SBIR/STTR Research Award
POLYMER GELATIN WAVEGUIDE MODULATOR
Award amount
$249,982Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- 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 NEW HETEROSTRUCTURE POLYMER GRADED-INDEX (GRIN) WAVEGUIDE, WHICH IN SPITE OF LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX ( 1.5) HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE ABLE TO FORM GUIDING LAYERS ON ANY SMOOTH SURFACE INCLUDING, CONDUCTORS, SEMICONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS WILL BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED. A NEW ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR BASED ON GELATIN WAVEGUIDE ON METAL THIN FILM IS PROPOSED. SINCE TM (TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC)GUIDED WAVE HAS A SIZABLE PORTION OF THE GUIDED ENERGY PENETRATING INTO THE METAL FILM, THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TM GUIDED WAVE AND ELECTRICAL CURRENT IS PRODUCIBLE. THE ABSORPTION OF OPTICAL GUIDED WAVE IS PROPOTIONAL TO THE SURFACE CURRENT DENSITY OF THE METAL FILM. BY INJECTING A TIME DEPENDENT CURRENT, J, (T), THE INTENSITY MODULATION OF THE GUIDED OPTICAL WAVE CAN BE ACHIEVED. THE AVAILABILITY OF FORMING WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE ON ANY SMOOTH SURFACE PROVIDES US AN ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO CONSTRUCT ELECTRO-OPTIC SYSTEMS WHICH INVOLVE GUIDED WAVE PASSIVE AND ACTIVE DEVICES. A GELATIN WAVEGUIDE MODULATION WILL BE DEMONSTRATED ON AU/ALUMINA SUBSTRATES IN PHASE I.
Technology keywords
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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
- Wavelet-Based Approach for Signal Processing and Analysis
- Automatic Deep Learning-based Target Identification with Semantic Reasoner for Autonomous Collaborative Weapons
- Miniaturize, Inexpensive, Automated Mid-Body Range Safety Subsystem
- 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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