HQPHOTONICS INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: SB121-001
HQPHOTONICS INC. — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $1,849,499
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- SB121-001
- Solicitation
- 2012.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2013-09-29 → 2018-06-30
Description
In Phase I a novel spiral resonator was demonstrated that is both chip based and has high immunity to thermal noise. The system uses a silica-on-silicon platform and is therefore compatible with a wide range of photonic and electrical components. In Phase I, the optical coupling to the resonator utilized a fiber taper. In Phase II, a program is proposed to further increase the robustness of the resonator by demonstrating an on-chip waveguide for coupling. The waveguide-coupled resonator will also incorporate fiber v-grooves to assist in precise alignment of optical fibers to a fully packaged device. Integration of the resonator with a laser source will also be demonstrated with the ultimate goal of a compact, enhanced-coherence laser source.