The objective of this program is to develop, demonstrate and implement a 1550-NM sensitive photon-counting detector array with monolithically integrated time-tagging electronics, suitable for…

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Contract number
80NSSC18C0073
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$749,992

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Contract value 100% obligated
$749,992.00 Current and potential, with all options
Completion date 100% complete
Current and potential, with all options
Contracting staff
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

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Original award $749,992

About this award

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This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Freedom Photonics LLC, a manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems located in Goleta, California. The objective is to develop a 1550-nanometer sensitive photon-counting detector array with integrated time-tagging electronics, suitable for free-space optical communications in NASA missions such as the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD). The $749,992.00 fixed-price contract leverages partnerships with the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Arizona State University to create a low-cost, high-sensitivity, high-speed, and radiation-hardened receiver for long-range optical communications by utilizing Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode array technology in the SiGeSn materials system. This contract is set aside for small businesses.

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The objective of this program is to develop, demonstrate and implement a 1550-NM sensitive photon-counting detector array with monolithically integrated time-tagging electronics, suitable for free-space optical communications, where high data volume returns from space missions are critical, such as in the lunar laser communication demonstration (LLCD) and other future NASA missions. Conventional photon counting detector arrays are implemented in either silicon (SI) or mercury cadmium telluride (HGCDTE), negating detection at 1550 NM in the case of SI or incurring high cost and complexity for HGCDTE. In this program, freedom photonics will partner with the university of nevada LAS vegas (UNLV) and arizona state university (ASU) to develop a novel geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (APD) arrayreceiver for photon counting applications with sensitivity for wavelengths in the range from 1000 NM to 1600 NM, which utilizes standard cmos processing for electronics, coupled with selective growth of apds in the sigesn materials system, resulting in a low-cost, high-sensitivity, high-speed and radiation hard receiver for long-range optical communications.

Quick answers

Who was awarded contract 80NSSC18C0073?

80NSSC18C0073 was awarded to Freedom Photonics LLC by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on April 9, 2018.

How much is contract 80NSSC18C0073 worth?

The government has obligated $749,992 on 80NSSC18C0073.

Was contract 80NSSC18C0073 competed?

The extent of competition for 80NSSC18C0073 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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