TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N231-018
TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from Department of Defense in a technical approach.
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- Obligated amount $139,983. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
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- Amount
- $139,983
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- N231-018
- Solicitation
- 23.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- TX
- Period
- 2023-07-12 → 2024-01-02
Description
TransWave Photonics proposes to develop a high-power quantum cascade laser emitting near 4.6 um with > 65 W average power and 35% wall-plug efficiency under quasi-continuous wave operation at operating temperature of > 30 °C. Using an optimized active region and cooling system design, we expect that the device should exhibit low thermal resistance and high effective thermal conductivity of a heat spreader to meet the operation requirements.