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Low Cost, High Performance IFOG Sensors using Hybrid Integration
Award last edited on: 7/18/2007

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : MDA
Total Award Amount
$2,099,950
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
MDA04-181
Principal Investigator
William K Bischel

Company Information

GC Holdings Inc (AKA: Gemfire)

1220 Page Avenue
Fremont, CA 94538
   (510) 438-7524
   N/A
   www.gc-holdings.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 17
County: Alameda

Phase I

Contract Number: ----------
Start Date: ----    Completed: ----
Phase I year
2005
Phase I Amount
$129,950
The goal of the Phase I program is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of developing a low-cost optical engine for the interferometric fiber optical gyroscope (IFOG) that is a key cost component of an inertial rate sensor. Hybrid integration of glass and lithium niobate waveguide chips will be used to demonstrate a method of combining all three axes of the IFOG system onto a single optical component with an extremely compact package size of 22 x 57 x 10 mm

Phase II

Contract Number: ----------
Start Date: ----    Completed: ----
Phase II year
2006
Phase II Amount
$1,970,000
The goal of the Phase II program is to build on the Phase I results to develop a 3-axis low-cost optical engine for the interferometric fiber optical gyroscope (IFOG) that is a key cost component of an inertial rate sensor. Hybrid integration of glass and lithium niobate waveguide chips will be used to demonstrate a method of combining all three axes of the IFOG system onto a single optical component with an extremely compact package size of 22 x 57 x 10 mm.

Keywords:
Ifog, Lithium Niobate, Waveguides, Phase Modulators, Hybrid Integration, Integrated Optics, Inertial Rate Sensors