Morton Photonics Incorporated

West Friendship, MD · Semiconductors · Acquired

Integrated photonic laser devices (ICTL and E-DBR) based on silicon photonics for coherent communications and sensing systems

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · mortonphotonics.com

Sector: Semiconductors
Headquarters: West Friendship, MD
Total capital: $9M

Federal grants: $3.4M; 4 awards · 2015–2019; Rank in peer group#43 of 72
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $5.6M; 14 awards · Defense; Rank in Semiconductors#57 of 707
Granted patents: 4; 1 pending · first 2019; Rank in peer group#20 of 72

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jan 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High-Power, Ultra-low Noise, Heterogeneously Integrated Lasers$1.0M
Nov 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Silicon photonics foundry-ready integrable high-performance analog optical modulators$750K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Integrable High-performance Analog Optical Modulators$150K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Solicitation No. STTR 2014.A; Darpa STTR Phase II Contract For Ultra-coherent Semiconductor Laser Technology.$500K
Jun 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Integrated Photonic Optical Circulators$943K
May 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Integrated Photonic Optical Circulator$150K
Apr 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Simultaneous RF Beamforming Phased Array Sensors through Wafer Scale Photonic Integration$1.5M

Show 11 earlier federal awards

Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Phase I First Monthly Technical Report$150K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Power Low-noise Laser$10K
Apr 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Simultaneous RF Beamforming Phased Array Sensors Through Wafer Scale Photonic Integration$150K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Ultra-low-noise, Short Wave Infrared (swir) Band Hybrid-integrated Laser$150K
Aug 2011Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development$100K
Jun 2010Federal contractDefense · Performance Of Work In Accordance With$1.5M
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · Basic$300K
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase II$1.3M
Jan 2009Federal contractDefense · First Status Report$100K
Aug 2008Federal contractDefense · STTR Ph I$99K
May 2008Federal contractDefense · New Baa Contract$150K

Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 72 peers

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Semiconductors · Device

Federal grantsBelow median
Granted patents#20 · top 28%
Linked publications#5 · top 7%

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Founders and team

No founders are linked to this company yet.

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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What it has protected

USPTO · 4 granted of 5

Jan 10, 2023GrantedHeterogeneous Structure On An Integrated Photonics PlatformUSPTOUS 11,550,173
Dec 29, 2020GrantedHeterogeneous Structure On An Integrated Photonics PlatformUSPTOUS 10,877,300
Oct 22, 2019GrantedUltra-low Noise, Highly Stable Single-mode Operation, High Power, Bragg Grating Based Semiconductor LaserUSPTOUS 10,454,248

Show all 5 patent records

Heterogeneous Structure On An Integrated Photonics PlatformJan 10, 2023 · US 11,550,173Granted
Heterogeneous Structure On An Integrated Photonics PlatformDec 29, 2020 · US 10,877,300Granted
Ultra-low Noise, Highly Stable Single-mode Operation, High Power, Bragg Grating Based Semiconductor LaserOct 22, 2019 · US 10,454,248Granted
Ultra-low Noise, Highly Stable Single-mode Operation, High Power, Bragg Grating Based Semiconductor LaserJan 29, 2019 · US 10,193,306Granted
Ultra-low Noise, Highly Stable Single-mode Operation, High Power, Bragg Grating Based Semiconductor LaserApplication PCTUS2017048004Pending

Recent research by its founders

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Integrated photonic devices for quantum systems20250 cites

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.