Photonic RF Sensing

Passive photonic sensing designed for resilient RF awareness

Optii's approach is designed to remove powered electronic detection components from the forward sensing end, separating the sensing point from the analysis side through fibre.

Open Optii RF sensor box in the lab.

Optii sensor workflow

A concise, visual, and non-proprietary explanation of the sensing concept.

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External RF activity

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RF detected by passive sensor

03

RF converted to light in the optical fibre

04

Command & Control centre receives optical signal and converts back to RF

05

Software interpretation, alerting, and monitoring

Development Status

TRL 6 Completed

System demonstration completed in relevant development context.

TRL 7 Underway

Operationally relevant demonstrations and maturation activities are now the focus.

Field validation planned

Planned and being coordinated through strategic pathways.

Technical Overview

TRL 7

Current validation

TRL 6 completed; TRL 7 development underway.

1–40 GHz

Development roadmap

Planned expansion toward broad multi-band RF sensing coverage.

Narrow

Linewidth

Narrow linewidth response supporting frequency isolation.

Down to -40 dBm

Demonstrated sensitivity

RF detection demonstrated at signal levels down to approximately -40 dBm under tested laboratory conditions.

Up to 100 km

Fibre deployment potential

Fibre-enabled sensing architecture concept, subject to configuration and validation.

No local power

Forward sensing end

Designed without local power or battery at the forward sensing end.

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