Fiber optic components and sub-systems for communication and sensing in harsh environments

Photonics已转变为使能平台技术，并应用于工业加工、通信、传感和生命科学。在通信和传感系统中，光纤可以提供更小的质量、体积、更低的功耗和对EMI的免疫力。具体地说，在通信环境中，基于激光的数据链路是高速的，本质上是安全的，不受干扰和欺骗，而且接入频谱不需要许可证。随着光纤渗透到实地部署的系统、无人机、飞机和用于电信或传感的卫星有效载荷，预计光子学将在地面、航空航天和空间市场发挥关键作用。这些系统要求坚固耐用的光子组件和模块符合严格的热、振动和冲击级别要求，以保证产品生命周期内的性能。该项目将专注于小型化、高性价比和高性能组件和子系统的设计、开发和商业化，适合实现地面、卫星或空中平台内的光信号产生、放大和接收等关键功能，推动在占地面积、比特率、功能和功率效率方面的最先进水平。

Photonics has transformed into an enabling platform technology with application into industrial processing, communications, sensing and life sciences. Fiber-optics can offer reduced mass, volume, lower power consumption, immunity to EMI in communication and sensing systems. Specifically in the context of communications, laser-based data links are high-speed, inherently secure, immune to jamming and spoofing, and no license is required for accessing the spectrum. Photonics is expected to play a key role in terrestrial, aerospace and space markets, as fiber-optics penetrates into field-deployed systems, UAV, aircraft and satellite payloads for telecommunication or sensing. These systems require ruggedized photonic components and modules qualified against stringent requirements in terms of thermal, vibration and shock levels in order to guarantee performance over the product lifetime. The project will focus on the design, development and commercialization of miniaturized, cost-effective and high-performance components and sub-systems, suitable for realizing key functions such as generation amplification and reception of light signals within a terrestrial, satellite or aerial platforms, advancing the state of the art with respect to footprint, bit-rate, functionality and power efficiency.