AKTIWAVE LLC
Arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) fabricated using ultrafast laser inscription technology for integrated photonic circuits
- Sector
- UNCERTAIN
- Headquarters
- West Henrietta, NY
- Total capital
- $1.3M
- Federal grants
- $1.3M
- 5 awards · 2020–2023
- 5.0× sector median 1 award
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Design and Fabrication of Arrayed Waveguide Grating Using Ultrafast Laser Inscription$150K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Femtosecond Laser Inscription of 3D Waveguide Beam Splitters and Integrated Photonic Circuits for Mid-IR sensing$150K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Monolithic Q-switched waveguide laser fabricated by ultrafast laser inscription for pulsed lidar source$150K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Femtosecond-Laser-Based Welding for the Fabrication and Integration of Lidar Lasers$125K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Integrated Mid-Infrared Sources Enabled by Waveguides Written with Femtosecond Lasers$749K
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Sources
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