SRICO INC — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: N20A-T012

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.