SDPHOTONICS LLC — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: N20B-T027
SDPHOTONICS LLC — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $140,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Topic
- N20B-T027
- Solicitation
- 20.B
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- TX
- Period
- 2020-09-11 → 2021-03-15
Description
This project uses two new vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) designs along with a commercialization route to develop 100 Gb/s serial data rate transceiver capability. The designs include oxide and oxide-free VCSELs with reduced electrical resistance and capacitance to reach small signal bandwidth > 50 GHz. The oxide-free VCSEL approach has demonstrated increased reliability in high stress testing and is expected to increase reliability for the high speed optical data links when used in harsh military environments.