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Photonic Multi-Channel Transmit/Receive Integrated Phase and Amplitude Controller

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W911QX-06-C-0071
Agency Tracking Number: A043-035-1356
Amount: $729,933.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A04-035
Solicitation Number: 2004.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2004
Award Year: 2006
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2006-02-28
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2008-02-28
Small Business Information
8711 148th Avenue NE
Redmond, WA 98052
United States
DUNS: 043692487
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Walt Charczenko
 Product Development Manag
 (425) 702-8407
 walt.charczenko@eospace.com
Business Contact
 Chung-Ping Chien
Title: Vice-President
Phone: (425) 702-8612
Email: chung-ping.chien@eospace.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The development of compact Gbit/sec bandwidth Army free-space, laser communication systems require a new generation of fiber-optic, high-speed, multi-channel beam controllers. EOSPACE proposes a new and unique Transmit/Receive Integrated Phase and Amplitude Controller (TRIPAC) for these applications. Polarization and wavelength multiplexing techniques are used to achieve simultaneous transmit and receive operations with a high degree of separation (less than 60 dB of crosstalk) between the high power transmitters (25 to 30 dBm) and the low-power (< -20 dBm) counter-propagating beam in the receiver. The new transceiver will be built using EOSPACE's ultra-low loss optical waveguide technology. The module will contain unique high-speed (< 100 nsec) highly linear (grey-scale > 9 bit) bi-directional phase shifters and intensity controllers for each channel. The low voltage (Vpi < 5 Volts) transmit and receive phase shifters will operate over a large range (phase shift > 4 pi). Through the use of a wide variety of in-house technologies, EOSPACE has already demonstrated a majority of these operations during Phase I of this SBIR program. These new and novel TRIPAC transceivers will open up new applications in free-space adaptive communications, real-time targeting and designation, aberration-free imaging, and laser weapon systems.

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