SA PHOTONICS, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N161-035

SA PHOTONICS, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$80,000
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
N161-035
Solicitation
2016.1
NAICS
Place of performance
CA
Period
2016-07-06 → 2017-01-02

Description

SA Photonics Neptune-HDR system provides high data rate underwater optical communications with data rates greater than 1 Gbps at link distances up to 100m in clean ocean conditions. The Neptune-HDR system combines techniques from our field proved terrestrial Free-Space Optical (FSO) communication systems and our earlier generation Neptune UW FSO system, with advanced lasers and detectors to develop a state-of-the-art underwater communication system. Neptune-HDR provides full duplex-communication and has built in beam steering and beam-tracking capability, resulting in a fully integrated, compact and low-SWaP communication terminal. Rapid link acquisition is insured using a dedicated acquisition sensor allowing acquisition without the use of auxiliary acoustic links.