Fabricating Photonics in Space! Developing a Universal Glass Optics Manufacturing Module capable of processing various types of complex glass in space from which fibers, magnetic fibers, super-continuum sources, capillary optics and adiabatic tapers can be drawn.
Created: 2020-05-17
Updated: 2023-03-04
Product/Service - Universal Glass Optics Manufacturing Module
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
ISS Utilization Service
- Fields
- ZBLAN
Optical Fibers
Glass
- Status
- Early stage
- First launch
- 2023
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