TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: A22B-T007

TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$172,952
Agency
Department of Defense · Army
Program / Phase
STTR · Phase I
Topic
A22B-T007
Solicitation
22.B
NAICS
Place of performance
TX
Period
2022-09-25 → 2023-03-24

Description

TransWave Photonics, in collaboration with University of California, Santa Barbara, proposes to develop a photonic integration platform where high power diode lasers and coherent beam combining elements are monolithically integrated with high efficiency. Our estimation shows that more than 100 W peak power and 1 GW/cm2/sr brightness are achievable by implementing phased laser arrays more than 16 elements. A path towards kW-level power generation with ultra-high brightness in our chip-scale combiner equipped with an efficient laser cooling system is provided.