Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: AOSENSE, INC.
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2014-08-25 to 2023-01-31
Current total value of award: $7627019
Description: THE INSTRUMENT DESIGN INCLUDES, MAGNETIC TRAPS FOR MAGNETIC COOLING LARGE-MOMENTUM-TRANSFER ATOM OPTICS TO INCREASE GRAVITY GRADIENT SENSITIVITY AND HIGH-STABILITY LASER SYSTEMS FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS. THE GRAVITY GRADIOMETER DEVELOPED UNDER CLIN 001 OF THE PHASE III EFFORT WILL ADDITIONALLY INCORPORATE HARDWARE FOR ROTATION COMPENSATION OF GRAVITY GRADIENT SIGNALS USING IMAGING-BASED INTERFEROMETER PHASE DETECTION.