This one I think you may be referring to BCD?

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http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/MAR/OPEL_040311.html

I was just about to ask what or where this has gotten off to?

Are they using it? Did we get it done?

In September, ODIS received a development contract with the Navy Air Warfare Center that will involve a Phase I award of $150,000 to develop optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) technology for future avionics systems. This January, ODIS was awarded a development contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that will involve a Phase I award of $100,000 to develop optoelectronic infrastructure of RF/Optical phased arrays.

“Although ODIS has a history of having successfully received SBIR (small business innovation research) awards for many years, we believe these most recent Navy and NASA awards are important because they go a long way to indicate that various departments within the US Government consider the POET process integral to meeting their future needs,” says ODIS’ president Leon M. Pierhal.

“Commercial applications could eventually be brought to bear when the device is completed for NASA,” Pierhal continues. “Compact electronically scanned phased-array sensors with combined RF and optical emissions have significant commercial potential in the security, aviation and free-space optics communication markets,” he adds. “These are active sensors which complement the traditional infrared and visible imagers.”