SBIR-STTR Award

Self-routing Optical Crossbar Switch
Award last edited on: 3/26/2002

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : DARPA
Total Award Amount
$56,653
Award Phase
1
Solicitation Topic Code
DARPA93-021
Principal Investigator
Axel Thomsen

Company Information

ABJ Integration Technologies

7550 Chaparral Drive
Atlanta, GA 30350
   (404) 872-5491
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Location: Single
Congr. District: 06
County: Fulton

Phase I

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Phase I year
1993
Phase I Amount
$56,653
High speed, low cost optical self routing optical crossbar switches with gigabit data rates are key components in optical communication and routing systems. We propose to fabricate and study a monolithically integrated optical crossbar switch which will be inexpensive and high performance. This integrated switch utilizes thin film emitters and detectors integrated directly onto a host integrated circuit. The ultimate performance of this switch will not be limited by the reactance of the wirebond connections that plague conventional hybrid packaged schemes, since the proposed switch is monlithically integrated without wirebonds. ANTICIPATED

Benefits:
Low cost, high performance optical crossbar switches for optical communication networks.

Phase II

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