Potential NASA Commercial Applications: The primary focus of this program is to enable the development of a chip-scale integrated Indium Phosphide based rad hard RZ-DPSK transmitter for NASA for use in compact optical modems for the international space station. The program goal is the integration of tunable laser, optical modulators, gating and booster SOA into a single monolithic chip and the surrounding compact package to generate a small footprint transmitter for NASA use in the ISS, and potentially further into space subsystems, pico satellites, and space vehicles.
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