SBIR/STTR Research Award
NOVEL OPTICAL PROCESSORS FOR PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA
Award amount
$49,760Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Optech Laboratory
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
OPTICAL PROCESSING OF PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA SIGNAL IS PRESENTED. THE MAJOR ISSUE OF SENDING JITTER FREE RF CARRIER TO THE ANTENNA, AND HIGH THROUGHPUT PROCESSING OF MULTI-BEAM PHASED ARRAY SIGNAL AS WELL AS THE INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION LOOP PROCESSORS ARE ADDRESSED. PHASE CONJUGATION PROCESSOR WORKING WITH AN OPTICAL FIBER LOOP IS PROPOSED FOR JITTER FREE RF DELIVERY. AN EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED 2-D IMAGING SLM IS PROPOSED FOR PROCESSING OF PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA DATA. THE PHASE I PROGRAM WILL ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITY OF THESE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGIES BY PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, MODELING, AND EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION. PRELIMINARY DESIGN WILL BE PROVIDED FOR AN ADVANCED OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY PROCESSOR SYSTEM.
Technology keywords
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