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A -- LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY SEEKS PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY TO COMMERCIALIZE AND MARKET CROSS DISPERSION INFRARED SPECTROMETER TECHNOLOGY POC For further information, contact Industrial Partnerships & Commercialization, at (510) 423-3139. Announcement The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) operated by the University of California under contract with the US Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking US companies interested in licensing or participating in a cooperative research and development agreement to commercialize cross-dispersion infrared spectrometer (CDIRS) technology. LLNL has developed compact spectrometer prototypes that utilize high precision, chemically etched, silicon echelle gratings to create 2-dimensional spectral formats tailored to IR detector arrays. The instruments operate with no moving components covering the entire mid and long wave infrared region. Diffraction limited performance with resolving powers up to 10,000 can be achieved in liter sized spectrometer volumes. The potential commercial advantages of this technology are its design simplicity for each of manufacture, low maintenance requirements and exceedingly high sensitivity. The high performance instrument provides superior signal to noise performance over comparable Fourier transform instruments. Market applications are anticipated for research instruments, industrial process monitors, environmental monitors and remote atmospheric monitors from ground, airborne and satellite platforms. LLNL is seeking licensees for each of the potential market opportunities and a separate licensee for the silicon grating fabrication technology. The partnerships will be coordinated through Industrial Partnerships and Commercialization at LLNL. Moving critical technology beyond the Laboratory to the commercial world helps our US licensees gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. The University of California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory can license technology through exclusive or non-exclusive licensing agreements, as appropriate. Cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) are structured to offer partner companies the opportunity to license LLNL technologies at the end of the project. All projects are conducted under policies related to the strict nondisclosure of company proprietary information. Any or all portions of this technology can be licensed or developed into a CRADA. If you are interested in working with LLNL on commercialization of this technology, please respond in writing within 45 days of this announcement. Provide a short (two page maximum) description of company history, experience in the field, present position in the market, and ability to commercialize the results of this joint effort. Please send this information to: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Industrial Partnerships and Commercialization; Attn: Infrared Spectrometer Technology; P.O. Box 808, L-795, Livermore, CA 94551. (068)

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