RYDBERG TECHNOLOGIES INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: SB152-003
RYDBERG TECHNOLOGIES INC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR 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.
- At $1,509,897, this is a large obligation for typical SBIR Phase sizing — worth reviewing for scope breadth and teaming opportunity.
- Topic code SB152-003 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,509,897
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- SB152-003
- Solicitation
- 15.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MI
- Period
- 2017-03-03 → 2019-03-02
Description
In EMC/EMI testing there is a demand for broadband (MHz to THz), self-calibrating, small, robust, and wide-dynamic-range detectors for electric fields up to about 10kV/m. Advanced field sensors are important in the expanding EMC/EMI testing industry, which serves aerospace, defense, automotive, telecommunications, safety, and security. Rydberg Technologies LLC (RT) is developing a new line of atom-based sensors that exploit the response of Rydberg atoms enclosed in small spectroscopic cells to the fields being measured. The atomic response is probed using a pair of laser beams routed to the cell via fiber-optics. In Phase II, RT will design and fabricate field probes that satisfy these described needs. The lasers, stabilization and data-processing components will be integrated into a control unit that connects via the fiber-optic cord to a robust, multi-range, light-weight field probe. The measurement system computes the RF electric field by matching the collected spectroscopic data with entries in a database of calculated spectra. A prototype measurement system will be demonstrated. In a Phase-II option and Phase III, the system will be integrated, made compact and ruggedized to realize a minimum viable product serving the ever-expanding needs of modern EMC/EMI testing.In EMC/EMI testing there is a demand for broadband (MHz to THz), self-calibrating, small, robust, and wide-dynamic-range detectors for electric fields up to about 10kV/m. Advanced field sensors are important in the expanding EMC/EMI testing industry, which serves aerospace, defense, automotive, telecommunications, safety, and security. Rydberg Technologies LLC (RT) is developing a new line of atom-based sensors that exploit the response of Rydberg atoms enclosed in small spectroscopic cells to the fields being measured. The atomic response is probed using a pair of laser beams routed to the cell via fiber-optics. In Phase II, RT will design and fabricate field probes that satisfy these described needs. The lasers, stabilization and data-processing components will be integrated into a control unit that connects via the fiber-optic cord to a robust, multi-range, light-weight field probe. The measurement system computes the RF electric field by matching the collected spectroscopic data with entries in a database of calculated spectra. A prototype measurement system will be demonstrated. In a Phase-II option and Phase III, the system will be integrated, made compact and ruggedized to realize a minimum viable product serving the ever-expanding needs of modern EMC/EMI testing.