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Supermolecular Photonics Engineering (MORPH)

Program Manager: Dr. Devanand Shenoy

Overview

The Super Molecular Photonics (MORPH) program is an exploratory effort to demonstrate that engineered molecular "Nano-Systems" can achieve spectacular increases in optical non-linearity. Specifically, high performance electro-optic materials leading to greater than 100x reduction in operating voltages for RF light wave modulation, and new classes of photorefractive materials which will result in greater than 1000x increase in bandwidth and efficiency in all-optical systems, will be developed. Material performance will be validated in hardened devices suitable for commercialization and insertion in military systems.

The MORPH program is aimed at developing materials and devices to meet these challenges. Applications include antenna remoting, antenna beam forming, signal synthesis, frequency conversion and channelization, as well as very wideband remote processing EW/ESM/SIGINT, radar and communications. These materials will also have extensive application in the sensor protection arena.