This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Aktiwave LLC, a small business based in Rochester, NY. The $123,234 firm fixed price contract supports research and development on femtosecond-laser-fabricated waveguides in crystalline dielectric materials. The work involves developing integrated theoretical models and experimental investigations to simulate and demonstrate these waveguides, analyzing the...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract worth $149,991.00 to Aktiwave LLC, a small business based in Rochester, New York. The contract is for the development of a monolithic Q-switched waveguide laser fabricated by ultrafast laser inscription to be used as a pulsed light detection and ranging (lidar) source. This specialized research and development work supports NASA's objectives in the areas of space...
Aktiwave LLC was awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $794,000 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to conduct research and development activities for integrated mid-infrared sources enabled by waveguides written with femtosecond lasers. The two-year contract, which has a firm fixed price and is set aside for total small businesses, will support Phase II of Aktiwave's Small Business Technology Transfer research project. Work will...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center (NASA) awarded a $149.766 million firm fixed price purchase order to Aktiwave LLC of Rochester, NY as part of the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I (SBIR PHASE I). The contract is for research services under the Small Business Technology Transfer Program Phase I (STTR Phase I) and runs from August 3, 2023 through September 2, 2024. The place of performance is Rochester, NY and the set aside designation is...
Aktiwave LLC has been awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract valued at one hundred forty-nine thousand seven hundred nine dollars by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center. The contract is associated with the Small Business Technology Transfer Research Phase I program and will support the company's efforts to develop femtosecond laser inscription of three-dimensional waveguide beam splitters and integrated photonic circuits for mid-infrared sensing...
This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Oewaves, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for the development of a miniature laser system for a cesium atom interferometer. The contract has a firm fixed price of $150,000.00 and a completion date of February 2, 2024. As a Phase I SBIR award, this contract supports early-stage research and development of innovative technologies that...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,961.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Aqwest, LLC, a for-profit Limited Liability Company, for the development of a "Compact and Efficient High-Pulse Energy 2-Micron LIDAR Transmitter" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase I. The contract has a completion date of March 1, 2021 and was awarded on August 31, 2020. Aqwest, LLC specializes in photonics, thermal management, and energy...
This is a $124,951.00 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Beyond Photonics, LLC, a small business. The contract is for the development of a compact power amplifier for hybrid fiber/bulk wind lidar transmitters under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract has a completion date of March 1, 2021. As a prime contractor, Beyond Photonics has previously received multiple SBIR and...
This is a $149,475.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of goods, for the "ERYAG Energy Scaling for Water Vapor DIAL" requirement under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is focused on developing specialized laser and electro-optics technologies, including laser remote sensing and water vapor differential absorption...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for $124,932.00. The contract aims to develop a non-destructive evaluation method using acoustic signatures to inspect parts manufactured by additive manufacturing (AM) processes, which can be applied both in space and on Earth. The proposed solution combines laser Doppler vibrometry...