiency exceeding 97 percent.
OptiGrate’s technology was initially developed by researchers led by Dr. Glebov at the Center for Research and Education on Optics and Lasers (CREOL) at the University of Central Florida (UCF) with the goal of commercializing high-efficiency holographic elements, commonly named volume Bragg gratings. OptiGrate entered into an exclusive license with UCF for the basic technology of hologram recording in a photosensitive glass. This technology is protected by several issued and pending patents.
In early 2004 the company reorganized, changed its name and launched a new web site to better reflect the products the company develops and produces. Additional information about the company can be obtained at
www.OptiGrate.com.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Leon Glebov, President and CTO,LBGlebov@OptiGrate.com, 321-438-4639
Carol Ann Dykes, Gordon Hogan or Tom O’Neal, UCF Technology Incubator, 407-882-0202
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, LV Communications, 407-644-4142
About the UCF Technology Incubator
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Technology Incubator has helped more than 80 emerging technology companies create over $200 million in annual revenues and more than 700 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. As a result of this success, the UCF Technology Incubator was named the 2004 Technology Incubator of the Year by the National Business Incubation Association. Headquartered in Research Park near the University, the Incubator is a true collaboration in economic development between UCF, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council and the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.
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