DARPA Solicitation - Optical Communications Technology

Presolicitation Notice BAA05-36 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is soliciting innovative research proposals in the areas of coherent optical transmitter/receiver technology and phase preserving wideband nonlinear optical mixer technology in support of next generation tactical free-space optical communications. This development addresses the need for waveform, wavelength and symbol rate agile digital optical links providing increased capacity on demand, receiver sensitivity, link availability, and physical layer security. Proposed research should address novel transmitter/receiver and wavelength translation approaches for high-capacity coherent digital optical communications that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices or systems. Visit the website