Ram Photonics LLC

$46M obligated·31 awards·2 agencies·4 NAICS

Federal Contracts

Showing award actions 51–65 of 65 funded award actions, most recent first.

Contracts with positive obligations: 31
Funded award actions shown: 65
Obligations shown: $46M
Awarding agencies: 2

This table shows award actions with a positive obligation. Zero-dollar and negative-dollar actions, such as administrative changes and deobligations, are not displayed. Multiple award actions may belong to the same contract.

Award data as of August 22, 2025. Source: USAspending federal award records.

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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