SBIR/STTR Research Award
Integrated Optical Transmitter for Space Based Applications
Award amount
$124,989Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- FREEDOM PHOTONICS LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2016-06-10
- Contract end date
- 2017-06-09
- UEI
- FQ98KK1G9199
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- T8.02
Research abstract
The objective of this program is to develop, demonstrate and implement an integrated optical transmitter for RZ-DPSK modulation for integration into modems for the international space station (ISS). Conventional optical transmitters are based on commercially available discrete components. These have several fiber interconnects which leads to increased optical loss, reduced reliability in a space environment and increased footprint in a an otherwise space constrained optical modem. Photonic integrated circuit technology promises to integrate these functions on a single monolithic chip implemented in rad hard Indium Phosphide technology. This will lead to a miniaturized compact implementation, compatible with wafer-scale manufacturing.
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.
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- High Efficiency kW-class 1550 nm Steerable Diffraction-Limited Laser Diode Arrays for Energy Web Dominance
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Heterogeneous Silicon Photonics OFDR Sensing System
- Multifunctional Integrated Photonic Lab-on-a-Chip for Astronaut Health Monitoring
- High Performance 3D Photonic Integration for Space Applications
- Tunable Opto-electronic Oscillator Based on Photonic Integration of Ultra-High Q Resonators on a SiN Chip
- Integrated Optical Transmitter for Space Based Applications
Research funding history
196 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2005–2023). Reported award amounts total $74,583,672. 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, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture