SBIR/STTR Research Award
SINGULAR OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS METHOD FOR DISADVANTAGED USERS
Award amount
$150,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- APPLIED OPTIMIZATION, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2018-06-07
- Contract end date
- 2019-06-07
- UEI
- JGPNAVA6MSJ9
- Solicitation number
- 2018.1
- Topic code
- AF181-064
Research abstract
The research objective of this proposal is to design a photonic integrated circuit that performs as a transceiver for free space optical communication utilizing distinct and variable orbital angular momentum (OAM) states to provide twenty accessible channels for increased bandwidth. We propose a novel approach to achieve dynamic reconfigurability using phase change materials to provide 1 ns encoding and decoding of the OAM state. The silicon based device is low in cost and robust in fabrication, making it quite suitable for integration with other elements to form the desired system. Simulation will be performed by numerical modeling to verify the design and evaluate its performance and efficiency as the number of accessible states is varied.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Wide Field of View Lensing Spatially Variant Photonic Crystals
- Material System Design Tool to Enable Functionally Graded Materials
- High-Frequency 40 GB/s MWIR and LWIR Metamaterials-based Electro-Optical Modulators for Free-Space Optical Communications
- Evaluating Data Strategies in Training AI Solutions for Space C2
- Integrated Computations Materials Engineering (ICME) Modeling Tool for Optimum Gas Flow in Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
56 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2001–2025). Reported award amounts total $23,196,315. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration