Simphotek news

07/09 Simphotek Inc. acquired exclusive license on commercialization of NYU technology

Simphotek Inc. has acquired an exclusive license to New York University (NYU) patent application US2007/0290147 A1 (Nov. 2006) entitled “Method, System and Software Arrangement for Determining an Interaction Between an Electromagnetic Radiation and a Material.” The NYU patent application is focused on optical CAD software that is based on modular building blocks.

06/09 Dr. Mary Potasek of Simphotek to Present Invited Talk at AFRL SAIC Workshop 2009

Dr. Mary Potasek will be presenting at a Workshop on “Beam propagation methods for nonlinear refractive and absorptive media” being held at SAIC, Dayton, OH on June 2,3, 2009. Dr. Potasek will describe existing and new numerical algorithms for coupled material-electromagnetic field equations which have been developed at Simphotek in long-time collaboration with Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University and Columbia University. She will describe the Simphotek patent-pending generalized numerical approach based on Simphotek computational transition modules which is capable of simulating light propagation through a wide spectrum of photo-active materials with applications in life sciences, renewable energy, biotechnology and optoelectronics.

01/09 Dr. Mary Potasek of Simphotek to Present Invited Talk at Photonics West 2009

Dr. Mary Potasek will be presenting “Engineered Nanostructures Exhibiting Enhanced Optical Nonlinearity”, at the Quantum Dots, Particles, and Nanoclusters section of Photonics West 2009 in San Jose, CA.

08/08 Simphotek Inc. awarded STTR Phase II contract

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded Simphotek Inc. a two-year, $750,000 STTR Phase II contract to develop innovative optical CAD software. Such software is needed to greatly reduce the time and money required to design new optical materials and devices. For example, new optical materials are desired by the Air Force in order to protect personnel and sensors from intense laser beams. The completed Phase I effort demonstrated the feasibility of designing optical CAD software that divides the computation of complicated light-matter interactions into a series of simple computational modules or blocks. In Phase II, prototype computer software based on this modular approach will be developed, tested and validated by comparison to experimental results. The new software will have a general purpose computational algorithm and a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows material and experimental input parameters to be easily modified.

06/08 Simphotek Inc. receives an Incubator Seed Fund Grant from the NJCST

The New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology (NJCST) has awarded Simphotek Inc. a $50,000 Incubator Seed Fund Grant to enhance the company’s intellectual property and to speed the development of a simulation software prototype.

06/08 Simphotek Inc. receives a STTR/SBIR Bridge Grant from the NJCST

The New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology (NJCST) has awarded Simphotek Inc. a $50,000 STTR/SBIR Bridge Grant to help fund the gap between STTR Phase I and STTR Phase II contract awards.

08/07 Simphotek Inc. awarded STTR Phase I contract

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded Simphotek Inc. a nine-month, $99,880 STTR Phase I contract to investigate new methods for computer simulation of optical materials. The goal of the Phase I effort is to demonstrate the feasibility of designing optical CAD software that divides the computation of complicated light-matter interactions into a series of simple computational modules or blocks. This modular approach can greatly simplify computer modeling of light-material interactions.

10/06 Sycamoreridge Innovations LLC (acquired by Simphotek Inc in 12/08) awarded research and development contract

Sycamoreridge Innovations LLC was awarded a contract by Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to develop pre-prototype simulation software for light-material interactions.