SDPHOTONICS LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A17-022
SDPHOTONICS LLC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $999,900
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- A17-022
- Solicitation
- 17.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- FL
- Period
- 2018-10-12 → 2021-05-06
Description
This proposal is to develop and implement a cryogenic optical data link into an infrared camera that includes a focal plane array. The cryogenic optical data link uses a specially designed laser that can achieve very low bit energy and very low optical loss in cryogenic environments. The laser is a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) that is designed to reach high reliability and high efficiency when optimized for 77 K operation. The optical data link will be integrated into a focal plane array test camera system for test and evaluation of the data link.