SBIR/STTR Research Award
Quantum Cascade Laser Manufacturing Cost Reduction
Award amount
$1,029,108Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- IRGLARE LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2020-09-25
- Contract end date
- 2024-11-24
- UEI
- ZDC9D8TZZV57
- Solicitation number
- 18.2
- Topic code
- N182-113
Research abstract
In response to the Navy SBIR Topic N19-031, the IRGLARE/UCF team is pleased to propose the development of a new standardized fabrication process of low-cost 4.6µm Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) capable of producing multi-watt continuous wave (CW) optical power in a nearly Gaussian beam (M2<1.5) with efficiency exceeding 10%. This will benefit a very diverse set of critical DoD applications, including DIRCM, infrared beacons, target designators, illuminators, remote powering of electrical devices, and free space optical communications.
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.
- Heteroepitaxy of Indium Phosphide-Based Quantum Cascade Lasers on Silicon Substrates
- Damage-Free High-Power Emission from Indium Phosphide-Based Solid-State Waveguides in the Long Wave Infrared
- Superconducting Thermal Spreader Enabled MWIR Band-IVb Quantum Cascade Laser with 65 W Average Output Power
- High Brightness Mid-IR Laser Illuminator
- Multi-Quantum Cascade Laser based sensors for high-speed characterization of flow parameters in hypersonic tunnels
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers with highly efficient heat extraction architecture
- Mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers with highly efficient heat extraction architecture
- Quantum Cascade Laser Thermal Impedance Improvement
- Reliable 5W Continuous Wave Quantum Cascade Lasers with a Nearly Gaussian Circular Output Beam
Research funding history
35 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2019–2024). Reported award amounts total $16,655,500. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration