SBIR/STTR Research Award
DETECTION OF SUPERCONDUCTING CURRENTS WITH MAGNETO-OPTIC FILM PROBE
Award amount
$189,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Physical Optics Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- DG3AB4E8R4D8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR A METHOD OF OPTICALLY PROBING A SUPERCONDUCTING CIRCUIT ELEMENT TO: A) DETERMINE IF IT IS IN THE SUPERCONDUCTING OR THE NORMAL STATE, AND B) MEASURE THE CURRENT FLOW IN THE ELEMENT. POC'S CONCEPT ACCOMPLISHES THIS THROUGH USE OF A NOVEL MAGNETO-OPTIC SENSOR. THE EVANESCENT FIELD OF A GUIDED WAVE IN A FIBER IS MADE TO INTERACT WITH A STRONGLY MAGNETO-OPTIC FILM APPLIED TO THE SUPERCONDUCTOR. THIS RESULTS IN MODULATION OF THE LIGHT IN THE FIBER IN PROPORTION TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING CURRENT. THE APPLICATIONS OF THIS PROBE RANGE FROM REMOTE SENSING OF DC CURRENT IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS TO ULTRAHIGH SPEED LIGHT MODULATION.
Technology keywords
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Research funding history
1,933 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2021). Reported award amounts total $549,686,800. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security
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