Membrane Optical Imager for Real-Time Exploitation (MOIRE)
Program Manager: Dr. Derek Tournear
Leveraging advanced membrane optics demonstrating photon sieve optics, MOIRE will enable the technology for very large aperture optics for space platforms. MOIRE utilizes the fact that photon sieve optics can achieve diffraction limited images for very large structures where only flatness is the primary concern. MOIRE will demonstrate the manufacturability of large membranes (up to 20 meters), large structures to hold the optics tight and flat, and also demonstrate the secondary optical elements needed to turn a diffraction based optic (such as photon sieve) into a wide bandwidth imaging device. MOIRE will end with a technology demonstration that significantly reduces the risk of these types of optics for flight development.
