FIBER OPTIC MICROPHONE DEVELOPMENT

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense	Branch: Air Force	Award ID: 12705	Program Year/Program: 1991 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 12705	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Micro Optics Technologies, Inc
8608 University Green #5 Middleton, WI -
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1991

Title: FIBER OPTIC MICROPHONE DEVELOPMENT

Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $389,614.00

Abstract:
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS THAT USE ELECTRO-ACOUSTICAL TRANSDUCERS ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DISTORTION OR INTERRUPTION BY ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE, ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES AND RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE.SHIELDING THE WIRE CARRYING THE ELECTRICAL SIGNAL TO PREVENT INTERFERENCE IS NOT ALWAYS EFFECTIVE OR DESIRABLE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE WORK PROPOSED HERE IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FIBER OPTIC MICROPHONE. THE TRANSDUCER OF THE MICROPHONE WOULD CONVERT ACOUSTIC SIGNALS DIRECTLY TO A MODULATING LIGHT SIGNAL WHICH WOULD BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH A FIBER OPTIC CABLE. THIS SIGNAL WOULD BE IMMUNE TO ANY ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE. THIS WORK WILL DESIGN A TRANSDUCER THAT CAN BE PRODUCED BY MICRO-MACHINING OF SILICON. THE DIFFERENT GEOMETRIES POSSIBLE FOR THE TRANSDUCER WILL BE INVESTIGATED AND THE MOST PROMISING SHAPE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. A MICROPHONE USING THIS TRANSDUCER WILL BE ASSEMBLED AND TESTED.

Principal Investigator:
Jeffrey C Bucholz
6088310655

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Micro-optics Technologies Inc.
Po Box 377 - 8608 University G Middleton, WI 53562

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DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees:

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No