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Ultra Low Drive Voltage Electro-Optic Modulator

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: W31P4Q-08-C-0414
Agency Tracking Number: 08ST1-0221
Amount: $98,867.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: ST081-014
Solicitation Number: 2008.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2008-08-21
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-10-31
Small Business Information
75 Willow Springs Lane Suite 201
Goleta, CA 93117
United States
DUNS: 191741292
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Jonathon Barton
 President
 (805) 680-2176
 jbarton@freedomphotonics.com
Business Contact
 Milan Mashanovitch
Title: Director of business development
Phone: (805) 708-3960
Email: mashan@freedomphotonics.com
Research Institution
 UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
 Nadir Dagli
 
ECE Dept UCSB
Santa Barbara, CA 93116
United States

 (805) 893-4847
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

The main objective of this proposal is to develop ultra low drive voltage, low insertion loss, and high bandwidth modulators. This will be achieved using substrate removed optical nanowires. This new phase modulator design and fabrication platform will be combined with existing techniques for achieving the required high bandwidth and high efficiency operation, such as traveling wave electrode design and push-pull Mach Zehnder modulator architecture. The proposed approach enables a modulator that has a drive voltage on the order of 0.1V and the potential for integration of a driver amplifier.

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