TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N202-115
TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
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- Amount
- $139,776
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- N202-115
- Solicitation
- 20.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- TX
- Period
- 2020-10-29 → 2021-04-29
Description
TransWave Photonics proposes to develop a monolithic, mass-producible quantum cascade laser emitting at two mid-wave infrared bands. Leveraging expertise in development of high power dual-wavelength mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers, we propose a heterogeneous active region capable to produce continuous-wave output power more than 3W for each band and wall-plug efficiency higher than 15% at room temperature. The proposed device will emit a nearly diffraction-limited laser beam from a single aperture without using any free-space optics or moving parts.