INTEGRATED THREE-TERMINAL OPTICAL SWITCHING IN HYBRID OPTOELECTRONIC STRUCTURES

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense

Branch: Missile Defense Agency

Contract: N/A

Agency Tracking Number: 10281

Amount: $330,000.00

Phase: Phase II

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1990

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

Tacan Corp

2111 Palomar Airport Rd

Carlsbad, CA 92009

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Name: Dr Michael M Salour
Phone: (619) 438-1010

Business Contact

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Research Institution

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Abstract

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATES THE USE OF OPTICAL SWITCHING IN HYBRID OPTOELECTRONIC STRUCTURES. THE PROGRAM APPROACH IS TO ANALYZE THE PERFORMANCE OF A HIGH-SPEED OPTICAL SWITCH THAT ALLOWS A SMALL OPTICAL SIGNAL TO CONTROL THE TRANSMISSION OF ANOTHER, LARGER OPTICAL SIGNAL. THIS SWITCHGIVES INPUT-OUTPUT ISOLATION, GAIN, AND A LARGE NUMBER OF FAN-OUTS WHILE ALLOWING MAXIMUM SWITCHING RATES OF 10 GHZ WITH VERY LOW SWITCHING ENERGIES (1 FEMTO-JOULE). IN THIS PROGRAM, THE FEASIBILITY OF LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION OF THESESTRUCTURES ONTO TWO-DIMENSIONAL SUBSTRATES IS BEING DETERMINED. SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION OF THIS DEVICE PROVIDES A SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH-SPEED LOGIC GAGES,SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS, OPTICAL MEMORIES, OPTICAL DIGITAL COMPUTERS, AND OPTICAL NEURAL NETWORKS.

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INTEGRATED THREE-TERMINAL OPTICAL SWITCHING IN HYBRID OPTOELECTRONIC STRUCTURES