SBIR/STTR Research Award
Bragg Grating Enhanced Narrowband Single Photon SPDC Source
Award amount
$299,967Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Commerce
- Branch
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Recipient company
- Gener8, LLC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- JJ4ASH7BEMA5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion (SPDC) is currently an active research area in quantum communications (QC) to develop entangled single photon sources. However, the bandwidth of current SPDC sources is too broad for many applications. NIST researchers have modeled a solution to this problem that reduces the bandwidth by >50. We propose to fabricate a prototype of the NIST device by developing an innovative fabrication method for a Bragg grating with a pi/2 phase shift over the SPDC periodically poled waveguide in lithium niobate. The project goal is to demonstrate significant narrowing of the SPDC spectrum. We anticipate that the result of this Phase II project will be a design for a highly integrated SPDC source that will enable new fundment QC research.
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.
- Integrated Waveguide Optical Gyroscope
- Point of Care Test for Disease Severity and Risk Stratification
- Integrated 2.0 µm femtosecond laser amplifier for advanced accelerator applications
- Integrated Waveguide Optical Gyroscope
- Long Term Ultrastable Laser System at 780 nm for Atomic Clocks
Research funding history
30 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2004–2018). Reported award amounts total $10,070,239. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce