TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: A22B-T007
TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I STTR feasibility signal
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- 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.