PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. SBIR Phase I Award, August 2023

A SBIR Phase I contract was awarded to Physical Sciences in August, 2023 for $139,999.0 USD from the U.S. Department of Defense and United States Navy.

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SBIR/STTR Awards

SBIR/STTR Award attributes

SBIR/STTR Award Recipient

Physical Sciences

Government Agency

U.S. Department of Defense

Government Branch

United States Navy

Award Type

SBIR0

Contract Number (US Government)

N68936-23-C-00200

Award Phase

Phase I0

Award Amount (USD)

139,9990

Date Awarded

August 18, 2023

End Date

February 15, 2024

Abstract

We propose the development of Active Low-Voltage Modulators (ALVM) based on the thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic-integrated circuit (PIC) platform to realize enhanced radio-frequency (RF) links that are compact, efficient, and can be scalably manufactured using a commercial wafer-scale production capability. The proposed modulator design combines a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) with an integrated pair of low-biased Mach-Zender interferometers (MZIs) in a push-pull configuration to enable RF-photonic links with low noise figure (NF) and high bandwidth.