This contract award is for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project to develop a 100W high efficiency 1550nm pulsed fiber laser. The award was made by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the small business Polaronyx Inc. located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The goal of the project is to address technical challenges in achieving high peak power, short pulse width, and high wall-plug efficiency for fiber lasers, which are enabling technologies for deep...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Polaronyx Inc., a small business manufacturer. The $124,990 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a novel approach to create a reliable high-energy ultra-large core fiber amplifier operating at 1.57 microns. The targeted laser transmitters would have a pulse repetition rate of 20-50 Hz and pulse energy from 30-50 mJ, which could enable CO2...
Polaronyx Inc., a small business manufacturer of laser 3D manufacturing solutions, was awarded a $124,949 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract is for the development of a 20 W high efficiency 1550 nm pulsed fiber laser, which represents an enabling technology for future deep space high-rate space communications. The contract aims to address technical challenges in achieving high peak power, high...
This firm fixed price SBIR Phase I contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer, to develop and demonstrate a prototype of a high-power, polarization-maintaining, 1.5-micron fiber laser transmitter for space optical communications. The transmitter is designed to support wavelength-division-multiplexed channels operating at high data rates using advanced modulation formats. This research...
This contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Beyond Photonics, LLC, a small business prime contractor, for the development of a highly compact, efficient next-generation single-frequency pulsed transmitter laser. The objective is to support NASA's current and future missions focused on laser remote sensing in the short-wave infrared wavelength region near two microns. The $124,948.00 firm fixed-price contract is for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research...
This is a $125,000.00 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to N.p. Photonics, Inc., a U.S.-based fiber laser manufacturer. The contract is for the development of a high energy, narrow-linewidth, and frequency stable 780 nanometer laser transmitter for high spectral resolution lidar (HSRL) applications. This laser system will enable accurate aerosol and cloud profiling...
This is a $99,908 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to Polaronyx Inc., a small business manufacturer, under the SBIR program. The contract is for the development of a compact, all-fiber-based, high-power mid-infrared optical frequency comb laser system. This builds on Polaronyx's expertise in ultrashort pulsed fiber lasers and nonlinear fiber optics. The contract is designated as a total small business set-aside and is for Phase I of the SBIR project, with a...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Fibertek, Inc., a for-profit small business manufacturer. The contract, valued at $749,869, is for the development of a laser transmitter and wavelength converter technology to support space-based atmospheric and oceanographic LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) instruments. This technology is intended to reduce the size, weight, and power consumption of flight...
This is a $749,999.99 Firm Fixed Price definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to N.p. Photonics, Inc., a small business manufacturer of optical equipment. The contract is for the development of a "Novel High Power and Energy Eye-Safe Transform-Limited Fiber Laser Illuminator" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. This research and development effort aims to advance fiber laser technology for defense applications. As a...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC21C0383, was issued by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Photon Sciences, Incorporated, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics technologies. The $125,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a "LOW COST, LOW POWER, LOW LATENCY 1602 NM 100 GBPS NRZ LASER-EAM FOR A 7.2 TBPS TRANSMITTER" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract has a total small business set-aside,...