SBIR/STTR Research Award
NEW MATERIALS FOR OPTICAL COMPUTATIONS
Award amount
$178,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- Quantix Corp
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A NEW CLASS OF OPTICAL SOLID STATE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. THE NEW MATERIALS DISPLAY LARGE ELECTRON TRAPPING (ET) AND ARE VERY EFFICIENT. THEY COULD BE USED FOR OPTICAL READ/WRITE/ERASE MEMORIES AND FOR OPTICAL COMPUTATIONS. FOR OPTICAL PROCESSING THE TRAPS IN THE ET MATERIALFS CAN BE FILLED AT THE EXPENSE OF AN INDEPENDENT "POWER SUPPLY" LIGHT SOURCE. THE PHASE I WORK WILL CHARACTERIZE THE BASIC BEHAVIOR OF THESE UNIQUE MATERIALS AND WILL DEMONSTRATE SOME FUNDAMENTAL PHOTONIC FUNCTIONS; SUCH AS MEMORY AND SWITCHING.
Technology keywords
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