SBIR/STTR Research Award
REMOTE EM SENSOR TECHNOLOGY
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Optech
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE U.S. NAVY IS SEEKING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) FIELD SENSOR CAPABLE OF OPERATION IN THE FREQUENCY RANGE OF 10 KHZ TO 60 KHZ, WHICH CAN BE COVERTLY DEPLOYED FROM A SUBMARINE PLATFORM. OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (OPTECH), PROPOSES A FIBER-OPTIC EM-FIELD SENSOR TO MEET THIS NEED. THE SENSOR HAS THE FOLLOWING MAJOR FEATURES: ATMOSPHERIC NOISE LIMITED PERFORMANCE; IMMUNITY TO EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP); IMMUNITY TO ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) IN THE OPTICAL FIBER LEAD; MULTIMODE LASER OPTICAL SOURCE TO PROVIDE STABLE LASER OPERATION (ELIMINATES MODE HOPPING), AND SINGLE OPTICAL FIBER CONSTRUCTION TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FIBER REQUIRED IN LEAD AND SENSOR ELEMENT.
Technology keywords
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