SBIR/STTR Research Award
High-Efficiency Integrated Si APD Quantum Key Receiver
Award amount
$149,997Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2015Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Microelectronics Activity
- Recipient company
- FREEDOM PHOTONICS LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2015-05-21
- Contract end date
- 2015-11-20
- UEI
- FQ98KK1G9199
- Solicitation number
- 2014.2
- Topic code
- DMEA142-001
Research abstract
High-efficiency detectors capable of single photon detection are one of the key technologies required for adoption of QKD technology. These detection systems need to be made more robust, to be offered at lower cost, and to move out of the laboratory to provide ubiquitous commercial access. Freedom Photonics will develop a highly integrated and compact single photon avalanche photodetector with polarization or phase-shift key photonics, readout and control electronics. This device will be assembled in a telecommunications grade package. These will have high efficiency >85%, low insertion loss near 0 dB, and low dark counts. The package volume will be reduced by >50,000x from the current benchtop solution.
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-Speed Optical Fiber Data-Links for Space-Based Cryogenic Read-Out Integrated Circuits
- 1790nm tunable laser for VOC monitoring
- GeSiSn Avalanche Photodiode Arrays for High-Sensitivity SWIR Imaging Applications
- 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.
- High-Efficiency Integrated Si APD Quantum Key Receiver
- Integrated Quantum Cryptography Receiver
- Quantum Cryptography Single Photon Detector Chip
- Quantum Cryptography Single Photon Detector Chip
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