Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems, was awarded a $124,992 firm-fixed-price STTR Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract, which is set aside for small businesses, aims to develop a hybrid integration platform that combines high-performance active optical components with low-cost silicon photonics for space-based photonic applications. This work will be performed in...
This is a $749,997.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Photon Sciences, Incorporated, doing business as Photon Sciences Inc. The contract is for the development of a low-cost, low-power, low-latency 1602 nanometer 100 gigabits per second non-return-to-zero (NRZ) laser electro-absorption modulator (EAM) for a 7.2 terabits per second transmitter. As an SBIR Phase II award,...
Nexus Photonics Inc. has been awarded a $150,000 firm fixed price purchase order from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to conduct research under Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The work involves developing a heterogeneous photonic integrated circuit platform with high responsivity photodetectors to support NASA's research efforts. Performance will take place in Goleta, California over a period of approximately eight...
This is a $149,999 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Nexus Photonics Inc., a for-profit small business. The contract is for the development and delivery of spectroscopy-grade lasers and photonic integrated circuits (PICs) operating around 689 nanometers, in support of NASA's research and innovation initiatives. The work is designated as a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I action,...
This is a $1,800,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Nonlinear Materials Corp, a small business. The contract is for Phase II research and development under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, focused on developing silicon-organic hybrid electro-optic modulators for the AIM Photonics 300mm silicon photonics platform. The objective is to advance photonic integrated circuit capabilities to support...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $124,999.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Cactus Materials Inc., a Minority Owned, Self Certified Small Disadvantaged Business, for research on "Multi-Stacked Aligned Wafer Bonding for Wide-Bandwidth AR Treated Silicon Optics" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of research and prototypes related to aligned wafer bonding for...
This is a $149,997 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded to Phase Sensitive Innovations Inc., a veteran-owned small business, by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract is for the development of electro-optic photonic integrated circuits in thin lithium niobate under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I program, with an expected completion date of August 25, 2023. Phase Sensitive Innovations specializes in advanced...
This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Nanohmics Inc., a small business, for the development of Metagrating Beam Shaping Optics. The contract has a Firm Fixed Price of $124,988.00 and is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research project. Nanohmics Inc. is an innovative technology development and R&D company that has extensive experience supporting federal agencies, including the Department...
This is a $122,136.00 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Optonet, Inc., a minority-owned for-profit company based in Evanston, Illinois. The contract focuses on developing a 100-200 Gigabit per second wavelength-division-multiplexed photonic transceiver module capable of transmitting both high-speed data and radio frequency signals. This aligns with NASA's interests in integrated...
This is a $124,893.00 Firm Fixed Price STTR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Ultra-Low Loss Technologies, Inc., a small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of a broadband arrayed waveguide grating with a microwave kinetic detector array to create a fully integrated high-resolution photonic spectrograph. This contract is part of the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, which enables...