SBIR/STTR Research Award
Heterodyne Integrated Photonics Package for Optical Synchronization (HIPPOS)
Award amount
$1,498,814Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- VECTOR ATOMIC INC
- Proposal award date
- 2020-02-03
- Contract end date
- 2022-02-02
- UEI
- XKE2WAAMTLQ9
- Solicitation number
- DARPA SBIR HR001119S0035-04
- Topic code
- HR001119S0035-04
Research abstract
Vector Atomic, NIST, and OctoSig will design, build, and demonstrate a time transfer module capable of synchronizing mobile assets to better than 10 fs. The Heterodyne Integrated Photonics Package for Optical Synchronization (HIPPOS) module will use NIST’s established two-way optical time transfer scheme, which is insensitive to signal dropouts and turbulence and compensates for relative motion between moving platforms. HIPPO’s integrated design minimizes optical components and employs a low-risk integrated photonics approach that supports aggressive miniaturization, low-cost manufacturing, and high reliability.
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
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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