Physical Optics Corporation — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: A16-095
Physical Optics Corporation — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $100,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- A16-095
- Solicitation
- 2016.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2016-10-31 → 2017-04-30
Description
To address the Armys need for a high-speed, low-loss optical switch enabling high-capacity quantum entanglement photon routing in fiber-based quantum networks, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Quantum Nonlinear Photonic Switch (QUANOPIS). The proposed device is based on a novel design of a nonlinear fiber loop mirror, with electrical control of its operation. These innovations will enable the QUANOPIS to operate much faster than traditional microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and mechanical switches, and with much lower insertion loss than high-speed electro-optic modulators. As a result, the QUANOPIS offers a 10-GHz photon switching rate, with an insertion loss of