TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N182-113

TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$124,937
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
N182-113
Solicitation
18.2
NAICS
Place of performance
TX
Period
2018-10-16 → 2020-02-12

Description

TransWave Photonics, LLC in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin proposes to demonstrate a new active region and thermal packaging configuration for the mid-wave infrared quantum cascade lasers that provide both high modal overlap with the laser active region and a dramatically reduced thermal impedance of the laser compared to the current state-of-the-art. The proposed laser design concept allows for scaling of continuous-wave power output from mid-wave infrared quantum cascade lasers beyond the current state-of-the-art. In Phase 1 work, the proposing team will perform theoretical investigations and preliminary experimental demonstrations of the key innovations to demonstrate the technical feasibility of the proposed approach.