Great Lakes Crystal Technologies Inc.

Great Lakes Crystal Technologies Inc., doing business as Great Lakes Crystal Technologies, is a manufacturer of high-quality single crystal diamond materials for advanced applications. The company specializes in developing and producing diamond products to support quantum, defense, and scientific research efforts. Through various federal contract and grant awards, Great Lakes Crystal Technologies provides diamond materials, components, and related services to multiple government agencies, including the Army, Air Force, Navy, NASA, and DARPA. The company's expertise lies in chemical vapor deposition processes for engineering single-crystal diamond materials at scales suitable for next-generation devices, including quantum sensors, high-power electronics, and radiation detection systems.

Federal contract awards to Great Lakes Crystal Technologies have primarily focused on delivering diamond materials for quantum technology applications. The company has received multiple awards from defense agencies, including a $1,757,905 definitive contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory for diamond materials supporting quantum technologies. Other notable contracts include a $642,265 purchase order from the Army Materiel Command for diamond substrates, optics, detectors, and electronics aiding quantum information systems development. The company has also been awarded SBIR and STTR contracts, such as a $324,670 STTR Phase II contract from the Air Force for diamond materials in quantum technologies, and a $234,280 SBIR Phase I contract from the Navy for similar purposes. These contracts often carry small business set-aside designations, reflecting the company's status as a small business manufacturer. Additionally, Great Lakes Crystal Technologies has participated as a subcontractor, providing single crystal diamond plates and substrates for projects led by prime contractors like Azimuth Corporation.

Great Lakes Crystal Technologies has secured several federal grant awards, primarily from the Department of Energy's Office of Science and Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E). A significant recent award is a $2,301,496 cooperative agreement from ARPA-E for developing high-power diamond transistors with electrical and optical gate control, aimed at revolutionizing power electronics for grid applications. The company has also received multiple project grants from the Office of Science, including $249,995 for a diamond rheometer to measure high-temperature molten salts, $199,213 for next-generation diamond drumhead x-ray optics, and additional grants for innovative crystalline diamond detectors and quantum sensors. These awards support the company's research and development efforts in advancing diamond-based technologies for various scientific and energy applications. Great Lakes Crystal Technologies has also participated as a sub-grantee in collaborative research efforts, such as the Midwest AFRL Regional Research Convergence Hub (M-ARRCH) project led by Purdue University.

Great Lakes Crystal Technologies holds a notable federal contract IDV awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). This multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, with a potential value of $999,866, was awarded on June 13, 2023, with no set-aside designation. Under this other transaction authority contract, Great Lakes Crystal Technologies is tasked with developing large area diamond substrates for advanced electronics. The company aims to produce high-quality, precisely controlled diamond films and substrates for applications in quantum information sciences, advanced communications, and other emerging technologies. By leveraging its expertise in chemical vapor deposition processes, Great Lakes Crystal Technologies seeks to engineer single-crystal diamond materials at the scale needed for next-generation devices of interest to both the defense sector and commercial industries.

We are developing high-performance diamond materials for advanced (non-gemstone) applications including x-ray diffraction and x-ray detection, advanced electronics, and quantum technology. We like to partner with universities and federal laboratories to develop and demonstrate diamond applications including high performance (e.g., radiation hard, high frequency, power switching, and high temperature) electronics and quantum technology (i.e., quantum sensors, quantum computing, quantum communications, ...).