SBIR/STTR Research Award
Monolithic longwave-infrared transceiver for free space optical communications
Award amount
$139,951Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2021-07-20
- Contract end date
- 2022-01-18
- UEI
- W8BLDA6GASQ1
- Solicitation number
- 21.1
- Topic code
- N211-015
Research abstract
TransWave Photonics proposes to develop long-wave infrared transceiver components for free-space optical communications with high-data rate and low-bit error rate under adverse weather conditions. In Phase I, we will design, develop, and demonstrate longwave-infrared quantum-cascade lasers and quantum cascade detectors needed for 10 Gbps transmission under adverse weather conditions. The quantum cascade laser transmitter will be designed to produce 1W continuous wave power near 10-micron wavelength and direct modulation bandwidth better than 5 GHz. The quantum cascade detector receiver will utilize heterodyne detection for demonstration of room temperature 10 Gbps communication link.
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.
- Stark-Effect Intersubband Polaritonic Metasurfaces for free-space infrared modulation
- High power single mode diode laser bars
- High power MWIR optical fiber combiner
- All-passive nonreciprocal optical power limiters
- High power MWIR optical fiber combiner
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Long-Wave Infrared Transceivers for High Speed Free Space Optical Communications in Adverse Weather Conditions
- High-Speed Resonant-Cavity Infrared Detectors and Narrow-Linewidth Quantum Cascade Lasers for Free Space Communication in Adverse Weather Conditions
- Long-wave Optical Communications Transceiver
Research funding history
25 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2017–2026). Reported award amounts total $10,329,602. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense