FREEDOM PHOTONICS LLC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: A2.01

FREEDOM PHOTONICS LLC — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Amount
$124,967
Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
A2.01
NAICS
Place of performance
CA
Period
2016-06-10 → 2016-12-09

Description

Dryden (Armstrong) Flight Research Center has developed a 4-fiber interrogation system for Fiber Optic Smart Structures (FOSS) sensor networks interrogation. Replacing the expensive, bulky, mechanically tuned swept laser technology used in the FOS system will help reduce the system cost, size and weight, and enable massive deployment. In this program, Freedom Photonics proposes to develop a novel, inexpensive semiconductor based widely tunable laser, which can be tuned using simple tuning algorithms and control.