SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Optimetric Measurements Over Coherent Free Space Optical Communication (GSC-TOPS-192)
- Notice Date
- 9/18/2020 1:50:48 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 927110
— Space Research and Technology
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- T2P-GSFC-00015
- Response Due
- 9/18/2021 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 10/03/2021
- Point of Contact
- NASA�s Technology Transfer Program
- E-Mail Address
-
Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov
(Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov)
- 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: High precision ranging (optimetric) instruments are highly desired for both space navigation and communications as well as gravitational based science missions. Traditionally, these measurements are made with instruments solely dedicated to ranging (i.e. Doppler shift of a microwave carrier providing spacecraft-Earth relative velocity along line of sight). However, this approach is limited by clock stability, frequency, and plasma induced group delay variations, resulting in lower range and range rate accuracies. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has developed a directed modulated ranging technique to improve free space optical communications. Through utilizing coherent optical communication to combine optimetric measurements over an optical carrier, one can accurately measure Doppler and absolute ranging. This process works through a looping and synchronizing iteration, measuring frame, bit, and phase change values using a phase detector and clock data recovery apparatus. A dual mixer time difference (DMTD) approach is also employed, making the system more phase sensitive and easier to calibrate. To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA�s Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/GSC-TOPS-192 If you have any questions, please e-mail NASA�s Technology Transfer Program at Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this beta.SAM.gov notice and your preferred contact information. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/ These responses are provided to members of NASA�s Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.
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