SBIR/STTR Research Award
MWIR Polarization-Maintaining Single Mode Fiber
Award amount
$1,350,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- IRFLEX CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2020-10-15
- Contract end date
- 2025-10-14
- UEI
- YGEHLWEBR1F8
- Solicitation number
- 19.1
- Topic code
- N191-012
Research abstract
The proposed Phase II work will develop an initial polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber prototype. The innovative PM single mode fiber (PM-SMF) solution will operate simultaneously throughout the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) spectrum (2-6 micron). This novel PM fiber is based on Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) to offer single mode in the MWIR and large mode area to transmit high power. The new MWIR PM-PCF will accommodate high power MWIR lasers >10W cw. Also, the proposed MWIR PM-PCF will have high birefringence (~10-3), high extinction ratio (~-30dB), low propagation losses (<0.2dB/m), and low insertion loss (<0.5dB). The PM-PCF will be terminated in an optical connector that requires a minimal amount of epoxy.
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.
- Optical Fiber Combiner for Combining MWIR QCL Beams
- AM by Laser-assisted Nanoparticle Deposition (AMLAND) for Metalens
- Optical Additive Manufacturing in the MWIR and LWIR Bands
- Optical Fiber Combiner for Combining MWIR QCL Beams
- Optical Additive Manufacturing in Mid-Wave and Long-Wave Infrared Bands
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Mid-Wave Infrared Polarization-Maintaining Single Mode Fiber
- Mid-Wave Infrared Polarization-Maintaining Single Mode Fiber
- MWIR polarization maintaining single mode fibers
- Mid-Wave Infrared Polarization-Maintaining Single Mode Fiber
- Mid-wave infrared polarization-maintaining single mode fiber
Research funding history
34 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2006–2025). Reported award amounts total $14,872,663. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense