SBIR/STTR Research Award
Compact Accelerometer for Inertial Navigation, Gravimetry and Gradiometry Based on Light Pulse Atom Interferometry
Award amount
$69,710Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- AOSENSE, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2011-01-21
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- C185QEUVTTM6
- Solicitation number
- 2010.2
- Topic code
- N102-192
Research abstract
AOSense, Inc. proposes to design a compact proof-of-concept accelerometer based on light-pulse atom interferometry for use in inertial navigation, gravimetry and gravity gradiometry. Inertial sensing by atom interferometry promises exceptional sensitivity, stability and absolute calibration. We will conduct trade studies of sensor performance versus sensor size, complexity and power, and evaluate the design via error modeling and simulations of sensor performance. Simulations will include intrinsic sensor errors and sensitivity to environmental variations. Anticipated acceleration sensitivity is<1 ng/sqrt(Hz), bias instability<10 ng, and scale factor instability<0.001 ppm.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Advanced Narrow-linewidth Tunable Laser for Rydberg Sensors (ANTLRS)
- Advanced Laser-Pumped Atomic Clock Architecture (ALPACA)
- QuAIS phase II
- Robust Atom Interferometry Laser System (RAILS)
- Low-Power Microwave Oscillator (LMO)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- A MEMS-based ultra-stable, sensitive accelerometer
- An Ultra-Sensitive Accelerometer based on Advanced Pendulous Integrating Gyro Accelerometer (PIGA) Technology
- Inertial Accelerometer Using Cold Atom Interferometry
Research funding history
59 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2006–2025). Reported award amounts total $30,653,327. 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 Homeland Security, National Science Foundation