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Jul 23, 2018Department of DefenseMISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)HQ014718C7434541715SBIR/STTR PHASE I RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT - ADVANCED HIGH END GYROSCOPES FOR SMALL FORM FACTOR INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT APPLICATIONS$100K
Jul 18, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18P2005541715THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP HIGH PERFORMANCE, HIGH SPEED, INTEGRATED OPTICAL SWITCHES FOR APPLICATIONS REQUIRING THE SWITCHING OF FOUR LASERS INTO ONE PM FIBER. THESE SWITCHES WILL BE OF SMALL SIZE AND WEIGHT GIVEN THAT THEY WILL BE FABRICATED AS A PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (PIC) AND WILL BE DESIGNED TO MEET THE FOLLOWING TARGET SPECIFICATIONS: FOUR INPUT CHANNELS AND ONE OUTPUT CHANNEL CROSS-TALK BETWEEN CHANNELS BETTER THAN 30 DB NET OPTICAL GAIN THROUGH SWITCH SWITCHING SPEED<1 S SWITCHING RATE OF ~1-3 KHZ THE OPTICAL SWITCH WILL BE BASED ON SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOAS) AND A PASSIVE COMBINER. THE SOA HAS IN PREVIOUS DEMONSTRATIONS BEEN PROVEN TO MEET THE TARGET SPEED, GAIN AND CONTRAST REQUIREMENTS OF THIS EFFORT.$125K
Jun 14, 2018Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833518C0510541715RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IGF::OT::IGF$125K
Jun 7, 2018Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833517C0259541712IGF::OT::IGF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$375K
May 10, 2018Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVKFA945318C0040541715IGF::OT::IGF MANUFACTURABLE, MINIATURE, RADIATION HARD DIODE LASER MODULE FOR COLD ATOM APPLICATIONS$230K
Apr 13, 2018Department of DefenseNAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORYN0017318P0667334413PHOTODIODE PR# 56-9524-18$14K
Apr 9, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18C0073541715THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP, DEMONSTRATE AND IMPLEMENT A 1550-NM SENSITIVE PHOTON-COUNTING DETECTOR ARRAY WITH MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED TIME-TAGGING ELECTRONICS, SUITABLE FOR FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS, WHERE HIGH DATA VOLUME RETURNS FROM SPACE MISSIONS ARE CRITICAL, SUCH AS IN THE LUNAR LASER COMMUNICATION DEMONSTRATION (LLCD) AND OTHER FUTURE NASA MISSIONS. CONVENTIONAL PHOTON COUNTING DETECTOR ARRAYS ARE IMPLEMENTED IN EITHER SILICON (SI) OR MERCURY CADMIUM TELLURIDE (HGCDTE), NEGATING DETECTION AT 1550 NM IN THE CASE OF SI OR INCURRING HIGH COST AND COMPLEXITY FOR HGCDTE. IN THIS PROGRAM, FREEDOM PHOTONICS WILL PARTNER WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS (UNLV) AND ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (ASU) TO DEVELOP A NOVEL GEIGER-MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE (APD) ARRAYRECEIVER FOR PHOTON COUNTING APPLICATIONS WITH SENSITIVITY FOR WAVELENGTHS IN THE RANGE FROM 1000 NM TO 1600 NM, WHICH UTILIZES STANDARD CMOS PROCESSING FOR ELECTRONICS, COUPLED WITH SELECTIVE GROWTH OF APDS IN THE SIGESN MATERIALS SYSTEM, RESULTING IN A LOW-COST, HIGH-SENSITIVITY, HIGH-SPEED AND RADIATION HARD RECEIVER FOR LONG-RANGE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS.$750K
Mar 5, 2018Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833517C0479541712IGF::OT::IGF$100K
Feb 28, 2018Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833517C0430541712PROGRESS REPORT IGF::OT::IGF$100K
Feb 27, 2018Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833518C0089541715RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, SBIR PHASE II, IGF::OT::IGF$375K
Dec 28, 2017Department of DefenseNAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORYN0017316C6007541712IGF::OT::IGF 56-9502-16 VERTICALLY ILLUMINATED RUGGED PHOTODIODES BAA$368K
Dec 21, 2017Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833515C0308541712SBIR PHASE II RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT ''IGF::OT::IGF''$250K
Nov 27, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNG16HS06C541712IGF::OT::IGF NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD - ADVANCED TUNABLE SEED LASER EFFORT TO BE CONDUCTED UNDER THIS CONTRACT: THE GOAL OF THIS EFFORT IS TO ACHIEVE A LOW COST, SIZE, WEIGHT AND POWER SEED DIODE LASER THAT WILL TIP THE SCALES FOR MARKET PENETRATION OF METHANE DETECTION SYSTEMS IN COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS. THIS LASER REPRESENTS A TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT IN THE SEED LASER TECHNOLOGY AND WILL ENABLE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ROBUST AND COMPACT IMPLEMENTATIONS OF A LIDAR TRANSMITTERS FOR A METHANE INSTRUMENT, NEEDED FOR HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION, ACCURACY AND PRECISION MEASUREMENTS FROM ORBIT OR FROM UAV PLATFORMS. THE SAME TECHNOLOGY HAS SEVERAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS SUCH AS PIPELINE LEAK DETECTION AND METHANE STORAGE FACILITIES MONITORING. THIS EFFORT IS THE RESULT OF A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY FREEDOM PHOTONICS FOR AWARD UNDER THE NASA HEADQUARTERS SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE (STMD) NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) ENTITLED SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND INFUSION 2015, APPENDIX NNH15ZOA001N-15STMD-001. OVERSIGHT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT EFFORT WILL BE THROUGH STMDS GAME CHANGING DEVELOPMENT (GCD) PROGRAM OFFICE. THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT IS AS FOLLOWS: FREEDOM PHOTONICS WILL WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A SEED LASER TO BE USED IN THE EXISTING GSFC METHANE LIDAR TO DEMONSTRATE AND VALIDATE METHANE MEASUREMENTS ON THE GROUND AND FROM AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM (IF POSSIBLE). THE LASER WILL BE ELECTRICALLY FAST-TUNABLE AROUND THE METHANE ABSORPTION LINE AND IT WILL GENERATE OPTICAL POWER WITH A NARROW LINEWIDTH. THE LASER WILL CONSIST OF A FAST TUNABLE DBR LASER INTEGRATED WITH A HIGH-POWERED, TAPERED OPTICAL AMPLIFIER, USING BUTT-JOINT GROWTH TECHNOLOGY. THIS EFFORT WILL CULMINATE WITH HARDWARE DELIVERABLES TO GSFC MEETING APPLICATION PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS.$273K
Nov 8, 2017Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865018C1152541715IGF::OT::IGF LOW-DEFECT GESN AND SIGESN FOR INTEGRATED HIGH-PERFORMANCE SWIR AND MWIR OPTOELECTRONICS$750K
Nov 7, 2017Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVKFA945318C0040541715IGF::OT::IGF MANUFACTURABLE, MINIATURE, RADIATION HARD DIODE LASER MODULE FOR COLD ATOM APPLICATIONS$250K
Nov 7, 2017Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVKFA945318C0040541715IGF::OT::IGF MANUFACTURABLE, MINIATURE, RADIATION HARD DIODE LASER MODULE FOR COLD ATOM APPLICATIONS$216K
Oct 17, 2017Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-ORLANDOW900KK15C0013541712IGF::OT::IGF FREEDOM PHOTONICS SBIR PHASE II, MILES GEAR UPGRADE.$60K
Sep 26, 2017Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833517C0114541712RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT IGF::OT::IGF$125K
Sep 25, 2017Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-ORLANDOW900KK15C0013541712IGF::OT::IGF FREEDOM PHOTONICS SBIR PHASE II, MILES GEAR UPGRADE.$940K
Sep 21, 2017Department of DefenseNSWC DAHLGRENN0017817C1119541712IGF::OT::IGF STATUS REPORT$125K
Sep 13, 2017Department of DefenseFA9451 AFRL RDKFA945117C0103541712IGF::OT::IGF NEXT GENERATION HIGH EFFICIENCY DIODE LASERS$298K
Sep 11, 2017Department of DefenseFA9451 AFRL RDKFA945117F0022541712IGF::OT::IGF HIGH POWER SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATION$263K
Sep 7, 2017Department of DefenseFA9300 AFTC PZRFA930017P1010541711IGF::OT::IGF FIBER OPTIC SENSING SYSTEMS (FOSS) FOR EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES$150K
Sep 6, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC17C0036541712IGF::OT::IGFNEXT GENERATION OPTICAL MODEMS FOR NASA WILL BE BASED ON THE RZ-DPSK MODULATION FORMAT. THIS MODULATION FORMAT IS ROBUST, DELIVERS HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY AND ALLOWS BURST-MODE OPERATION, KEY WHEN USING A POWER LIMITED TRANSMITTER IN COMBINATION WITH A FIXED DELAY LINE DPSK DEMODULATOR. FREEDOM PHOTONICS APPROACH IN THIS PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO INTEGRATE THE LASER, MODULATOR, AND AMPLIFIER INTO A SINGLE TRANSMITTER PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (PIC). PHOTONIC INTEGRATION REDUCES THE COST, SIZE, WEIGHT, AND POWER (C-SWAP) OF THE TRANSMITTER OPTICAL COMPONENT SO THAT THEY CAN FIT INTO A PACKAGE THE SIZE OF A HALF-DOLLAR COIN OR SMALLER. IT WILL BE REALIZED USING AN INDIUM PHOSPHIDE PHOTONIC INTEGRATION PLATFORM, WELL SUITED FOR SPACE APPLICATION. THE PHASE II EFFORT WILL CULMINATE IN A FSO DEMONSTRATION IN A LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT DEMONSTRATING TRANSMISSION OF RZ-DPSK SIGNALS.$750K
Aug 17, 2017Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833517C0123541712SBIR PHASE III TOPIC N151-018 IGF::OT::IGF$1.9M
Aug 3, 2017Department of DefenseDEFENSE MICROELECTRONICS ACTIVITYHQ072717C0002541712IGF::OT::IGF SBIR 14.2, PHASE II EFFORT$1000K
Jul 25, 2017Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-APG DURHAMW911NF17P0061541712IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PHASE I$100K
Jul 25, 2017Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-APG DURHAMW911NF17P0067541712IGF::OT::IGF PHASE I FIRST MONTHLY TECHNICAL REPORT$100K
Jul 20, 2017Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833517C0123541712SBIR PHASE III TOPIC N151-018 IGF::OT::IGF$225K
Jul 6, 2017Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833516C0425541712RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IGF::OT::IGF$70K
Jun 20, 2017Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833517C0259541712IGF::OT::IGF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$375K
Jun 6, 2017Department of DefenseFA9451 AFRL RDKFA945117F0022541712IGF::OT::IGF HIGH POWER SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATION$250K
May 31, 2017Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833517C0479541712IGF::OT::IGF$125K
May 25, 2017Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833517C0430541712PROGRESS REPORT IGF::OT::IGF$125K
May 22, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CD12P541712IGF::OT::IGF STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING IS CRITICAL CAPABILITY FOR NASA, AND IT IS REQUIRED FOR LAUNCH VEHICLES, SPACE VEHICLES, RE-ENTRY VEHICLES, VEHICLE PRESSURE SYSTEMS, SPACE STATION, AS WELL AS IN FLIGHT RESEARCH. HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS NEED TO HAVE FAST AND ROBUST DATA ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT, LOW VOLUME, MINIMAL INTRUSION, AND HIGH ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY. ARMSTRONG FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER HAS DEVELOPED A REVOLUTIONARY 4-FIBER INTERROGATION SYSTEM FOR FIBER OPTIC SMART STRUCTURES (FOSS) SENSOR NETWORKS INTERROGATION. THIS SYSTEM MEETS THE REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS ON THE SENSING SIDE, HOWEVER, ITS SIZE, WEIGHT, POWER CONSUMPTION, FRAGILITY AND COST MAKE IT PROHIBITIVE FOR THE MASSIVE DEPLOYMENT INTO AIR VEHICLES. IN THIS PROGRAM, WE ARE PROPOSING TO DEVELOP AND INTEGRATE ALL OPTICAL FUNCTIONS NEEDED TO ENABLE NEXT GENERATION OF MINIATURIZED, LOW-COST NASA'S FOSS INTERROGATOR SYSTEMS. THROUGH INNOVATIVE PHOTONIC INTEGRATION OF KEY FUNCTIONS, AND HYBRID PACKAGING USING INTERPOSER TECHNOLOGY, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE SIZE OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM WILL BE REDUCED BY TWO AND COST BY ONE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE. THIS, IN TURN, WILL FULFILL ONE OF THE KEY REQUIREMENTS OF THE SOLICITATION, YIELDING A MINIATURIZED FIBER OPTIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH LOW POWER SUITABLE FOR MIGRATION INTO PLATFORMS SPANNING FROM LAUNCH VEHICLES, REENTRY VEHICLES, TO UAS PLATFORMS OR AVIATION.$125K
May 17, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CG42P541712IGF::OT::IGF IN THIS WORK, FREEDOM PHOTONICS WILL TEAM WITH UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA TO DEVELOP A HYBRID INTEGRATION PLATFORM THAT INTEGRATES YIELDED, BEST-OF-BREED ACTIVE OPTICAL COMPONENTS WITH LOW-COST, HIGH FUNCTIONALITY SILICON PHOTONICS COMPONENTS IN A MANNER THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH FOUNDRY FABRICATION. THIS WILL BE PERFORMED IN A HIGHLY MANUFACTURABLE MANNER, USING PASSIVELY ALIGNED PICK-AND-PLACE TECHNOLOGY TO PLACE THE SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS ON THE INTERPOSER SUBSTRATE TO FORM A SYSTEM IN PACKAGE-TYPE OF INTEGRATION PLATFORM FOR SPACE PHOTONIC APPLICATIONS. THE APPROACH IS BASED ON A NOVEL 3D HYBRID INTEGRATION APPROACH DEVELOPED AT UCSB THAT IS SCALABLE, LOW COST, RELIABLE, AND THAT DEMONSTRATES SUPERIOR THERMAL PERFORMANCE.$125K
May 17, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CG41P541712IGF::OT::IGF THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP, DEMONSTRATE AND IMPLEMENT A PHOTON-COUNTING DETECTOR ARRAY SENSITIVE IN THE WAVELENGTH RANGE FROM 1000 NM TO 1600 NM, WITH MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED TIME-TAGGING ELECTRONICS, SUITABLE FOR FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS, WHERE HIGH DATA VOLUME RETURNS FROM SPACE MISSIONS ARE CRITICAL, SUCH AS IN THE LUNAR LASER COMMUNICATION DEMONSTRATION (LLCD) AND OTHER FUTURE NASA MISSIONS. CONVENTIONAL PHOTON COUNTING DETECTOR ARRAYS ARE IMPLEMENTED IN EITHER SILICON (SI) OR MECURY CADMIUM TELLURIDE (HGCDTE), NEGATING DETECTION AT WAVELENGTHS LONGER THAN ABOUT 1000 NM IN THE CASE OF SI OR INCURRING HIGH COST AND COMPLEXITY FOR HGCDTE. IN THIS PROGRAM, FREEDOM PHOTONICS WILL DEVELOP A NOVEL GEIGER-MODE SILICON GERMANIUM (SIGE) RECEIVER FOR PHOTON COUNTING APPLICATIONS WITH INCREASED SENSITIVITY FOR WAVELENGTHS IN THE RANGE OF 1000 NM TO 1600 NM, WHICH UTILIZES STANDARD BICMOS PROCESS, RESULTING IN A LOW-COST, HIGH-SENSITIVITY, HIGH-SPEED AND RADIATION HARD RECEIVER FOR LONG-RANGE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS.$125K
May 3, 2017Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833517C0198541712''IGF::OT::IGF'' RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$373K
Apr 14, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CG18C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN THIS PROGRAM, FREEDOM PHOTONICS IS DEVELOPING A LOW COST, SEMICONDUCTOR BASED WIDELY TUNABLE LASER FOR MULTIPLE GREEN GAS DETECTION. THIS LASER SOURCE CAN BE USED IN DIFFERENT LIDAR APPLICATIONS, OR IN ANY GAS SENSING SCHEME USING SPECTROSCOPY.$750K
Apr 6, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CD05C541712IGF::OT::IGF DRYDEN (ARMSTRONG) FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER HAS DEVELOPED A 4-FIBER INTERROGATION SYSTEM FOR FIBER OPTIC SMART STRUCTURES (FOSS) SENSOR NETWORKS INTERROGATION. REPLACING THE EXPENSIVE, BULKY, MECHANICALLY TUNED SWEPT LASER TECHNOLOGY USED IN THE FOS SYSTEM WILL HELP REDUCE THE SYSTEM COST, SIZE AND WEIGHT, AND ENABLE MASSIVE DEPLOYMENT. IN THIS PROGRAM, FREEDOM PHOTONICS PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NOVEL, INEXPENSIVE SEMICONDUCTOR BASED WIDELY TUNABLE LASER, WHICH CAN BE TUNED USING SIMPLE TUNING ALGORITHMS AND CONTROL.$750K
Jan 18, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNG16HS06C541712IGF::OT::IGF NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD - ADVANCED TUNABLE SEED LASER EFFORT TO BE CONDUCTED UNDER THIS CONTRACT: THE GOAL OF THIS EFFORT IS TO ACHIEVE A LOW COST, SIZE, WEIGHT AND POWER SEED DIODE LASER THAT WILL TIP THE SCALES FOR MARKET PENETRATION OF METHANE DETECTION SYSTEMS IN COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS. THIS LASER REPRESENTS A TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT IN THE SEED LASER TECHNOLOGY AND WILL ENABLE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ROBUST AND COMPACT IMPLEMENTATIONS OF A LIDAR TRANSMITTERS FOR A METHANE INSTRUMENT, NEEDED FOR HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION, ACCURACY AND PRECISION MEASUREMENTS FROM ORBIT OR FROM UAV PLATFORMS. THE SAME TECHNOLOGY HAS SEVERAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS SUCH AS PIPELINE LEAK DETECTION AND METHANE STORAGE FACILITIES MONITORING. THIS EFFORT IS THE RESULT OF A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY FREEDOM PHOTONICS FOR AWARD UNDER THE NASA HEADQUARTERS SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE (STMD) NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) ENTITLED SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND INFUSION 2015, APPENDIX NNH15ZOA001N-15STMD-001. OVERSIGHT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT EFFORT WILL BE THROUGH STMDS GAME CHANGING DEVELOPMENT (GCD) PROGRAM OFFICE. THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT IS AS FOLLOWS: FREEDOM PHOTONICS WILL WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A SEED LASER TO BE USED IN THE EXISTING GSFC METHANE LIDAR TO DEMONSTRATE AND VALIDATE METHANE MEASUREMENTS ON THE GROUND AND FROM AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM (IF POSSIBLE). THE LASER WILL BE ELECTRICALLY FAST-TUNABLE AROUND THE METHANE ABSORPTION LINE AND IT WILL GENERATE OPTICAL POWER WITH A NARROW LINEWIDTH. THE LASER WILL CONSIST OF A FAST TUNABLE DBR LASER INTEGRATED WITH A HIGH-POWERED, TAPERED OPTICAL AMPLIFIER, USING BUTT-JOINT GROWTH TECHNOLOGY. THIS EFFORT WILL CULMINATE WITH HARDWARE DELIVERABLES TO GSFC MEETING APPLICATION PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS.$800K
Nov 9, 2016Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-RSAW31P4Q17C0026541712IGF::OT::IGF DARPA SBIR PHASE I WITH FREEDOM PHOTONICS LLC$100K
Oct 25, 2016Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833517C0114541712RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT IGF::OT::IGF$375K
Sep 30, 2016Department of DefenseFA9550 AFRL AFOSRFA955016C0035541712IGF::OT::IGF (SBIR PHASE I) "HIGH PERFORMANCE, HIGH YIELD RF PHOTONIC INTEGRATION PLATFORM"$150K
Sep 19, 2016Department of DefenseNAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORYN0017316C6007541712IGF::OT::IGF 56-9502-16 VERTICALLY ILLUMINATED RUGGED PHOTODIODES BAA$500K
Sep 8, 2016Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833516C0425541712RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IGF::OT::IGF$80K
Aug 25, 2016Department of DefenseNAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORYN0017316P3112334413PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS$25K
Aug 22, 2016Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833515C0308541712SBIR PHASE II RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT ''IGF::OT::IGF''$375K
Aug 12, 2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNG16HS06C541712IGF::OT::IGF NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD - ADVANCED TUNABLE SEED LASER EFFORT TO BE CONDUCTED UNDER THIS CONTRACT: THE GOAL OF THIS EFFORT IS TO ACHIEVE A LOW COST, SIZE, WEIGHT AND POWER SEED DIODE LASER THAT WILL TIP THE SCALES FOR MARKET PENETRATION OF METHANE DETECTION SYSTEMS IN COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS. THIS LASER REPRESENTS A TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT IN THE SEED LASER TECHNOLOGY AND WILL ENABLE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ROBUST AND COMPACT IMPLEMENTATIONS OF A LIDAR TRANSMITTERS FOR A METHANE INSTRUMENT, NEEDED FOR HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION, ACCURACY AND PRECISION MEASUREMENTS FROM ORBIT OR FROM UAV PLATFORMS. THE SAME TECHNOLOGY HAS SEVERAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS SUCH AS PIPELINE LEAK DETECTION AND METHANE STORAGE FACILITIES MONITORING. THIS EFFORT IS THE RESULT OF A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY FREEDOM PHOTONICS FOR AWARD UNDER THE NASA HEADQUARTERS SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE (STMD) NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) ENTITLED SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND INFUSION 2015, APPENDIX NNH15ZOA001N-15STMD-001. OVERSIGHT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT EFFORT WILL BE THROUGH STMDS GAME CHANGING DEVELOPMENT (GCD) PROGRAM OFFICE. THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT IS AS FOLLOWS: FREEDOM PHOTONICS WILL WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A SEED LASER TO BE USED IN THE EXISTING GSFC METHANE LIDAR TO DEMONSTRATE AND VALIDATE METHANE MEASUREMENTS ON THE GROUND AND FROM AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM (IF POSSIBLE). THE LASER WILL BE ELECTRICALLY FAST-TUNABLE AROUND THE METHANE ABSORPTION LINE AND IT WILL GENERATE OPTICAL POWER WITH A NARROW LINEWIDTH. THE LASER WILL CONSIST OF A FAST TUNABLE DBR LASER INTEGRATED WITH A HIGH-POWERED, TAPERED OPTICAL AMPLIFIER, USING BUTT-JOINT GROWTH TECHNOLOGY. THIS EFFORT WILL CULMINATE WITH HARDWARE DELIVERABLES TO GSFC MEETING APPLICATION PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS.$572K
Jul 20, 2016Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833515C0398541712SBIR PI R&D. IGF::OT::IGF$70K

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