NASA STTR 2020-I Solicitation

Proposal Summary

PROPOSAL NUMBER:
 20-1- T8.06-5430
SUBTOPIC TITLE:
 Quantum Sensing and Measurement
PROPOSAL TITLE:
 Tunable Narrow-Band Bi-Photon Source in IR Spectral Region for Calibration of High-Performance Transition-Edge Sensors
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN (SBC):
ADVR, Inc.
2310 University Way, Building 1-1
Bozeman MT  59715 - 6504
Phone: (406) 522-0388
RESEARCH INSTITUTION (RI):
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1901 S. First Street, Suite A
IL  61820 - 7473
Phone: (217) 233-2187

Principal Investigator (Name, E-mail, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)

Name:
Andrew Hohne
E-mail:
ahohne@advr-inc.com
Address:
2310 University Way, Building 1-1 Bozeman, MT 59715 - 6504
Phone:
(406) 522-0388

Business Official (Name, E-mail, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)

Name:
Betsy Heckel
E-mail:
heckel@advr-inc.com
Address:
2310 University Way, Building 1-1 Bozeman, MT 59715 - 6504
Phone:
(406) 522-0388
Estimated Technology Readiness Level (TRL) :
Begin: 3
End: 4
Technical Abstract (Limit 2000 characters, approximately 200 words)

The overall goal of this NASA STTR effort is to develop a compact fully integrated tunable narrowband bi-photon source operating in the Visible/IR spectral region for calibration and characterization of high-performance transition-edge sensors (TES) arrays under development at NASA Goddard as well as other research facilities throughout U.S.  The key innovation in this effort is combining waveguide-based spontaneous parametric down conversion with onboard wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) for efficient generation and fiber coupling of narrowband photon pairs in the near to mid IR spectral region.

Potential NASA Applications (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words)

•           characterization, optimization, and calibration of photon starved detectors

•           foundation for quantum-repeater based satellite quantum network

•           quantum metrology for precision space-based navigation

•           space-based entanglement tests of quantum and gravitational theories

•           high rate quantum communication

•           ghost imaging

•           quantum telescope

Potential Non-NASA Applications (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words)

•           quantum key distribution

•           quantum networking

•           quantum metrology                                  

•           linear optical quantum computation

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