SRICO INC — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: N20A-T012
SRICO INC — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
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- Amount
- $146,500
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Topic
- N20A-T012
- Solicitation
- 20.A
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- OH
- Period
- 2020-08-21 → 2021-02-17
Description
SRICO proposes to develop a compact, high-performance, electromagnetic interference (EMI) and high-power microwave (HPM) resilient radio frequency photonic link for compact antenna remoting in US Navy submarine electronic warfare applications. EMI and HPM resilience are achieved by optically isolating the pick-up radio frequency (RF) antenna and optical transmitter from the photoreceiver. The optical modulator element is based on SRICO’s proprietary thin film electro-optic materials platform, which delivers ultra-high gain bandwidth performance while reducing the size of the modulator element by a factor of 10x relative to conventional electro-optic modulators. The device operates efficiently at modest optical powers, eliminating the need for high power laser sources. SRICO’s ultra-compact and high-speed modulator technology ensures state-of-the-art RF photonic link performance in a fully packaged EMI and HPM resilient optical modulator that is less than 10 mm x 10 mm x 30 mm in size, including all circuit protection and drive electronics.