SBIR/STTR Research Award
Chip-scale THz Spectrometer
Award amount
$124,113Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- NEXUS PHOTONICS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2018-07-27
- Contract end date
- 2019-08-26
- UEI
- GWGLE6NTKKX8
- Solicitation number
- STTR_18_P1
- Topic code
- T8
Research abstract
We propose to revolutionize the field of frequency-domain terahertz (THz) spectrometers by developing ~2cm3 wide-band spectrometer with improved frequency accuracy, resolution and stability. Integration will also provide significant SWaP-C advantage compared to present solution allowing deployment in small spacecraft platforms and other applications where low SWaP is crucial.Compared to presently available frequency-domain THz spectrometers, we expect significant improvements as follows:> 10x weight reduction> 500x size reduction> 5x cost reduction> 1000x frequency accuracy improvement> 10x frequency resolution improvementGuaranteed long-term stability with built-in calibration until end-of-life (EOL)
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Application specific PICs operating around 780 nm towards MPWs
- III/V Nonlinear Sources for Entanglement and Squeezing
- Spectroscopy-grade lasers and PICs operating around 674 nm
- High Power VNIR Laser Array in SiN
- Spectroscopy-grade lasers and PICs operating around 689 nm
Research funding history
14 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2018–2025). Reported award amounts total $6,513,550. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense