SBIR Phase I: Rare Earth Doped Polymer Optical Fiber Amplifiers

SBIR 第一阶段：稀土掺杂聚合物光纤放大器

• 批准号: 0109491
• 负责人: David Welker
• 金额: $ 9.96万
• 依托单位: Sentel Technologies L.L.C.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-01 至 2001-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0109491&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Rare; Earth; Doped

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will demonstrate optical amplification in a single-mode polymer optical fiber. Phase I will: 1) incorporate various rare earth chelates into polymer systems; 2) demonstrate amplification in the material; 3) make a polymer fiber with a rare-earth core; and 4) demonstrate amplification in the fiber. Single mode polymer optical fiber waveguides will be made with a mode profile that matches that of standard silica glass fiber, thus making the amplifier fiber compatible with existing fiber-optic components. Besides applications in phased array radar, these amplifiers are expected to impact the long-haul fiber amplifier business, but it's largest impact will be in small and regional network applications, particularly for fiber-to-the-neighborhood and fiber-to-the-curb uses. The new technology will also impact the amplifier market for local intranets, as well as provide cost-effective amplifier solutions for small networks and hybrid fiber-coax cable TV systems.

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将演示单模聚合物光纤的光学放大。第一阶段将：1)将各种稀土螯合物纳入聚合物体系；2)证明材料中的放大；3)制备稀土芯聚合物纤维；4)证明光纤中的放大。单模聚合物光纤波导的模式轮廓将与标准硅玻璃光纤的模式轮廓相匹配，从而使放大器光纤与现有的光纤元件兼容。除了在相控阵雷达中的应用之外，这些放大器预计将影响长途光纤放大器业务，但它最大的影响将是在小型和区域网络应用中，特别是光纤到社区和光纤到路边的应用。这项新技术还将影响本地内联网的放大器市场，并为小型网络和混合光纤同轴电缆电视系统提供经济高效的放大器解决方案。