APPLIED OPTIMIZATION, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF181-064
APPLIED OPTIMIZATION, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $150,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF181-064
- Solicitation
- 2018.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- OH
- Period
- 2018-06-07 → 2019-06-07
Description
The research objective of this proposal is to design a photonic integrated circuit that performs as a transceiver for free space optical communication utilizing distinct and variable orbital angular momentum (OAM) states to provide twenty accessible channels for increased bandwidth. We propose a novel approach to achieve dynamic reconfigurability using phase change materials to provide 1 ns encoding and decoding of the OAM state. The silicon based device is low in cost and robust in fabrication, making it quite suitable for integration with other elements to form the desired system. Simulation will be performed by numerical modeling to verify the design and evaluate its performance and efficiency as the number of accessible states is varied.