SBIR/STTR Research Award

Multi-kW Uplink Fiber-Laser Beacon with Agile Signal Format

Award identifier e3f6880f0114e23e4b6084ebef71d2c16bb65a433bdac6cbf8739657b52988f2Awarding agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Award amount

$99,650

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2011

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Award details

Awarding agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch
Not reported
Recipient company
FIBERTEK, INC.
Proposal award date
2011-02-18
Contract end date
2011-09-29
UEI
DX8KTH7JHYC6
Solicitation number
Not reported
Topic code
O1.04

Research abstract

Uplink Laser Beacons for deep-space communication, can benefit greatly from migration to the 1010-1030nm wavelengths, via use of Silicon-APDs on the spacecraft receiving terminal. Fibertek has developed an uplink laser transmitter testbed using a multi-stage fiber-MOPA platform, that is also scalable to a multi-aperture architecture. Preliminary demonstration for 1064nm operation has shown multi-kW peak powers using long-pulse slot(>100nsec)based M-ary PPM format. The highly flexible platform developed at Fibertek, also corrects for pulse-shaping, and pulse-train variations, inherent in such multi-kW long-pulse variable-symbool PPM data-format. This SBIR proposal aims to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of a clear technical road map to translate this to shorter wavelengths<1030nm, as well as to further optimize the uplink laser beacon transmitter for representative M-ary PPM data formats, using FPGA based adaptive control.

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

173 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2025). Reported award amounts total $69,654,466. 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, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation

Contractor profile

FIBERTEK, INC.

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Agency intelligence

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NAICS intelligence

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Contractor industry classification NAICS 541512

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