Miniature Ultra-High Capacity Data Storage (MUHCS) in support of Strike and Mission Planning

AON proposal response to SBIR Phase I Navy 08-022 “Miniature Ultra-High Capacity Data Storage (MUHCS) in support of Strike and Mission Planning” will allow to accelerate AON 1000 development. The Phase I proposal baseline (6 months) would enable AON to complete the modeling and design to replace passive components, align, and assemble the passive components and active optical devices. In addition, AON will complete the integrated electronics control board design, routing, layout, modeling, and BOM for the active optical devices (e.g. laser, spatial light modulator, shutter, beam steering mirror, and photo detector array). The Phase I proposal optional (6 months) would comlete key development tasks required for Phase II, specifically the assembly of the optimized optical module and integration with the fabricated integrated electronic control board designed during the Phase I baseline. The completion of the MUHCS Phase I funding report will detail the optimized optical module operation with the integrated electronic control board for the active optical devices to perform the same functional read/re-writable capabilities as the AON 1000 optical breadboard prototype.