Photonics Technology Development for Optical Fuzing

Abstract

This paper describes the photonic component development, which exploits pioneering work and unique expertise at Sandia National Laboratories, ARDEC and the Army Research Laboratory by combining key optoelectronic technologies to design and demonstrate components for this fuzing application. The technologies under investigation for the optical fuze design covered in this paper are vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VECSELs), integrated resonant cavity photodetectors (RCPD), and diffractive micro-optics. The culmination of this work will be low cost, robust, fully integrated, g-hardened components designed suitable for proximity fuzing applications. The use of advanced photonic components will enable replacement of costly assemblies that employ discrete lasers, photodetectors, and bulk optics. The integrated devices will be mass produced and impart huge savings for a variety of Army applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA433624

Entities

People

  • A. Mar
  • Christian M. Von Der Lippe
  • D. K. Serkland
  • G. A. Keeler
  • G. M. Peake
  • J. Jiang Liu
  • K. M. Geib

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cavity Resonators
  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Detectors
  • Distributed Bragg Reflectors
  • Electronics
  • Frequency
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Optical Fuzes
  • Optical Materials
  • Optics
  • Optoelectronic Devices
  • Projectiles
  • Semiconductors
  • Surface Emitting Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics