FIREFLY PHOTONICS LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: MDA21-018
FIREFLY 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 $149,992. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
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- Amount
- $149,992
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- MDA21-018
- Solicitation
- 21.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- IA
- Period
- 2021-12-06 → 2022-06-05
Description
Firefly Photonics proposes building a dual-band VCSEL-based hybrid to be tested and verified in an existing projector with a modular, tiled design that is scalable to a 64-megapixel array. The dual band vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) will be cryogenically cooled, have independent color control, operate with wallplug efficiencies > 10%, have modulation rates > MHz, and be capable of creating apparent temperatures in the mid-wave band . A large fraction of the array (>10%) will be able to project the maximum apparent temperature simultaneously in an asynchronous mode. Through careful design of the RIIC, 16-bit temperature resolution will be maintained throughout the temperature range. Thanks to the large bandwidth of the VCSELs kHz frame rates will be possible by building appropriate close support electronics. Approved for Public Release | 21-MDA-11013 (19 Nov 21)