IRFLEX CORP — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N191-012
IRFLEX CORP — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
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- Amount
- $140,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- N191-012
- Solicitation
- 19.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- VA
- Period
- 2019-04-18 → 2019-10-23
Description
The proposed work will design, develop and demonstrate the feasibility of an innovative approach for an infrared polarization maintaining single mode fiber (PM-SMF) solution that operates simultaneously throughout the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) spectrum (2-6 micron). This novel PM fiber will be designed on Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) to offer endlessly single mode in the MWIR and large mode area to transmit high power. A new MWIR PM-PCF will accommodate high power MWIR lasers >10W cw. Also, the proposed MWIR PM-PCF will have high birefringence (~10-3), high extinction ratio (~-30dB) and low propagation losses (<0.2dB/m).