Adaptive Optics Associates (AOA), a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, develops and produces Electro-Optical (EO) systems for government and commercial customers with challenging performance requirements.

AOA has manufactured EO systems for more than three decades. The company has designed and produced a variety of laser beam delivery and conditioning modules for semiconductor lithography tools working at multiple ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths. With minimal down time, these systems are designed to achieve exceptional beam quality and reliability, based on their key features:

• “Copy-exact” manufacturing
• Particulate and molecular contamination control
• High-precision, kinematically mounted, replaceable modules

EO System Design Capabilities

With broad EO design capabilities, AOA develops systems for numerous government and commercial customers. The company’s deep bench of talented engineers applies rigorous systems engineering discipline to each new design and employs state-of-the-art design tools:

• Optical design: CODE V®, ZEMAX®, and OSLO® software
• Mechanical design: AutoCAD® and SolidWorks® software
• Wavefront propagation simulation: BeamPROP™, IDL and WaveLab software
• Deep- and near-infrared, visible and UV wavelength designs
• Athermal optical design – for diffraction-limited performance over wide temperature ranges
• Fiber-optic assembly design
• Mil-Spec design

For more information, please contact:

Adaptive Optics Associates, Inc.
A subsidiary of Northrop Grumman
10 Wilson Road
Cambridge, MA 02138-1128 USA
+1 617-806-1400 * +1 617-806-1805
E-mail: aoaeo@aoainc.com

CODE V is a registered trademark of Optical Research Associates. ZEMAX is a registered trademark of ZEMAX Development Corporation. OSLO is a registered trademark of Lambda Research Corporation. AutoCAD is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Incorporated. SolidWorks is a registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation. BeamPROP is a trademark of RSoft Design Group, Incorporated.