SBIR/STTR Research Award
Fast Low Loss Uninterrupted Optical Switch
Award amount
$140,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- N.P. PHOTONICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2021-09-09
- Contract end date
- 2022-03-14
- UEI
- L1XGLKME9BC1
- Solicitation number
- 21.2
- Topic code
- N212-106
Research abstract
Fast low-loss optical switches capable of continuously variable coupling ratios between the two inputs/outputs are in great demand for radio-frequency applications on avionic platforms. NP Photonics proposes to develop a compact and robust 2×2 optical switch based on our unique magneto-optical fiber technology and micro-optics packaging capability. In the Phase I program, we will demonstrate the feasibility of developing a fast optical switch at 1.55 microns based on magneto-optical fiber. Fast low-loss uninterrupted optical switches at 1.55 microns, meeting or exceeding the requirements of the Navy’s applications, will be developed and delivered in Phase II.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Fast Low Loss Uninterrupted Optical Switch
- Fast Low Loss Uninterrupted Optical Switch
- Fast Low Loss Uninterrupted Electro-Optical Switch
Research funding history
123 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $46,434,512. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation