NEXUS PHOTONICS INC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration STTR Phase I: T8
NEXUS PHOTONICS INC — STTR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $124,113
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Topic
- T8
- Solicitation
- STTR_18_P1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2018-07-27 → 2019-08-26
Description
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">We propose to revolutionize the field of frequency-domain terahertz (THz) spectrometers by developing ~2 cm<sup>3</sup> wide-band spectrometer with improved frequency accuracy, resolution and stability. Integration will also provide significant SWaP-C advantage compared to present solution allowing deployment in small spacecraft platforms and other applications where low SWaP is crucial.</p><p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">Compared to presently available frequency-domain THz spectrometers, we expect significant improvements as follows:</p><ul><li>> 10x weight reduction</li><li>> 500x size reduction</li><li>> 5x cost reduction</li><li>> 1000x frequency accuracy improvement</li><li>> 10x frequency resolution improvement</li><li>Guaranteed long-term stability with built-in calibration until end-of-life (EOL)</li> </ul>