SBIR/STTR Research Award
High-Power Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Optical Transceiver
Award amount
$99,907Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- FREEDOM PHOTONICS LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2011-03-04
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- FQ98KK1G9199
- Solicitation number
- 2010.3
- Topic code
- AF103-076
Research abstract
ABSTRACT: Freedom Photonics is proposing to develop a high-power integrated advanced modulattion format reansmitter with high output power and operating in the 1450-1500nm window. This is achieved through the adaptation of our current Indium Phosphide integration platform from 1550nm to this wavelength range. To reach our goal, a combination of a tunable DBR laser, a high-speed advanced modulation format optical modulator, and a high-power SOA booster will be integrated in one monolithic chip. BENEFIT: Integrated high-power transmitters has the potential to dramatically reduce size, power consumption, cost, and improve reliability of free-space optical links for satelite deployment. There is a large dual-use commercial market for advanced modulation format transmitters. The adaptation of our photonic integration platform away from the conventional 1550nm window to new wavelengths can open new opportunities for niche applications in sensing, LIDAR or for medical applications.
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.
- High- Efficiency Kw-class 1550 nm Steerable Diffraction-Limited Laser Diode Arrays for Energy Web Dominance
- 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-Power Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Optical Transceiver
- High power S-band tunable all fiber based transmitter for satellite communications
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