IRFLEX CORPORATION SBIR Phase II Award, October 2020

A SBIR Phase II contract was awarded to IRFLEX CORPORATION in October, 2020 for $800,000.0 USD from the U.S. Department of Defense and United States Navy.

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SBIR/STTR Award attributes

SBIR/STTR Award Recipient

IRFLEX CORPORATION

Government Agency

U.S. Department of Defense

Government Branch

United States Navy

Award Type

SBIR0

Contract Number (US Government)

N68335-21-C-00920

Award Phase

Phase II0

Award Amount (USD)

800,0000

Date Awarded

October 15, 2020

End Date

October 16, 2022

Abstract

The proposed Phase II work will develop an initial polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber prototype. The innovative PM single mode fiber (PM-SMF) solution will operate simultaneously throughout the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) spectrum (2-6 micron). This novel PM fiber is based on Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) to offer single mode in the MWIR and large mode area to transmit high power. The new MWIR PM-PCF will accommodate high power MWIR lasers >10W cw. Also, the proposed MWIR PM-PCF will have high birefringence (~10-3), high extinction ratio (~-30dB), low propagation losses (