SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Speed Vertical Cavity Emitting Laser (VCSEL)
Award amount
$140,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- SDPHOTONICS LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2020-09-11
- Contract end date
- 2021-03-15
- UEI
- MKZNQ6KF4QW9
- Solicitation number
- 20.B
- Topic code
- N20B-T027
Research abstract
This project uses two new vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) designs along with a commercialization route to develop 100 Gb/s serial data rate transceiver capability. The designs include oxide and oxide-free VCSELs with reduced electrical resistance and capacitance to reach small signal bandwidth > 50 GHz. The oxide-free VCSEL approach has demonstrated increased reliability in high stress testing and is expected to increase reliability for the high speed optical data links when used in harsh military environments.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Ultralow Bit Energy VCSEL-Based Transceiver for High Efficiency, Radiation-Hardened Optical Data Links
- High-Speed Cryogenic Optical Connector for Focal Plane Array Read-out
- High-Speed Cryogenic Optical Connector for Focal Plane Array Read-out
- Tactical Engagement Simulation System (TESS) Improved Laser Encoding and Decoding
- Tactical Engagement Simulation System (TESS) Improved Laser Encoding and Decoding
Awards with the same topic code
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- 100Gbps Photonic Crystal VCSEL
- 100Gbps Photonic Crystal VCSELs
- Hexagonal Transverse Coupled Cavity VCSEL Redefining the High-Speed Lasers
Research funding history
13 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2007–2020). Reported award amounts total $3,364,880. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration