Technology Transfer Opportunity: Lidar System Noise Reduction (Lar-Tops-323) Tender

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Country : USA

Summary : Technology Transfer Opportunity: Lidar System Noise Reduction (Lar-Tops-323)

Deadline : 24 Apr 2025

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 100444594

Document Ref. No. : T2P-LaRC-00159

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Description

NASA-s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses.

THE TECHNOLOGY:

In order to overcome significant noise from solar background and backscatter this LIDAR system utilizes a laser light source that is azimuthally polarized or has Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM). A photon sieve is used to produce a ring pattern on the focal plane corresponding from the light of the return signal and causes stray light that is not polarized to produce a clustered region at the center of the ring pattern that is distinct from the laser return. The photon sieve can be used as the front end lens of a telescope or as an internal optical component after a traditional telescope. This technology can also be employed in encrypted communications and navigation.

State of the art space-based LIDARs typically require a telescope with sufficient area to increase the return signal on the detector to levels above the noise floor of the detectors. Two major drivers of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) on the detectors are the laser output energy and the round trip distance traveled by the laser signal. The SNR on the detectors can be increased by increasing the telescope reflector area or by decreasing the system noise. If these techniques are not an option, this method can be used to separate stray light from polarized laser light in the LIDAR system and improve the SNR. The method includes generating a beam of azimuthally polarized or OAM light utilizing an optical transmitter comprising a laser light source. The method includes providing an optical receiver including optical sensors at a focal plane with a photon sieve that produces a ring pattern on the focal plane correspondi...
Active Contract Opportunity Notice ID T2P-LaRC-00159 Related Notice Department/Ind. Agency NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Sub-tier NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Office NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
All Dates/Times are: (UTC-04:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA
Original Published Date: Apr 24, 2024 04:33 pm EDT
Original Response Date: Apr 24, 2025 05:00 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: May 09, 2025
Initiative: None

Classification
Original Set Aside:
Product Service Code: 9999 - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
NAICS Code: 927110 - Space Research and Technology

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