Polarization Maintaining Coherent Fiber Bundle Array

Award Information

Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 95418	Program Year/Program: 2010 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 094689	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: S1	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: AdValue Photonics Inc
4585 S. Palo Verde, Suite 405 Suite 405 Tucson, AZ -
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 2010

Title: Polarization Maintaining Coherent Fiber Bundle Array

Agency: NASA

Contract: NNX10CD58P

Award Amount: $99,498.00

Abstract:
Future NASA flight missions are considering passive wavefront and amplitude control in astronomical applications such as the search for exo-planets. NASA's Discovery mission proposal called out the need for a coherent 2-dimensional array of fiber bundles for this application. In this SBIR proposal we propose to develop monolithic polarization maintaining (PM) coherent fiber bundle arrays consisting of 1,600 fibers with core-to-core spacing of 80 micron with placement accuracy of < 2 micron. In Phase I we will design and develop specialty glasses and fibers and demonstrate a 2D array with 16 cores to prove the feasibility of this proposal.

Principal Investigator:
Shibin Jiang
Principal Investigator
5207905468
sjiang@advaluephotonics.com

Business Contact:
Shibin Jiang
Business Official
5207905468
sjiang@advaluephotonics.com

Small Business Information at Submission:

AdValue Photonics, Inc.
4585 S. Palo Verde Road, Suite 405 Tucson, AZ 85714

EIN/Tax ID: 260285706

DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees:

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No