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Completed TRL 6 (started at 4, targeting 6)
The task leveraged NASA GSFC's expertise and facilities to assess the space environmental durability of a commercial monolithic Indium Phosphide chip. The NASA GSFC Photonics Group is actively engaged in the evaluation and development of photonics technologies at the component level to meet the communications requirements of future NASA missions. This collaboration between Maxar Technologies and GSFC is a critical step for advancing the maturity of radiation hardened Indium Phosphide components for satellites and evaluating next generation integrated architectures of photonic components combined at the chip level into a single package. Integrated photonics has an enormous potential for significantly improving the performance of the system due to the close proximity of the functions, while also significantly reducing the size, weight, and power (SWAP).
This collaboration between SSL and GSFC is a critical step for advancing the maturity of radiation hardened InP components for satellites and evaluating next generation integrated architectures of photonic components combined at the chip level into a single package. Integrated photonics has an enormous potential for significantly improving the performance of the system due to the close proximity of the functions, while also significantly reducing the size, weight, and power (SWAP).
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