SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Power (50W) WDM Space Lasercom 1.5um Fiber Laser Transmitter
Award amount
$749,787Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- FIBERTEK, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2018-05-23
- Contract end date
- 2020-05-22
- UEI
- DX8KTH7JHYC6
- Solicitation number
- SBIR_17_P2
- Topic code
- H9
Research abstract
Fibertek proposes to develop and demonstrate a spaceflight prototype of a wideband, high power 50W, 1.5-um fiber laser transmitter, supporting high data rate wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) operation for space optical communication links. The fiber laser transmitter will support up to 8x WDM channels with high power conversion efficiency. The proposed 10x scaling of the average and peak power performance for such a space-qualifiable WDM 1.5-um transmitter enables >100x data-rate scaling of current space laser communication links. In Phase 1 of the program all proposed performance objectives were exceeded or achieved. The successful outcome of Phase II will be to develop a prototype, space-qualifiable, high-efficiency, high-power (50W), 1.5-um WDM space lasercom transmitter. This advances the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) from 3 to 5.
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.
- Compact Lidar Spectrometer for Mars, Lunar Science and ISRU Prospecting
- Optical Wireless Technology for Lunar to Mars
- Space/Aircraft Blue Laser for Underwater Ocean Science, Sensing, and Communications
- Space-Capable Laser for Mars/Lunar ISAM Robotic Vacuum Welding
- Compact Lidar Spectrometer for Lunar Science and ISRU
Research funding history
173 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2025). Reported award amounts total $69,654,466. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contractor profile
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Agency intelligence
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAICS intelligence
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