MEMS Optical, Inc., founded in 1997, is located in Huntsville, Alabama. Many technologies, processes, computer codes, and intellectual properties were originated at Teledyne Brown Engineering (TBE). In 1984 TBE started an IR&D program concerned with optical computing. Spatial light modulators, diffractive optics and micro-optics were recognized as necessary component technology required in fabricating optical computers. As a result a diffractive optic research program was initiated.
