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High-efficiency semiconductor laser arrays at 1550 nm with coherent beam combination for wireless optical power transmission

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · freedomphotonics.com

Sector: Semiconductors
Headquarters: Goleta, CA
Total capital: $105M

Federal grants: $49.8M; 112 awards · 2013–2023; Rank in peer group#1 of 72
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $55.2M; 147 awards · Defense, NASA, Environmental Prot; Rank in Semiconductors#4 of 707
Granted patents: 24; 16 pending · first 2014; Rank in peer group#5 of 72

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Latest events

Mar 2025Federal contractNASA · Phase III SBIR - Technical Maturation Of Compact Hybrid Integrated Seed Source For Water Vapor & Methane LIDAR Applications$850K
Mar 2025Federal contractNASA · 5-FREEDOM Photonics Instatune LASER-INSTATUNE-C1/ 1527 Nm Starting WAVELENGTH-FP4209-C1$43K
Dec 2024Federal contractNASA · INSTATUNE-C1/ 1550 Nm Centerwavelength Laser$19K
Jul 2024Federal contractNASA · 2-FP4209-C1 - INSTATUNE-C1/1550 Nm Center$19K
Jul 2024Federal contractNASA · Instatune C1/ 1550NM Center Wavelength Laser$51K
Mar 2024Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase III - Photonic Wirebonded Pic Package Assembly$40K
Nov 2023Federal contractNASA · 1 - FP4213-C1 Instatune II Prototype Unit - Laser$15K

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Aug 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High- Efficiency Kw-class 1550 nm Steerable Diffraction-Limited Laser Diode Arrays for Energy Web Dominance$1.2M
Jul 2023Federal contractNASA · 2 Instatune Swept Lasers$18K
Jul 2023Federal contractNASA · [2] Freedom Photonics' Instatune Lasers,$18K
May 2023Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase III High-reliability Space-qualified LIDAR Source Packages$750K
Aug 2022Federal contractNASA · 4 Swept Source- Instatune$36K
Aug 2022Federal contractNASA · Multi-tone Laser Array$955K
May 2022Federal contractCommerce · This Purchase Order Is For The Purchase Of 100 Ghz Photodetectors To Be Bonded On Nist Substrates To Support Research In Nist's Physical Measurements Laboratory.$31K
Mar 2022Federal contractInterior · High Efficiency Kw-class 1150 Nm Steerable Diffraction-limited Laser Diode Arrays For Energy Web Dominance$225K
Mar 2022Federal contractDefense · High-speed Optical Fiber Data-links For Space-based Cryogenic Read-out Integrated Circuits$750K
Mar 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · GeSiSn Avalanche Photodiode Arrays for High-Sensitivity SWIR Imaging Applications$750K
Jan 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Efficiency kW-class 1550 nm Steerable Diffraction-Limited Laser Diode Arrays for Energy Web Dominance$225K
Jan 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Efficient Power-Scalable and Diffraction-Limited GaAs Diode Lasers$1.5M
Dec 2021Federal contractEnvironmental Prot · Epa SBIR FY21-22 Phase I - Tunable Laser For Voc Monitoring$100K
Nov 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Ruggedized Wideband Low-Observable Quantum RF Receiver with Enhanced Sensitivity$800K
Oct 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Multi-wavelength Laser Engine$1.7M
Oct 2021Federal contractDefense · EO14042 Research Iaw Sow For Darpa SBIR Phase 2 Effort Titled Multi-wavelength Laser Sources$996K
Oct 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Packaged Optical Circuit for Interferometric Optical Fiber Gyroscopes$146K
Oct 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Watt-class diffraction-limited 1550nm Superluminescent Diodes$900K
Oct 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · HgSe Colloidal Quantum Dot Detectors for Low-Cost MWIR Focal Plane Arrays$140K
Sep 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Multimode-Coupled High-Frequency Photoreceiver Using InGaAs UTC Photodiode$140K
Sep 2021Federal contractNASA · Widely Tunable Fast Semiconductor Laser Seed Source At 1030NM For LIDAR Remote Sensing$350K
Sep 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · HgTe Colloidal Quantum Dot Imagers for Long Infrared Wavelengths$225K
Sep 2021Federal contractDefense · Army Aviation SBIR Phase II For Proposal Entitled, "low-latency Optical Backbone Networks For Army Aviation"$1.1M
Sep 2021Federal contractNASA · Tiled Silicon-photomultiplier Array Read-out Integrated Circuit$375K
Aug 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Monolithically Integrated Mode-Locked Laser for Optical Signal Processing Applications$140K
Aug 2021Federal contractNASA · A Novel Chip-scale Seed Source At 1645NM For Methane Lidars$32K
Jul 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase II · High-Reliability Space-Qualified LIDAR Source Packages$750K
Jul 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Watt-Class Diffraction-Limited Narrow Linewidth 8xx nm Diode Lasers$750K
Jul 2021Federal contractNASA · Packaging Of A Photonic Integrated Circuit For Water Vapor And Methane LIDAR$913K
Jul 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Phase Locked 780 nm Lasers for Rb Interferometry$140K
Jul 2021Federal contractDefense · This Requirement Is For A Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II Effort Entitled, Low-cost, Uncooled, Near Infrared (nir) And Shortwave Infrared Focal Plane Array (swir Fpa) Using Sigesn On Silicon, In Response To Topic No. A2-8336.$1.2M
May 2021Federal contractNASA · Entangled Photon Transceiver Leveraging Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology$125K
May 2021Federal contractNASA · An Efficient High-fidelity Design Tool For Advanced Tailorable Composites$131K
May 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Rapidly Tuned Random Access Laser Source$125K
May 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase I · GeSiSn PIN detector arrays for beam alignment in coherent Doppler LiDAR systems$125K
May 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Photonic Integrated Microwave Spectrometer for Hyperspectral Sounding$125K
May 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase I · 850 nm Narrow Linewidth Laser for Atomic Sensors$125K
May 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Integrated Photonic Quantum Frequency Processor for High-Dimensional Quantum Information Processing$1.5M
May 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Photonic-Storage Subsystem Input/Output (P-SSIO) Interface$1.1M
Apr 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Photonic integrated circuits for deployable quantum clocks and sensors$50K
Apr 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Temperature Diode Pump Module for Directed Energy$50K
Apr 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Integrated LIDAR seed source$50K
Apr 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High efficiency InP pump sources for reduced C-SWaP SWIR illuminators$50K
Apr 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High-Speed Optical Fiber Data-Links for Space-Based Cryogenic Read-Out Integrated Circuits (ROICs)$50K
Apr 2021Federal contractDefense · Gesisn Avalanche Photodiode Arrays For High-sensitivity Swir Imaging Applications$50K
Apr 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Photonic Integrated Analog-to-Information Receiver$240K
Mar 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Three-Photon, Compact Rydberg Radio Receiver$1.5M
Mar 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph II - Research And Development Of High Power, High Beam Quality Tapered Diode Lasers For Direct Use As High Energy Lasers$1.2M
Mar 2021Federal contractDefense · Base Effort - SBIR Phase I. Self-phase-locked Kw Class Tapered Laser Array.$111K
Feb 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Quantum All-Optical Transponder (QOAT)$250K
Dec 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Efficient power-scalable and diffraction-limited GaAs diode lasers$150K
Oct 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Self-phase-locked kW class tapered laser array$111K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · Base Effort - SBIR Phase I$111K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · SR1 High Power Coherent Beam Combined Laser For Army Platforms.$111K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$111K
Sep 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · 1um heterogeneously integrated transmitter for balanced links$140K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase O181-001-0024 High Acceleration And Hypervelocity Inertial Measurement Unit$1.3M
Aug 2020Federal contractNASA · High-reliability Space-qualified LIDAR Source Packages$125K
Aug 2020Federal contractNASA · Watt-class Diffraction-limited Narrow Linewidth 8XX Nm Diode Lasers$125K
Aug 2020Federal grantNASA · Phase I · High-Power Tunable 852nm Laser Source and PICs for Atom Interferometry Based Gravimetry$125K
Aug 2020Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Miniaturized Free Space Optical Communication Transceivers for CubeSats$125K
Aug 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Analog Optical Link using Novel Record Performance Laser, Modulator and Photodiode Technology$140K
Jul 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Low-Latency Optical Backbone Networks for Army Aviation$550K
Jul 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Low-Cost, Uncooled, NIR and SWIR FPA Using SiGeSn on Silicon$550K
Jul 2020Federal grantNASA · Phase II · A Novel Chip-Scale Seed Source at 1645nm for Methane LIDARs$750K
Jul 2020Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Widely Tunable Fast Semiconductor Laser Seed Source at 1030nm for LIDAR Remote Sensing$750K
Jul 2020Federal contractNASA · Widely Tunable Fast Semiconductor Laser Seed Source At 1030NM For LIDAR Remote Sensing$1.1M
Jun 2020Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Radiation Hard, High Bandwidth Optical Fiber Links for Detectors at High Energy Colliders$200K
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Compact Free Space Optical Communication Transceivers for CubeSats$111K
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Tapered Diode Lasers in a Talbot Cavity for Coherently Beam Combined High Power Lasers$111K
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Advanced Photonic Integrated Circuits for Quantum Key Distribution Transmitters$150K
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · Integrated Photonic Quantum Frequency Processor For High-dimensional Qip$150K
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · Novel Semiconductor Driven Three-photon Rydberg Antenna$150K
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · Ultra-high Brightness Diode Lasers Enabled By Bcaling$674K
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Narrow Linewidth, High Power DFB Laser$140K
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · N201-087$240K
May 2020Federal contractDefense · FP4209$23K
Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · This Contract Is For A Phase I SBIR Effort Entitled: "compact Pulsed Diode Laser Driver For Triggering Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches".$111K
Apr 2020Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Photonic Memory Controller Module (P-MCM)$1.1M
Mar 2020Federal contractNASA · Freedom Photonics Llc NASA STTR Contract #: 80NSSC17C0036 1 Statement Of Work Phase Ii-e Application$185K
Feb 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Robust Transceiver Modules for Femtosecond-Level, Free-Space Optical Time and Frequency Transfer to Mobile Platforms$1.5M
Feb 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Compact pulsed diode laser driver for triggering photoconductive semiconductor switches$111K
Jan 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Multicore Fiber Optic Packaged Photonic Integrated Circuits for Wideband RF over Fiber$375K
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$240K
Dec 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Photonic Integrated Circuit Reliability Prediction, Verification and Validation$750K
Oct 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Sensitivity Miniaturized Gun-hardened Aeroballistic and Geolocation Sensor Technology$111K
Oct 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Fiberoptic Pressure Sensor and Interrogation Platform for Current and Next Generation Avionic Platforms$140K
Sep 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Advanced High End Gyroscopes for Small Form Factor Inertial Measurement Unit Applications$1.0M
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase II R&d: Advanced High End Gyroscopes For Small Form Factor Inertial Measurement Unit Applications$956K
Sep 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Autonomous Airborne FSO Network Supporting Dynamic Phased Array Antennas$140K
Sep 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Autonomous Airborne FSO communication network$140K
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research (sibr) Phase I Effort Title " Low Cost And Low Noise Wafer Scale Manufactured Ingaas Arrays For Low Light Imaging" In Response To Topic No. A19-045.$108K
Aug 2019Federal contractDefense · Base Effort - SR1 Phase I "high Power, High Beam Quality Tapered Diode Laser For Direct Use As High Energy Laser"$108K
Aug 2019Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Integrated RF Photonics Channelizer and Down inverter$125K
Aug 2019Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Monolithic Integrated Coherent Optical Receiver for Space Vehicle LIDAR Sensors$125K
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · A Novel Chip-scale Seed Source At 1645NM For Methane Lidars$125K
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · Widely Tunable Fast Semiconductor Laser Seed Source At 1045NM For LIDAR Remote Sensing$125K
Aug 2019Federal contractDefense · Phase I Second Monthly Technical Report$108K
Aug 2019Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Tiled Silicon-Photomultiplier Array Read-Out Integrated Circuit$750K
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · The Objective Of This Program Is To Develop A Monolithic, Multichannel, Photon Counting Readout Integrated Circuit (roic) That Can Interface With Microchannel Plate Photomultiplier Tubes$1.1M
Jul 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Dual-Mode, Extended Near-Infrared, Focal Plane Arrays Fabricated with CMOS Compatible GeSiSn Alloy Materials$1.5M
Jun 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Power, High Beam Quality Tapered Diode Laser for Direct Use as High Energy Laser$108K
May 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Low-Cost, Uncooled, NIR and SWIR FPA Using SiGeSn on Silicon$108K
May 2019Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Photonic-Storage Subsystem Input/Output (P-SSIO) Interface$1.5M
May 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Ultra-narrow linewidth, high power semiconductor laser$108K
May 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Compact Radio Frequency-to-Optical Transmitter for Airborne Military Environments$140K
May 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Improved Quantum Efficiency Photo-Detector$140K
Mar 2019Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I, Entitled: Low-latency Optical Backbone Networks For Army Aviation$150K
Feb 2019Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Energy-Efficient Reconfigurable Universal Accelerator Interconnect$231K
Feb 2019Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf O181-001-0024$150K
Jan 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$1.0M
Dec 2018Federal contractNASA · 1550NM Tunable Laser FP3015C Ot$10K
Nov 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · 1 Micron Fiber Optic Receiver for Mil-Aero Environment$750K
Nov 2018Federal contractDefense · Free Space Optical Communication Technology For Next Generation Small Satellites$150K
Nov 2018Federal contractDefense · Fast And Coherent Widely Tunable Optical Source$1.1M
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$225K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$225K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · High-speed Free-space Optical Link For Cryogenic Focal Plane Array Read-out$1.0M
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · High Power Semiconductor Lasers For High Temperature Operation$694K
Sep 2018Federal contractNASA · In This Work, Freedom Photonics Will Team With University Of California, Santa Barbara To Develop A Hybrid Integration Platform That Integrates Yielded, Best-of-breed Active Optical Components With Low-cost, High Functionality Silicon Photonics Components In A Manner That Is Compatible With Foundry Fabrication (such As Aim Photonics). This Will Be Performed In A Highly Manufacturable Manner, Using Passively Aligned Pick-and-place Technology To Place The Semiconductor Components On The Interposer$750K
Sep 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High Performance, High Yield RF Photonic Integration Platform$749K
Aug 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Miniaturized Optical WDM Transmitter/Transceiver$150K
Jul 2018Federal grantNASA · Phase I · High Speed Integrated Optical Switch$125K
Jul 2018Federal contractNASA · Silicon Photomultipliers (sipms) Are On The Verge Of Revolutionizing All Low Light Sensing And Photon Counting Applications. The Combination Of Low Cost, Compact Size, And Miniscule Power Consumption Offers An Attractive Replacement For Expensive, Bulky, And Power-hungry Photomultiplier Tubes (pmts). Sipm Laboratory Setups Typically Include A Bench Full Of Heavy Test Equipment. The Associated Cost, Size, Weight, And Power (c-swap) Of This Additional Equipment Present Many Practical Challenges To$125K
Jul 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Advanced High End Gyroscopes for Small Form Factor Inertial Measurement Unit Applications$150K
Jul 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Free Space Optical Communication Technology for Next Generation Small Satellites$150K
Jul 2018Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · High Quantum Efficiency Uni-Traveling-Carrier Photodiode for Optical to Microwave Transduction$150K
Jun 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High-Speed Free-Space Optical Link for Cryogenic Focal Plane Array Read-Out$1.0M
Jun 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Compact Multi-Kilowatt Fiber Coupled Diode Laser Pump Modules$125K
May 2018Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Photonic Memory Controller Module$1.5M
May 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Low-Latency Optical Backbone Networks for Army Aviation$150K
Apr 2018Federal contractDefense · Photodiode Pr# 56-9524-18$14K
Apr 2018Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Geiger-Mode SiGe Receiver for Long-Range Optical Communications$750K
Apr 2018Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Photonic-Storage Subsystem Input/Output (P-SSIO) Interface$230K
Feb 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Integrated Analog to Feature Converter$750K
Feb 2018Federal contractDefense · Research And Development, SBIR Phase II, Igf::ot::igf$1.0M
Nov 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Low-Defect GeSn and SiGeSn for Integrated High-Performance SWIR and MWIR Optoelectronics$750K
Nov 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Manufacturable, Miniature, Radiation Hard Diode Laser Module For Cold Atom Applications$870K
Sep 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Application of Telecommunications Laser Standards to Sonar Sensor Receivers$125K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Next Generation High Efficiency Diode Lasers$593K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Fiber Optic Sensing Systems (foss) For Expendable Launch Vehicles$150K
Sep 2017Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Integrated Optical Transmitter for Space Based Applications$750K
Sep 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igfnext Generation Optical Modems For NASA Will Be Based On The Rz-dpsk Modulation Format. This Modulation Format Is Robust, Delivers High Quantum Efficiency And Allows Burst-mode Operation, Key When Using A Power Limited Transmitter In Combination With A Fixed Delay Line Dpsk Demodulator. Freedom Photonics Approach In This Proposed Program Is To Integrate The Laser, Modulator, And Amplifier Into A Single Transmitter Photonic Integrated Circuit (pic). Photonic Integration Reduces The Co$934K
Aug 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High-Efficiency Integrated Si APD Quantum Key Receiver$1.0M
Aug 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High-Speed Free-Space Optical Link for Cryogenic Focal Plane Array Read-Out$150K
Aug 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Low Cost, Compact, and High Power Terahertz Emitter Arrays with 1550-nm Telecommunications Laser Drivers$100K
Jul 2017Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III Topic N151-018 Igf::ot::igf$433K
Jul 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Fiber Optic Sensing Systems (FOSS) for Expendable Launch Vehicles$150K
Jun 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Rugged, Uncooled Monolithic Analog Optical Transmitter at 1 um$750K
Jun 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Research And Development$999K
Jun 2017Federal grantNASA · Phase I · High Performance 3D Photonic Integration for Space Applications$125K
Jun 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Objective Of This Program Is To Develop, Demonstrate And Implement A Photon-counting Detector Array Sensitive In The Wavelength Range From 1000 Nm To 1600 Nm, With Monolithically Integrated Time-tagging Electronics, Suitable For Free-space Optical Communications, Where High Data Volume Returns From Space Missions Are Critical, Such As In The Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (llcd) And Other Future NASA Missions. Conventional Photon Counting Detector Arrays Are Implemente$125K
Jun 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Structural Health Monitoring Is Critical Capability For NASA, And It Is Required For Launch Vehicles, Space Vehicles, Re-entry Vehicles, Vehicle Pressure Systems, Space Station, As Well As In Flight Research. Health Monitoring Systems Need To Have Fast And Robust Data Acquisition And Management, Low Volume, Minimal Intrusion, And High Accuracy And Reliability. Armstrong Flight Research Center Has Developed A Revolutionary 4-FIBER Interrogation System For Fiber Optic Smart Structure$125K
Jun 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf High Power Semiconductor Lasers For High Temperature Operation$513K
May 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf$225K
May 2017Federal contractDefense · Progress Report Igf::ot::igf$225K
May 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Multi-Wavelength and Built-in Test Capable Local Area Network Node Packaging$373K
May 2017Federal contractDefense · ''igf::ot::igf'' Research And Development$997K
Apr 2017Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Widely Tunable Semiconductor Laser at 1650nm for Greenhouse Gas LIDAR Detection$750K
Apr 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf In This Program, Freedom Photonics Is Developing A Low Cost, Semiconductor Based Widely Tunable Laser For Multiple Green Gas Detection. This Laser Source Can Be Used In Different LIDAR Applications, Or In Any Gas Sensing Scheme Using Spectroscopy.$1.1M
Apr 2017Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Inexpensive, Rugged and Compact Tunable Laser with Simple Tuning Control for Airborne Fiber Optic Sensor (FOS) Interrogators$750K
Feb 2017Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Photonic Memory Controller Module (P-MCM)$230K
Nov 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Dual-Mode, Extended Near-Infrared, Focal Plane Arrays fabricated with a Commercial SiGe BiCMOS Process$150K
Nov 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Darpa SBIR Phase I With Freedom Photonics Llc$100K
Oct 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Integrated Laser and Modulator$500K
Oct 2016Federal contractDefense · Research&development Igf::ot::igf$1.0M
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf (SBIR Phase I) "high Performance, High Yield RF Photonic Integration Platform"$150K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$150K
Aug 2016Federal contractDefense · Planar Lightwave Circuits$25K
Aug 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Research Announcement Award - Advanced Tunable Seed Laser Effort To Be Conducted Under This Contract: The Goal Of This Effort Is To Achieve A Low Cost, Size, Weight And Power Seed Diode Laser That Will Tip The Scales For Market Penetration Of Methane Detection Systems In Commercial And Government Applications, Including National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) Remote Sensing Applications. This Laser Represents A Tipping Point Technology Improvement In The Seed Lase$1.6M
Aug 2016Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · High Efficiency FiberCoupled Diode Lasers for Resonant Pumping of Fiber Lasers$1.0M
Jul 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf "(STTR Phase II) High-sensitivity Monolithic Silicon Cmos Apd And Roic"$750K
Jul 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Integrated Photonics for SDM Phased Array Optical Remoting$150K
Jun 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Fiber Optic Networking Technology for Advanced Payload Integration on F-35 and Other Platforms$150K
Jun 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Fiber Optic Sensors for Structure Health Monitoring of Satellites$150K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Dryden (armstrong) Flight Research Center Has Developed A 4-FIBER Interrogation System For Fiber Optic Smart Structures (foss) Sensor Networks Interrogation. Replacing The Expensive, Bulky, Mechanically Tuned Swept Laser Technology Used In The Fos System Will Help Reduce The System Cost, Size And Weight, And Enable Massive Deployment. In This Program, Freedom Photonics Proposes To Develop A Novel, Inexpensive Semiconductor Based Widely Tunable Laser, Which Can Be Tuned Using Simple$125K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Methane Is About 23 Times More Potent At Trapping Infrared Radiation Than Carbon Dioxide. The Development Of Low-cost, Accurate Remote Methane Sensing Technologies Is Becoming Increasingly Critical With The Need To Accurately Analyze Methane Concentrations And Distributions Throughout The Atmosphere. A "laser Sounder" Method Is Successfully Used For Carbon Dioxide Detection, And It Utilizes A Commercial, Telecom Grade Tunable Laser. In This Program, We Propose To Develop A 1651 Nm $118K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Objective Of This Program Is To Develop, Demonstrate And Implement An Integrated Optical Transmitter For Rz-dpsk Modulation For Integration Into Modems For The International Space Station (iss). Conventional Optical Transmitters Are Based On Commercially Available Discrete Components. These Have Several Fiber Interconnects Which Leads To Increased Optical Loss, Reduced Reliability In A Space Environment And Increased Footprint In A An Otherwise Space Constrained Optical Modem. $125K
Jun 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Small Business Innovative Research Program Phase III - Efficiency Limitations In Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers$99K
May 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Materials Processing for Heterogeneous Integration of Optical Isolators$150K
May 2016Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Rugged, Compact, and Inexpensive Airborne Fiber Sensor Interrogator Based on a Monolithic Tunable Laser$750K
May 2016Federal contractDefense · Lightwave Circuits$107K
Apr 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf 56-9502-16 Vertically Illuminated Rugged Photodiodes Baa$1.5M
Mar 2016Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Integrated Optical Comb Source$150K
Jan 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf High Power Semiconductor Lasers For High Temp Operation$494K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Integrated Optical Heterodyne Source For Multiaxis Inertial Measurement Units$750K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Packaged Microwave Photodiodes$18K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · SBIR Pi R&d. Igf::ot::igf$150K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · SBIR Pi R&d. Igf::ot::igf$150K
Aug 2015Federal contractDefense · Photodiodes$18K
Jun 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Ruggedized Wideband High-Power Balanced Photodiode Receiver$1.0M
Jun 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Integrated Optical Heterodyne Source for Multiaxis Inertial Measurement Units$750K
Jun 2015Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Compact Ultrasensitive Erbium-doped Waveguide Optical Gyros$125K
Jun 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf In This Program, Freedom Photonics Will Develop And Build A Robust, Low C-swap Laser Source With Improved Performance Over Current Technology, To Be Incorporated Into Improved Fos Interrogator Systems. The Laser Will Be 40NM Continuously Tunable Around C-band, With Fast Sweep Rate. The Laser Interrogator Module To Be Developed Will Be Based On Our Advanced Monolithic, Fast-tunable Laser And Receiver Technology, Leading To Ultra-low Swap With Smaller Fos Laser Interrogator Module, Tw$125K
Jun 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf In This Program, We Are Proposing To Develop A Key Optical Element That Is Of Interest For Enabling Next Generation Of Miniaturized, Low-cost Nasa's Foss Interrogator Systems. Through Innovative Photonic Integration Of Key Functions, The Size And Cost Of The Existing System Will Be Reduced By An Order Of Magnitude. This, In Turn, Will Fulfill One Of The Key Requirements Of The Solicitation, Yielding A Miniaturized Fiber Optic Measurement System With Low Power Suitable For Migration $125K
Jun 2015Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · High Efficiency Fiber-Coupled Diode Lasers for Resonant Pumping of Fiber Lasers$150K
Jun 2015Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1 Igf::ot::igf$150K
May 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High-Efficiency Integrated Si APD Quantum Key Receiver$150K
Feb 2015Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Photonic Integrated Circuits for Tbps Optical Packet Switching$150K
Feb 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Eye-safe, High Speed Laser Transceiver for Advanced Tactical Engagement Simulation System$1.1M
Feb 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Freedom Photonics SBIR Phase II, Miles Gear Upgrade.$2M
Dec 2014Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Ultra-Wideband, Low-Power Compound Semiconductor Electro-optic Modulator$300K
Dec 2014Federal grantDefense · Phase II · 100GBit/s Nanowire Low Drive Voltage Modulator$750K
Dec 2014Federal contractDefense · Research&development$750K
Nov 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf High Power Semiconductor Lasers For High Temp Operation$488K
Oct 2014Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High-Sensitivity Monolithic Silicon CMOS APD and ROIC$150K
Sep 2014Federal contractDefense · SBIR Pi Freedom Photonics Llc - Awd$80K
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Integrated Optical Heterodyne Source For Multiaxis Inertial$150K
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf:ot:igf SBIR Phase 1 Option$50K
Jun 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf In This Program, Freedom Photonics Will Design An Innovative Compact, Diode Laser Pumped Solid State Laser To Achieve Specifications Listed By The Program. High Efficiency Will Be Achieved By Simultaneously Optimizing The Pump Laser And The Solid State Active Region And Cavity For High Performance.$125K
Jun 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Next Generation Of Space Systems Can Benefit Greatly By Reduced C-swap Integrated Gyroscopes. By Using Photonic Integration, It Is Possible To Fit The Entire Gyro Onto A Single Chip And Inside A PACKAGE<10 CM3, WEIGHING<50 G, And CONSUMING<1 W Of Power. Furthermore, The Fabrication Of Such Chipscale Solutions Reduces The Cost Per Unit Dramatically As ~thousands Of Optical Gyroscopes Can Be Made On Each Wafer And Assembled Using Mature High-throughput Semiconductor Technology.$125K
May 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Six (6) Month SBIR Phase I Research Study For Developing Viable Prototype For Miniaturized RF Over Fiber Using Photonic Integrated Circuits.$148K
May 2014Federal contractDefense · Progress Report$150K
May 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf RF Photonic Multiple, Simultaneous RF Beamforming For Phased$150K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Packaging Of 100GHZ High Power Photodiodes$150K
Aug 2013Federal contractDefense · N13A-T005-0377$150K
Aug 2013Federal contractDefense · N13A-T005-0378$150K
Aug 2013Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1 R&d For Eye-safe, High Speed Laser Transceiver For Advanced Tactical Engagement System (tess)$100K
Jul 2013Federal grantAgriculture · Optical Communication Transceivers For Affordable Broadband Deployment In Rural Communities$100K
Jun 2013Federal contractDefense · Status Report$80K
Jun 2013Federal contractDefense · Progress Report$80K
Apr 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Conformal Coherent Optical Sensor$750K
Mar 2013Federal contractDefense · R&d Under SBIR Topic N112-122$1.0M
Mar 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Satellite Optical Communication Crosslinks Adaptive Bandwidth System$996K
Jul 2012Federal contractDefense · Wide Temperature Optical Transceivers$150K
May 2012Federal contractDefense · High-power Satellite Communications (satcom) Optical Transceiver$750K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR I - Conformal Coherent Optical Sensor$150K
Jan 2012Federal contractDefense · Satellite Optical Communication Crosslinks Adaptive Bandwidth System$150K
Oct 2011Federal contractDefense · Topic N112-122$150K
Sep 2011Federal contractDefense · Research And Development SBIR Ph I Topic N112-117$80K
Mar 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Proposal N103-219-0060$80K
Mar 2011Federal contractDefense · High-power Satellite Communications (satcom) Optical Transceiver$100K
Sep 2010Federal contractDefense · Research And Development SBIR Phase II Topic N091-036$750K
Apr 2010Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II$750K
Apr 2010Federal contractDefense · R & D SBIR Ph I Topic N101-030$80K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · High Power Optical Transmitter For Satellite Communications$100K
Feb 2010Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase I Award$99K
Feb 2010Federal contractDefense · Improved Self-electrooptic Effect Devices For Optical Logic$728K
Feb 2010Federal contractDefense · Advanced Wavelength Switched Terabit Optical Router For Space Networks$731K
Oct 2009Federal contractDefense · R&d STTR Topic Number N08-T012$750K
Jul 2009Federal contractDefense · Optical Transmitter For Inter-satellite Communications$747K
May 2009Federal contractDefense · R&d SBIR Phase I Topic N091-036$150K
May 2009Federal contractDefense · Phase I SBIR Topic N091-034$80K
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · Terabit Per Second Optical Router For Space-based Satellite Network$100K
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · Improved Self-electrooptic Effect$100K
Aug 2008Federal contractDefense · Darpa STTR Phase I$99K
Jul 2008Federal contractDefense · STTR P1 Topic N08-T012$100K
Jul 2008Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I Topic N08-T009$70K
Jun 2008Federal contractDefense · Mda SBIR Phase 2$750K
May 2008Federal contractDefense · Optical Transmitter For Inter-satellite Communications$100K
Feb 2007Federal contractDefense · Mda SBIR Phase I$100K

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Semiconductors · Device

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Granted patents#5 · top 7%

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USPTO · 24 granted of 40

Jul 7, 2026GrantedSpectral-based Correction Of Laser Bar SmileUSPTOUS 12,676,460
Jun 16, 2026GrantedSegmented Contact For Current Control In Semiconductor Lasers And Optical AmplifiersUSPTOUS 12,658,671
May 5, 2026GrantedMultiwavelength Optical SourcesUSPTOUS 12,619,035

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Spectral-based Correction Of Laser Bar SmileJul 7, 2026 · US 12,676,460Granted
Segmented Contact For Current Control In Semiconductor Lasers And Optical AmplifiersJun 16, 2026 · US 12,658,671Granted
Multiwavelength Optical SourcesMay 5, 2026 · US 12,619,035Granted
Designs For Lateral Current Control In Optical Amplifiers And LasersDec 23, 2025 · US 12,506,320Granted
Distributed Feedback Lasers With Tunable Distributed Bragg Reflector IntegrationApr 17, 2025 · Application 18913726Pending
Laser Having Tapered RegionFeb 11, 2025 · US 12,224,554Granted
Thermally Compensated Wavelength Tunable LasersJan 30, 2025 · Application 18784721Pending
Tunable Laser With Active Material On At Least One End For Monitoring PerformanceJan 16, 2025 · Application 18776126Pending
Systems And Methods For Beam Combination Of Tapered Diode Lasers And AmplifiersJan 9, 2025 · Application 18761160Pending
Spatial And Temporal Adjustment Of Laser Device Drive Current Using Asic DrivesSep 26, 2024 · Application 18612981Pending
Semiconductor Laser Chip For Photonic Wire BondingSep 19, 2024 · Application 18604159Pending
Tunable Laser With Active Material On At Least One End For Monitoring PerformanceSep 17, 2024 · US 12,095,228Granted
System And Method For External Wavelength Control Of Optical ModulatorsAug 13, 2024 · US 12,063,073Granted
Isolation Used For Integrated Optical Single Mode LasersAug 1, 2024 · Application 18421386Pending
Multiple Optoelectronic Devices With Thermal CompensationFeb 22, 2024 · Application 18167777Pending
Laser Having Tapered RegionDec 5, 2023 · US 11,837,838Granted
Multiple Optoelectronic Devices With Thermal CompensationNov 30, 2023 · Application 18361421Pending
Single Mode Laser With Large Optical Mode SizeAug 24, 2023 · Application 18157793Pending
Tunable Laser With Active Material On At Least One End For Monitoring PerformanceAug 8, 2023 · US 11,721,951Granted
Optical Device With Coating For Operation In Multiple EnvironmentsApr 18, 2023 · US 11,631,963Granted
Multiple Optoelectronic Devices With Thermal CompensationFeb 14, 2023 · US 11,581,700Granted
Single Mode Laser With Large Optical Mode SizeAug 30, 2022 · US 11,431,149Granted
Systems And Methods For Wavelength MonitoringJul 19, 2022 · US 11,391,969Granted
Tunable LaserFeb 15, 2022 · US 11,251,584Granted
Gratings For High Power Single Mode LaserOct 19, 2021 · US 11,152,764Granted
Laser With Sampled Grating Distributed Bragg ReflectorJul 16, 2019 · US 10,355,451Granted
Tunable LaserJun 11, 2019 · US 10,320,152Granted
Integrated Interferometric Optical TransmitterApr 10, 2018 · US 9,941,971Granted
Chip-based Advanced Modulation Format TransmitterFeb 6, 2018 · US 9,887,780Granted
Integrated Interferometric Optical TransmitterMay 17, 2016 · US 9,344,196Granted
Chip-based Advanced Modulation Format TransmitterFeb 23, 2016 · US 9,270,380Granted
Monolithic Widely-tunable Coherent ReceiverJan 26, 2016 · US 9,246,596Granted
Chip-based Advanced Modulation Format TransmitterMay 6, 2014 · US 8,718,486Granted
Monolithic Widely-tunable Coherent ReceiverApr 29, 2014 · US 8,712,256Granted
Segmented Contact For Current Control In Semiconductor Lasers And Optical AmplifiersApplication PCTUS2022044451Pending
Isolation Used For Integrated Optical Single Mode LasersApplication 63481533Pending
Semiconductor Laser Chip For Photonic Wire BondingApplication 63490081Pending
Laser Having Tapered RegionApplication 62968966Pending
Spatial And Temporal Adjustment Of Laser Device Drive Current Using Asic DrivesApplication 63491728Pending
Multiple Optoelectronic Devices With Thermal CompensationApplication 62910826Pending

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