SBIR/STTR Research Award
MULTIPLE MODE OPTICAL SWITCHING ARRAY FOR FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS
Award amount
$49,988Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1989Award 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
IN THIS PROGRAM, A NOVEL MULTIPLE MODE OPTICAL SWITCHING ARRAY FOR FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS IS PROPOSED. THE NEW ARCHITECTURE COMBINES THE OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS AND INTEGRATED OPTIC SWITCHES. IMPROVEMENTS IN COST, SPEED, SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, RADIATION FIDELITY AND ALTERNATIVE PATH BEYOND THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ART WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM. COLINEAR AND COPLANAR BEAM STEERING ARE ACHIEVED THROUGH PROPERLY DESIGNED ELECTROOPTIC SWITCHING ELEMENTS. LUMPED AND TRAVELING WAVE ELECTRODE STRUCTURES ARE EMPLOYED TO UPGRAD SWITCHING SPEED AND POWER CONSUMPTION. ONE CHANNEL FULLY INTEGRATED FIBER OPTIC NETWORK COMPONENTS, INCLUDING LASER DIODE, FIBER, NIO COUPLER, TIR HOLOGRAM, GLASS WAVEGUIDE AND ELECTROOPTIC SWITCHING ELEMENT, WILL BE DELIVERED AT THE END OF PHASE I. THE SUCCESS OF THIS PACKAGE WILL PROVE THE FEASIBILITY OF A NEW ARCHITECTURE WHICH WILL BE PURSUED IN PHASE II.
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.
- Automated Camera Orientation Recovery Software
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- Cryptographic Multi-Biometric Software System
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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