CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE OF DEEP SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS IS THE CREATION O…
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Award details
- Award ID
- NNX10CD89P
- Contractor
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Sub-agency / office
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Award amount
- $0
- Period of performance
- Jan 29, 2010 – Jul 29, 2010
- NAICS
- 541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- PSC
- PSC AR11
- Place of performance
- CO
Public award description
CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE OF DEEP SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS IS THE CREATION OF A STABLE AND RELIABLE HIGH POWER MULTICHANNEL OPTICAL UPLINK/BEACON. OPTICAL ENGINES PROPOSES TO DEMONSTRATE IN PHASE 1 A 1KW COMPACT AND LOW COST FIBER AMPLIFIER SUITED TO THE UPLINK APPLICATION. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE USE OF OPTICAL ENGINES PROPRIETARY MULTI-FIBER COUPLED 2.5KW LASER DIODE STACKS, ITS ETCHED TAPER ALL FIBER COMBINER TECHNOLOGY AND A CUSTOM DESIGNED PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER. BY BUILDING UPON EXISTING FIBER AMPLIFIER WORK THIS DEMONSTRATION CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE PHASE 1 TIME FRAME. FROM THIS DEMONSTRATION, A 4 CHANNEL 4KW TOTAL POWER AMPLIFIER ARRAY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED DURING PHASE II TO BE INTEGRATED INTO EXISTING NASA DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATIONS UP LINK INFRASTRUCTURE.
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