Novel true-time-delay optical beamforming networks for phased array antennas are devised using nonlinear high efficiency grating technology for free space switches. The switchable gratings are formed using nonlinear volume phase diffraction grating composites. The resulting optical time delay… More

The goal of this effort is to develop high efficiency optical switching systems based on free space switchable gratings. The use of switched gratings as an enabling technology to arbitrarily steer RF modulated optical carriers from 1 to any of N channels or alternatively from among N input to N… More

The goal of this effort is to develop optical interconnection technology for high performance image processing. Conventional intra-computer electrical communication, for example between multi-chip modules (MCMs), is a limiting problem in future image processors. The pin count needed between high… More

The goal of this effort is to develop high efficiency optical switching systems based on free space switchable gratings. The use of switched gratings as an enabling technology to arbitrarily steer RF modulated optical carriers from 1 to any of N channels or alternatively from among N input to N… More

The goal of this effort is to develop optical interconnection technology for high performance image processing. Conventional intra-computer electrical communication, for example between multi-chip modules (MCMs), is a limiting problem in future image processors. The pin count needed between high… More

The goal of this effort is to establish the feasibility and advantages of a new class of wide angle optical field flatteners which exhibit superior resolution and insertion loss when compared with other fiber-based approaches and, unlike the classical Piazzi-Smyth field flatteners, have a nearly… More

"A novel optical FEED-THRU technology is developed in this Phase I SBIR effort. This advanced FEED-THRU technology replaces conventional wires and their issues including thermal conductivity, radiation and electromagnetic susceptibility, and connectorreliability with a dense, wireless, non… More

The goal of this Phase-I effort is to establish the feasibility, performance, and advantages of novel ultra-dense and alignment tolerant optical fiber connector, breakout, and fanout technologies. Advantages of these technologies include extremecompactness and density, low mass, alignment tolerant… More

The goal of this Phase-I effort is to establish the feasibility, performance, and advantages of a novel alignment tolerant dense board-to-board optical interconnect for application to SIMD architectures. Advantages of this technology include: the abilityto extend a high performance SIMD processors… More

This Phase-II SBIR effort demonstrates the performance of a novel Advanced Optical FEED-THRU (AOFT) technology that can be used for strategic and tactical sensor Dewars and other FEED-THRU applications. This advanced FEED-THRU technology replaces conventional wires and their issues including… More

The goal of this Phase-II effort is to build, and to demonstrate the performance and advantages of, novel ultra-dense and alignment tolerant optical fiber connector, breakout, and circuit board interface technologies. Advantages of these technologies include extreme compactness and density, low… More

The two goals of this Phase-II SBIR effort are (1) to prove the capabilities and importance of the Optical Data Pipe technology through demonstration of a high performance, ultra-compact, and practical board-to-board multichannel optical interconnect; and (2) to demonstrate that the Optical Data… More

The goal of this Phase I effort is to investigate, develop, and characterize a new class of compact, lightweight, low-power LWIR / SWIR dual-band hyperspectral imaging sensors enabled by an innovative design form and dispersing element technology that are suitable for use on uninhabited aerial… More

The primary goal of this Phase II effort is to design, fabricate, and evaluate a new family of ultra-compact, lightweight, VIS-NIR-SWIR hyperspectral imaging sensors enabled by an innovative design form and dispersing element technology that are suitable for use on uninhabited aerial vehicles… More

The goal of this Phase I effort is to investigate, develop, and characterize a new class of high performance, compact, lightweight, LWIR hyperspectral imaging sensors enabled by an innovative design form and dispersing element technology that are suitable for use on uninhabited aerial vehicles… More

The primary goal of this Phase II effort is to design, fabricate, and evaluate a compact, lightweight, demonstration LWIR hyperspectral imaging sensors enabled by an innovative design form and dispersing element technology that is suitable for use on uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs). An alignment… More

The goal of this Phase I effort is to investigate, develop, and characterize a new class of high performance, compact, lightweight, uncooled LWIR hyperspectral imaging sensors enabled by an innovative design form and dispersing element technology. These sensors provide the ability to toggle between… More

The primary goals of this Phase I effort are to investigate, develop, and characterize a series of compact, lightweight, MWIR + LWIR dual-band imaging sensors enabled by an optically fast innovative design form and to develop an opto-mechanical waveband selection system to allow the user the… More

The goal of this Phase-I SBIR effort is to establish the feasibility, performance, and advantages of a combination of novel technologies that provide a practical high reliability and high performance solution to challenges encountered in increasing the capabilities of interceptor processors as well… More

The goal of this Phase II effort is to design, fabricate, and characterize a new class of high performance, compact, lightweight, uncooled LWIR hyperspectral imaging sensors enabled by an innovative design form and dispersing element technology. These sensors provide the ability to toggle between… More

The goal of this Phase-I SBIR effort is to establish the feasibility, performance, and advantages of advanced azimuth sensors that are non-magnetic, compact, low power, light weight, rugged, insensitive to magnetic interference and electronic jamming, are not dependent on GPS signals, are readily… More

Technical Abstract The primary goals of this Phase I effort are to investigate, develop, and characterize a class of ultra-compact snapshot hyper/multi-spectral imaging sensors enabled by an optically fast innovative design form and a specialized filter technology that are suitable for use in… More

The goal of this Phase-I SBIR effort is to establish the feasibility, performance, and advantages of novel module-to-module, card-to-card, card-to-box, and related optical interconnect devices for extreme environment aerospace applications. These technologies support both single mode and multi mode… More

The goal of this Phase-II SBIR effort is to refine, optimize, and demonstrate novel module-to-module, card-to-card, card-to-box, and related optical distribution technologies for extreme environment aerospace applications. These technologies support both single mode and multi mode fibers and… More

The goal of this Phase-II SBIR effort is to build and demonstrate the performance and advantages of advanced azimuth sensors that are non-magnetic, compact, low power, light weight, rugged, insensitive to magnetic interference and electronic jamming, are not dependent on GPS signals, are readily… More