SBIR/STTR Research Award
Affordable and Efficient High-Power Long Wavelength Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers
Award amount
$238,131Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- PENDAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2020-07-17
- Contract end date
- 2021-10-08
- UEI
- EVJWXL9HAYN5
- Solicitation number
- 00.1
- Topic code
- N201-058
Research abstract
Pendar Technologies proposes to develop the next generation of compact, high power long-wave infrared (LWIR) quantum cascade laser (QCL) sources with output power and wall-plug efficiency exceeding 4 Watts and 12 percent respectively. Innovations such as new low-loss waveguides and novel bandstructure capable of improving the performance of the laser emitters over the state-of-the-art will be implemented. New production methods and QCL designs that enables the efficient manufacturing of our optical source with high yield, batch-to-batch repeatability and low-cost testing will also be explored. The goal is to make the new LWIR high power QCLs significantly more affordable.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Linking Fentanyl Seizures Using Difference Raman Spectroscopy and Automated Visible Imaging
- Heterogeneous integration of infrared single mode lasers with photonic integrated circuits
- Detection of Synthetic Opioids using AI-Enhanced Difference Raman Spectroscopy
- Quantum Cascade Laser–Based Mid-IR Networking for Naval Platforms
- Multiplexed Integrated Cavity Output Spectrometer Driven by Quantum Cascade Laser Arrays
Awards with the same topic code
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- Affordable and Efficient High-Power Long Wavelength Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers
- High-Power, Cost-Effective LWIR QCLs Based on a Surface-Emitting Platform
- Affordable and Efficient High-Power Long Wavelength Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers
Research funding history
36 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2017–2025). Reported award amounts total $15,172,193. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy