Next generation optical modems for NASA will be based on the RZ-dpsk modulation format. This modulation format is robust, delivers high quantum efficiency and allows burst-mode operation, key when…
Ended Definitive Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80NSSC17C0036
- Awardee
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Freedom Photonics LLC UEI FQ98KK1G9199
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $933,927
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $933,927.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources · 500 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Goleta, CA, USA
- Research
- SBIR Program Phase II Action
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Funding Only Action | $183,999 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Original award | $749,928 |
About this award
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Freedom Photonics LLC, a manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems located in Goleta, California. The $933,927.00 fixed-price contract is for the development of next-generation optical modems for NASA based on the robust and efficient return-to-zero differential phase-shift keying (RZ-DPSK) modulation format. The approach involves integrating the laser, modulator, and amplifier into a single photonic integrated circuit to reduce the cost, size, weight, and power of the transmitter optical components. The Phase II effort will culminate in a free-space optical (FSO) transmission demonstration of the RZ-DPSK signals in a laboratory environment.
Description
Next generation optical modems for NASA will be based on the RZ-dpsk modulation format. This modulation format is robust, delivers high quantum efficiency and allows burst-mode operation, key when using a power limited transmitter in combination with a fixed delay line dpsk demodulator. Freedom photonics approach in this proposed program is to integrate the laser, modulator, and amplifier into a single transmitter photonic integrated circuit (PIC). Photonic integration reduces the cost, size, weight, and power (C-SWAP) of the transmitter optical component so that they can fit into a package the size of a half-dollar coin or smaller. IT will be realized using an indium phosphide photonic integration platform, well suited for space application. The phase II effort will culminate in a FSO demonstration in a laboratory environment demonstrating transmission of RZ-dpsk signals.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 80NSSC17C0036?
80NSSC17C0036 was awarded to Freedom Photonics LLC by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on September 6, 2017.
How much is contract 80NSSC17C0036 worth?
The government has obligated $933,927 on 80NSSC17C0036.
Was contract 80NSSC17C0036 competed?
The extent of competition for 80NSSC17C0036 was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. The government received 500 offers. It was set aside: Total Small Business.
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