SBIR/STTR Research Award
Tunable, Integrated Comb for Timing and Communications (TIC TAC)
Award amount
$199,986Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- VECTOR ATOMIC INC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-09-30
- Contract end date
- 2025-03-31
- UEI
- XKE2WAAMTLQ9
- Solicitation number
- 23.C
- Topic code
- AF23C-T002
Research abstract
Optical frequency combs play an essential role in modern timekeeping and metrology. To date, however, frequency combs are primarily laboratory tools, owing to their size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) and fragility. To operationalize frequency combs for real-world use, Vector Atomic and Harvard University will develop a Tunable, Integrated Comb for Timing and Communications (TIC TAC).
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.
- Gravimeter using Rubidium Atoms with Vibration-immunity for Maritime and Airborne Platforms (GRAVMAP)
- Tunable, Integrated Comb for Timing and Communications (TIC TAC)
- Iodine Clock with Acceleration- and Radiation-tolerance for Use in Space (ICARUS)
- Synthesis and Transmission of Absolutely Referenced Broadband Ultrastable Radiation for Synchronization and Timing (STARBURST)
- Miniature Iodine Nanosecond Timekeeper (MINT)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Multilayer Vertically Integrated Cavity-less Comb Source
- Frequency-Agile Combs on the Tantala and Lithium Niobate Platform (FRACTAL)
- Tunable, Integrated Electro-optic Frequency Comb for Space-based Communications and Precision, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Applications
- Waveguide-based, high power, electro-optic frequency comb for use in space environments
Research funding history
24 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2018–2025). Reported award amounts total $27,832,971. 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