TRANSWAVE PHOTONICS, LLC

Austin, TX · Semiconductors · Private

1024×1024 addressable LED arrays with Purcell enhancement for high-efficiency infrared scene generation

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · transwavephotonics.com

Sector: Semiconductors
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Total capital: $22.7M

Federal grants: $12.5M; 24 awards · 2017–2026; Rank in peer group#9 of 72
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $10.2M; 14 awards · Defense; Rank in Semiconductors#34 of 707
Granted patents: 2; 2 pending · first 2021; Rank in peer group#27 of 72

Capital timeline

Latest events

May 2026Federal contractDefense · Quantum Computers, Certain Arrayed Quantum Sensors, And Directed Energy Laser Weapons All Share A Common Need For Scalable Laser Amplification To Support Multiple Laser Beams.$2.1M
Apr 2026Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 2$2M
Apr 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Quantum Computers, Certain Arrayed Quantum Sensors, And Directed Energy Laser Weapons All Share A Common Need For Scalable Laser Amplification To Support Multiple Laser Beams.$2.1M
Mar 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR Phase 2$2M
Oct 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Research And Development$500K
Oct 2025Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$500K
Aug 2025Federal contractDefense · SBIR II: High Power Mwir Optical Fiber Combiner$1.8M

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Aug 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR II: High Power Mwir Optical Fiber Combiner$1.8M
Oct 2024Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I "high-power Single Mode Diode Bars" Develop A Diode Bar With Multi-watt (5-10W) Power Output Per Emitter That Maintains Single Mode Operation When Coupled To An External Wavelength Beam Combiner.$250K
Oct 2024Federal contractDefense · All-passive Nonreciprocal Optical Power Limiters$180K
Oct 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I "high-power Single Mode Diode Bars" Develop A Diode Bar With Multi-watt (5-10W) Power Output Per Emitter That Maintains Single Mode Operation When Coupled To An External Wavelength Beam Combiner.$250K
Oct 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · All-passive Nonreciprocal Optical Power Limiters$180K
Jul 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · STTR Phase I Under Topic N24A-T003.$240K
Jul 2024Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I Under Topic N24A-T003.$240K
Apr 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Power Mwir Optical Fiber Combiner.$180K
Apr 2024Federal contractDefense · High Power Mwir Optical Fiber Combiner.$180K
Dec 2023Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase II: High-power Single-mode Photonic Integrated Circuit For Coherent Beam Combining$1.1M
Nov 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · STTR Phase II: High-power Single-mode Photonic Integrated Circuit For Coherent Beam Combining$575K
Sep 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High-efficiency Purcell-enhanced mid-infrared light emitting diodes and their arrays$989K
Jul 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · 65 W Average Output Power MWIR Quantum Cascade Laser with Superconducting Thermal Homogenization$140K
Sep 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High-power single-mode photonic integrated circuit for coherent beam combining$173K
Sep 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Monolithic MWIR QCL platform for beam combining$1.1M
Jun 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · InP-based high power long wave infrared waveguides$140K
Jul 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Quantum cascade lasers immune to optical facet damage$140K
Jul 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Monolithic longwave-infrared transceiver for free space optical communications$140K
Jul 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1 Topic N211-021 Contract Award$240K
Oct 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Monolithic Dual-Band Single-Mode Quantum Cascade Laser$140K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I - High Brightness Mid-wave Infrared Coherent Beam Combiner Based On Qcl-pic$111K
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers with highly efficient heat extraction architecture$300K
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High brightness mid-wave infrared coherent beam combiner based on QCL-PIC$111K
Jan 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Monolithic high-power QCL-based photonic integrated circuits for two-dimensional beam steering$300K
Oct 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Quantum Cascade Lasers Manufacturing 10X Cost Reduction$140K
Jun 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Brightness scaling of quantum cascade lasers based on vertically-stacked leaky-wave-coupled array of active regions$140K
Oct 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf; SBIR Ph 1 N182-113$225K
Oct 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf; SBIR Phase I Topic N182-109$225K
Sep 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Monolithic photonic platform for high-power InGaAs/AlInAs quantum cascade laser beam combining and steering$501K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase II Contract$1.0M
Jul 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Monolithic photonic platform for high-power InGaAs/AlInAs quantum cascade laser beam combining and steering$145K

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Standing among 72 peers

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Semiconductors · Device

Federal grants#9 · top 13%
Granted patents#27 · top 38%

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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 · 2 granted of 4

May 13, 2025GrantedQuantum Cascade Laser Devices With Improved Heat ExtractionUSPTOUS 12,300,965
Jun 30, 2022PendingQuantum Cascade Laser Devices With Improved Heat ExtractionUSPTOApplication 17138829
Dec 28, 2021GrantedQuantum Cascade Laser With Monolithically Integrated Passive WaveguideUSPTOUS 11,211,773

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Quantum Cascade Laser Devices With Improved Heat ExtractionMay 13, 2025 · US 12,300,965Granted
Quantum Cascade Laser Devices With Improved Heat ExtractionJun 30, 2022 · Application 17138829Pending
Quantum Cascade Laser With Monolithically Integrated Passive WaveguideDec 28, 2021 · US 11,211,773Granted
Monolithic integration of mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers coupled with passive InGaAs waveguidesApplication 62827568Pending

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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.