Ultra-High-Speed Coherent Optical / Electrical Signal Generation and Characterization Platform
Abstract
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 and the Department of Defense (DoD) Appropriations Act for 2016 allocated $28M to assist Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI). The program aims to (a) enhance research programs and capabilities in scientific and engineering disciplines critical to the national security functions of DoD; (b) enhance the capacity of HBCU/MI to participate in defense research programs and activities; and (c) increase the number of graduates, including underrepresented minorities, in fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) that are important to the defense mission. The FY 2016 DoD HBCU/MI Research and Education Program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicited proposals from single investigators at HBCUs and MIs for the acquisition equipment and instrumentation in scientific areas important to one or more the three defense research offices, namely: Army Research Office (ARO); Office of Naval Research (ONR); and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). All equipment/instrument grant awards made under this program will have a 12-month performance period. The PI requests assistance for the acquisition of Ultra-High-Speed Coherent Optical and Electrical Signal Generation and Characterization Platform consisting of a 65-Gigasample/s arbitrary waveform generator for signal generation and 4-channel 80-Gigasample/s realtime oscilloscope with 4-channel optical homodyne receiver front-end for signal characterization. The proposed acquisition will interface with various optical components and subsystems that either are already available or are being developed in the PIÕs lab under various DoD programs and will bring to UT Arlington the unique capability of generation and coherent optical detection of signals with bandwidths of up to 20 GHz. This setup will be able to serve two currently funded and several pending projects from various DoD agencies, as well as add extensive new capabilities enabling future projects. The acquisition of this system will significantly strengthen the research efforts carried out at the Nonlinear Optics and Nanophotonics Lab at the UT Arlington, enhance the education of its graduate and undergraduate students, and also serve as a demo tool in future recruitment efforts and lab tours. The new capabilities will also benefit several other photonics research groups at the UTA. The estimated useful life of the requested equipment is approximately 10 years.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- May 22, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1610478
Entities
People
- Michael Vasilyev
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
- University of Texas at Arlington