Federal Contractor Profile
Ram Photonics LLC
$46M obligated·31 awards·2 agencies·4 NAICS
Federal Contracts
Showing contracts 51–65 of 65 total. Sorted by action date, most recent first. Excludes $0 modifications.
| Date | Agency | PIID | NAICS | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9451 AFRL RDK | FA945118C0093 | 541715 | TIR IMMERSION GRATINGS FOR SBS SYSTEMS | $250K |
| Sep 20, 2017 | Department of DefenseOFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH | N0001416C2051 | 541712 | IGF::CL::IGF NONLINEAR-DSP-ENABLED RF-PHOTONIC LINK | $247K |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL | FA865017P1084 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: SCALABLE COHERENT PHOTONIC ARRAY ON A SILICON PLATFORM | $149K |
| Jul 19, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL | FA865017C7707 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF CODING, EQUALIZATION AND SIGNAL RECOVERY FOR COMB-ASSISTED SPREAD SPECTRUM RECEIVERS (CASSPER) | $416K |
| Jun 15, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL | FA865017C7707 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF CODING, EQUALIZATION AND SIGNAL RECOVERY FOR COMB-ASSISTED SPREAD SPECTRUM RECEIVERS (CASSPER) | $700K |
| Apr 17, 2017 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | NNX17CP07C | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF CONVENTIONAL PPM LASER TRANSMITTERS, A CW LASER FOLLOWED BY A MODULATOR, ARE INHERENTLY INEFFICIENT SINCE THE DATA MUST BE CARVED FROM THE LASER'S STEADY OUTPUT. 95% OF THE OPTICAL POWER IS DISCARDED IN A STANDARD TELECOM RZ FORMAT, WITH ANOTHER 8X EFFICIENCY REDUCTION USING A PPM SCHEME. AN ALTERNATIVE IS TO FORM THE PULSE TRAIN WITH A MODE-LOCKED LASER. HOWEVER, SINCE THE RESULTANT MLL PULSE TRAIN IS PERIODIC, IT MUST PRODUCE PULSES IN EVERY SYMBOL SLOT, NOT JUST ONCE PER SYMBOL. THIS MEANS THAT FOR A 32-ARY PPM SCHEME, THE MLL OPTICAL EFFICIENCY IS REDUCED BY A FACTOR OF AT LEAST 32 BY DISCARDING THE UN-NEEDED PULSES. IN BOTH CASES, THE ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR ITSELF INDUCES AN ADDITIONAL 60% OPTICAL LOSS, AND REQUIRES NEARLY 0.5W OF POWER TO DRIVE. AN ALTERNATIVE IS TO USE A LOW-REPETITION-RATE MLL IN COMBINATION WITH A SWITCH FABRIC TO DELAY EACH OUTPUT PULSE INTO THE CORRECT PPM SLOT. HOWEVER, THE USE OF PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (E.G., SILICON) IS PROHIBITIVE DUE TO THE HIGH INTRINSIC LOSS. A 100-MHZ PPM DATA RATE SCHEME REQUIRES ~5NS PULSE DELAY. THIS REPRESENTS 43-CM PROPAGATION IN SILICON, INDUCING A POWER LOSS OVER 10 DB. ADDING THE LOSS DUE TO SPIRALED DELAY LINES, SWITCH JUNCTIONS, AND COUPLING ON/OFF CHIP, THE AGGREGATE LOSS OF THE SWITCH FABRIC IS 18 TO 24 DB, REPRESENTING A SIGNIFICANT EFFICIENCY LOSS. RAM PHOTONICS PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A QUALITATIVELY NOVEL APPROACH TO HIGH-EFFICIENCY, LOW-BIT-RATE LASER TRANSMITTERS COMPATIBLE WITH SPACE-BORNE MISSIONS. SPECIFICALLY, WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A LASER TRANSMITTER THAT ATTAINS HIGHLY EFFICIENCY OPTICAL DATA GENERATION BY (1) GENERATING ONLY ONE OPTICAL PULSE PER SYMBOL AT ARBITRARY TEMPORAL LOCATION, (2) ELIMINATING ALL ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS, AND (3) EXPLOITING NEW ADVANCES IN FIVER OPTIC AND OPTO-ELECTRONIC PACKAGING. THE NEW TRANSMITTER DEVICE HAS LOW DISSIPATION (<0.5 W TOTAL) AND LOW SWAP FOOTPRINT, AND CAN OPERATE AT ARBITRARY DATA RATES AND GENERATE ANY SYMBOL FORMATS | $749K |
| Jan 23, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL | FA865017C7707 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF CODING, EQUALIZATION AND SIGNAL RECOVERY FOR COMB-ASSISTED SPREAD SPECTRUM RECEIVERS (CASSPER) | $63K |
| Jan 9, 2017 | Department of DefenseOFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH | N0001414C0178 | 541712 | DOD 2013.1 SBIR SOLICITATION | $125K |
| Dec 21, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL | FA865017C7707 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF CODING, EQUALIZATION AND SIGNAL RECOVERY FOR COMB-ASSISTED SPREAD SPECTRUM RECEIVERS (CASSPER) | $470K |
| Nov 7, 2016 | Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-RSA | W9113M17C0002 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF ARMY SBIR PHASE I BASE PERIOD | $100K |
| Sep 12, 2016 | Department of DefenseOFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH | N0001416C2051 | 541712 | IGF::CL::IGF NONLINEAR-DSP-ENABLED RF-PHOTONIC LINK | $250K |
| Jun 13, 2016 | Department of DefenseOFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH | N0001414C0178 | 541712 | DOD 2013.1 SBIR SOLICITATION | $124K |
| Jun 8, 2016 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | NNX16CP36P | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF CONVENTIONAL PPM LASER TRANSMITTERS, A CW LASER FOLLOWED BY A MODULATOR, ARE INHERENTLY INEFFICIENT SINCE THE DATA MUST BE CARVED FROM THE LASER'S STEADY OUTPUT. 95% OF THE OPTICAL POWER IS DISCARDED IN A STANDARD TELECOM RZ FORMAT, WITH ANOTHER= 8X EFFICIENCY REDUCTION USING A PPM SCHEME. AN ALTERNATIVE IS TO FORM THE PULSE TRAIN WITH A MODE-LOCKED LASER. HOWEVER, SINCE THE RESULTANT MLL PULSE TRAIN IS PERIODIC, IT MUST PRODUCE PULSES IN EVERY SYMBOL SLOT, NOT JUST ONCE PER SYMBOL. THIS MEANS THAT FOR A 32-ARY PPM SCHEME, THE MLL OPTICAL EFFICIENCY IS REDUCED BY A FACTOR OF AT LEAST 32 BY DISCARDING THE UN-NEEDED PULSES. IN BOTH CASES, THE ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR ITSELF INDUCES AN ADDITIONAL 60% OPTICAL LOSS, AND REQUIRES NEARLY 0.5W OF POWER TO DRIVE. AN ALTERNATIVE IS TO USE A LOW-REPETITION-RATE MLL IN COMBINATION WITH A SWITCH FABRIC TO DELAY EACH OUTPUT PULSE INTO THE CORRECT PPM SLOT. HOWEVER, THE USE OF PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (E.G., SILICON) IS PROHIBITIVE DUE TO THE HIGH INTRINSIC LOSS. A 100-MHZ PPM DATA RATE SCHEME REQUIRES ~5NS PULSE DELAY. THIS REPRESENTS 43-CM PROPAGATION IN SILICON, INDUCING A POWER LOSS= 10 DB. ADDING THE LOSS DUE TO SPIRALED DELAY LINES, SWITCH JUNCTIONS, AND COUPLING ON/OFF CHIP, THE AGGREGATE LOSS OF THE SWITCH FABRIC IS 18 TO 24 DB, REPRESENTING A SIGNIFICANT EFFICIENCY LOSS. RAM PHOTONICS PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A QUALITATIVELY NOVEL APPROACH TO HIGH-EFFICIENCY, LOW-BIT-RATE LASER TRANSMITTERS COMPATIBLE WITH SPACE-BORNE MISSIONS. SPECIFICALLY, WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A LASER TRANSMITTER THAT ATTAINS HIGHLY EFFICIENCY OPTICAL DATA GENERATION BY (1) GENERATING ONLY ONE OPTICAL PULSE PER SYMBOL AT ARBITRARY TEMPORAL LOCATION, (2) ELIMINATING ALL ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS, AND (3) EXPLOITING A NEARLY LOSSLESS FIBER ARCHITECTURE. THE NEW TRANSMITTER DEVICE HAS LOW DISSIPATION (<0.5 W TOTAL) AND LOW SWAP FOOTPRINT, AND CAN OPERATE AT ARBITRARY DATA RATES AND GENERATE ANY SYMBOL FORMATS. | $124K |
| Dec 16, 2015 | Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL | FA865015C1821 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF LOW-NOISE, PARAMETRIC, PHOTONIC OSCILLATOR IN SHORT-WAVE INFRARED (SWIR) BAND | $738K |
| Nov 3, 2015 | Department of DefenseOFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH | N0001414C0178 | 541712 | DOD 2013.1 SBIR SOLICITATION | $499K |
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