TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC — Department of Defense STTR Phase II: A17A-T006
TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC — STTR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II STTR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $1,149,894 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
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- Amount
- $1,149,894
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase II
- Topic
- A17A-T006
- Solicitation
- 17.A
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- TX
- Period
- 2022-09-24 → 2024-09-23
Description
TransWave Photonics, LLC proposes to develop high-power mid-wave infrared (MWIR) beam combining photonic integrated circuits (PICs) by monolithically integrating MWIR gain chips and passive photonic elements using an InP-based material platform that can be grown without wafer bonding. Our PIC device consists of a MWIR quantum cascade laser gain section, a power amplifier array, a waveguide array, and an optical phased array. We expect that our device can produce >50 W average power at 4.6 μm center wavelength and a wavelength tuning range of 230 nm without any mechanical moving parts or free-spacing combining optics.