SBIR/STTR Research Award
Integrated Waveguide Acousto-Optic Variable Doppler Frequency Shifter
Award amount
$69,995Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1996Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- 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
To extend optical processing of wideband microwave radar signals so as to include Doppler frequency offset by purely optical means, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes a highly efficient integrated waveguide acousto-optic variable Doppler frequency shifter. This frequency shifter is compatible with erbium optical amplifiers, can accommodate a wideband modulated optical signal, and will exhibit low spurious signals and fast response to variations in Doppler frequency bandwidth. POC will accomplish this through the extremely efficient acousto-optic interaction between guided optical waves and guided surface acoustic waves, propagating collinearly in a LinbO3 substrate. Implementing this device into a radar optical signal processing system will reduce complexity weight, size, and cost compared to RF systems.
Technology keywords
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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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