Dr. Diganta Das and the team's (Raytum Photonics) proposal was selected for Phase I of the Navy SBIR/STTR 2020 award. The topic for this year's event was "Accelerated Burn-In Process for High Power Quantum Cascade Lasers to Reduce Total Cost of Ownership". The team consisted of Dr. Diganta Das (CALCE), Dr. Wei Lu (Raytum Photonics), Mr. Kevin Lascola (Thorlabs Inc.), and Mr. Feng Xie (Thorlabs Inc.).
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) aims to strengthen the role of innovative Small Business Concerns (SBCs) in Federally-funded research or research and development (R/R&D). Specific program purposes are to stimulate technological innovation, use small business to meet Federal R/R&D needs, foster and encourage participation by socially and economically disadvantaged SBCs in working in technological innovation and to increase private sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal R/R&D, thereby increasing competition, productivity and economic growth.
The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program is a sister program to SBIR, with a similar statutory purpose as SBIR. A major difference in the two programs is that the STTR requires the small business to have a research partner consisting of a University, Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), or a qualified non-profit research institution.
The STTR Program is a three-phase program. Phase I is to determine, to the extent possible, the scientific, technical, and commercial merit and feasibility of ideas submitted under the STTR Program. Phase II awards will be made to firms on the basis of results of their Phase I effort and/or the scientific merit, technical merit, and commercialization potential of the Phase II proposal. Phase II is the principal research or research and development effort and is expected to produce a well-defined deliverable prototype. Under Phase III, the Proposer is required to obtain funding from either the private sector, a non-STTR Government source, or both, to develop the prototype into a viable product or non-R&D service for sale in the military or private sector markets. STTR Phase III refers to work that derives from, extends, or completes an effort made under prior STTR funding agreements, but is funded by sources other than the STTR Program. Phase III work is typically oriented towards the commercialization of STTR research or technology.
To find out more about the Navy SBIR / STTR event, please click here.
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