About Us
Mustang Optics, LLC was formed in 2020, with the goal of taking photonics-based technology developed at SMU to a maturity level that would be available to DoD. The company was an outcome of a DARPA sponsored project through their Embedded Entrepreneurship Initiative (EEI program) to evaluate the use of Texas Instruments' DMD (Digital Micromirror Device) for use in mid-wave to long-wave IR applications. Our initial work focused on the development of high-performance scene generators. We are expanding our development activities into areas such as seismic monitoring in extreme environments and the prediction of kidney stone formation using novel photonic-based sensors.
Facilities
Mustang Optics is housed within the UT Dallas Venture Development Center in Dallas TX. Mustang Optics leases 500 sq. ft. of lab space which is set up as an optics development laboratory, as well as office space. The space includes several optics tables, a fume hood, and IT infrastructure. Mustang Optics has access to UTD Cleanroom Facility, a 5,000 sq. ft. class 10,000 space. The facility handles both conventional substrates, such as Si, GaAs and glass, as well as flexible substrates such as PEN and metal foils. This facility contains semiconductor processing equipment including optical and e-beam lithography, nanoimprint lithography, chemical processing hoods, evaporation, sputtering, chemical vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition, dry etch tools for silicon (including deep RIE Bosch process), dielectrics and III-V materials, and oxidation furnaces, as well as a wide variety of material and processing diagnostics.
