SBIR/STTR Research Award
DIRECT GROWTH/FUSION CIRCUITRY DEVICES ON OPTICAL FIBER
Award amount
$488,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Advanced Fiberoptics Corp.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF GROWTH OR FUSION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES DIRECTLY ONTO THE OPTICAL FIBER. THIS APPROACH WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATION AND BENEFITS ON FUTURE FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS. TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE, A COMPLETE LITERATURE SEARCH RELATED TO THE TOPIC WILL BE COMPILED. A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS ON ALL POSSIBLE DESIGNS WILL BE INVESTIGATED. THE MATERIAL COMPATIBILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT, RELIABILITY AND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES WILL BE INVESTIGATED AND EVALUATED. AN EXPERIMENTAL TRYOUT WILL ALSO BE DONE ON SOME CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND PROCESS IF TIME AND FUNDING ALLOWS.
Technology keywords
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