SBIR/STTR Research Award
Efficient Mid-Wave Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers with Room-Temperature Wall-Plug Efficiency over 40%
Award amount
$125,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- FORWARD PHOTONICS LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2017-06-08
- Contract end date
- 2018-01-08
- UEI
- MDA4L3AJHNJ7
- Solicitation number
- 2017.0
- Topic code
- N17A-T006
Research abstract
For this program Forward Photonics will be teaming with UCLAs Terahertz Devices and Intersubband Nanostructures Laboratory for the modelling and design of the active regions of new QCL devices with wall-plug efficiency > 40%. During this program, we will grow, fabricate, package, and test QCL devices with this improved design targeting the high efficiency levels.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- High Brightness Illuminator Using Wavelength Beam Combination
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Super-Efficient Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers with Continuous-Wave Wall-Plug Efficiencies in Excess of 40%
- Super-Efficient Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers with Continuous-Wave Wall-Plug Efficiencies in Excess of 40%
- Efficient Mid-Wave Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers with Room-Temperature Wall-Plug Efficiency over 40%
Research funding history
23 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2013–2025). Reported award amounts total $14,481,880. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense