SBIR/STTR Research Award
OPTIAL SWITCHING FOR NONSINUSOIDAL RADAR APPLICATIONS
Award amount
$247,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Tacan Corp
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- MC3JU29QULM7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
WE PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE HIGH-SPEED, OPTICAL SWITCHING FOR NONSINUSOIDAL RADAR APPLICATIONS. THE TECHNOLOGY IS BASED ON SWITCHING WITH PICOSECOND LASER PULSES IN DOUBLE OR MULTIPLE TRANSMISSIONS LINES. THE PROPOSED TECHNIQUE HAS SEVERAL ADVANTAGES WHEN USED WITH WIDEBAND RADAR TRANSMITTERS. THESE ADVANTAGES INCLUDE RELIABLE SOLID STATE TECHNOLOGY, PULSE CODING, HIGHREPETITION RATE SIGNALS, FAST RISETIMES, HIGH VOLTAGE SWITCHING, AND IMPEDANCE MATCHING TO ANTENNAS. DURING PHASE I WE WILL DEVELOP A THEORETICAL MODEL OF THE OPTICAL SWITCHING THAT WILL BE USED TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS, CHARACTERISTICS AND FEASIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED SWITCHING METHOD.
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.
- Not Available
- Not Available
- Novel 130 GHz High Dynamic Range Laser Modulator for Space and Airborne RF Distribution and Phased Array Antennas
- Laser Induced Plasma Fluorescence Spectroscopy for the Detection of Heavy Metals
- Not Available
Research funding history
95 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2000). Reported award amounts total $19,118,264. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy