Contractor directory

BEYOND PHOTONICS, LLC

BOULDER, CO · UEI ZG3HJG8D1924 · CAGE 6NMQ6

Largest contract awards

• 80NSSC23CA181$2.4M

  P3 - COMPACT POWER AMPLIFIER FOR HYBRID FIBER/BULK WIND LIDAR TRANSMITTERS

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541715 · Jul 2023 – Jan 2029 · official record ↗

• NNX17CS58C$1.8M

  IGF::OT::IGF THE ADVANCED COHERENT DETECTION WIND SPACE PATHFINDER (WIND SP) LIDAR DIRECTLY ADVANCES THE OVERALL TECHNOLOGY MATURATION AND READINESS OF COHERENT DETECTION WIND MEASUREMENTS TOWARDS THE 3D GLOBAL WIND SPACE MISSION. IT REPRESENTS A MAJOR NEXT STEP THAT WILL RESULT IN A NEW INSTRUMENT THAT MATCHES FORM, FIT, AND FUNCTION OF THE LIDAR SUBSYSTEM WITH A SPACEREADY INSTRUMENT WHILE RETAINING APPROPRIATE ALIGNMENT ACCESSIBILITY. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE WIND SPACE PATHFINDER ACTIVITY IS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND DEMONSTRATE A NEXT GENERATION COHERENT DETECTION WIND LIDAR THAT REPRESENTS A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS THE ULTIMATE WIND SPACE MISSION.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541712 · Jun 2017 – Feb 2022 · official record ↗

• HQ086021C7101$1.5M

  SBIR/STTR PHASE II R&D-COMPACT EFFICIENT LADAR FOR TARGET DETECTION AND RANGING

  Missile Defense Agency · NAICS 541715 · Mar 2021 – Nov 2023 · official record ↗

• 80NSSC21C0569$1.1M

  COMPACT POWER AMPLIFIER FOR HYBRID FIBER/BULK WIND LIDAR TRANSMITTERS

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541715 · Jul 2021 – Mar 2025 · official record ↗

• 80NSSC18C0160$897K

  IN THIS PHASE II EFFORT WE PROPOSE TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMOUS ALIGNMENT TECHNOLOGY ALLOWING IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY FROM COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEMS AND DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNOLOGIES IN A WORKING COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEM. EYE-SAFE COHERENT LIDAR TECHNOLOGY HOLDS GREAT PROMISE OF MEETING NASA'S DEMANDING REMOTE 3D SPACE WINDS GOAL NEAR TERM. HIGHLY AUTONOMOUS, LONG-RANGE COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEMS MAY HOWEVER SUFFER SIGNIFICANT SIGNAL LOSS DUE TO ENVIRONMENT-INDUCED COMPONENT MISALIGNMENT, AS WELL AS VARYING RECEIVER LAG-ANGLE ALIGNMENT ERRORS IN SPACE-BASED PLATFORM APPLICATIONS. ALTHOUGH SUCH SYSTEMS CAN BE ENGINEERED WITH THE REQUIRED ALIGNMENT STABILITY, THE OVERALL SIZE, MASS, AND COST TO PRODUCE COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEMS WILL BENEFIT FROM INCORPORATING TECHNOLOGY INTO THE DESIGN THAT ALLOWS ALIGNMENT TO BE OPTIMIZED AUTOMATICALLY WHILE THE SYSTEM IS IN THE FIELD. AUTONOMOUS SPACE- AND AIR-BORNE LIDAR SYSTEMS WILL ESPECIALLY BENEFIT, WHERE MAINTAINING PEAK PERFORMANCE IS CRITICAL WITHOUT REGULAR HUMAN INTERVENTION. AUTO-ALIGNMENT TECHNOLOGIES WILL RESULT IN LOWER-COST LIDAR SENSORS WITH GREATER AUTONOMY AND LESS-EXOTIC OPTO-MECHANICS, SPURRING STRONG COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL DUE TO THE RAPID INTRODUCTION OF LIDAR SYSTEMS INTO THE COMMERCIAL MARKETPLACE FOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS. THE TECHNOLOGY AIMED AT MAINTAINING LASER AND LIDAR ALIGNMENT ALSO HAS POTENTIAL TO CORRECT FOR RECEIVER LAG ANGLE IN FAST-SCANNING LONG-RANGE LIDAR SYSTEMS, WHICH WILL FACILITATE FASTER SCAN RATES, LARGER APERTURES, AND GREATER AREA COVERAGE RATE CAPABILITY. BEYOND PHOTONICS HAS A STRONG INTEREST IN SOLVING THESE TECHNOLOGICAL PROBLEMS FOR RELEVANT GROUND-BASED, AIRBORNE, AND SPACE-BASED UNATTENDED LIDAR SYSTEMS. THIS PHASE II EFFORT WILL FURTHER MATURE AUTO-ALIGNMENT DESIGNS EXHIBITING A HIGH LEVEL OF SYNERGY BETWEEN NASA'S AND OTHER COMMERCIAL VENDORS REQUIREMENTS FOR LASER AUTO-ALIGNMENT, TRANSMIT/RECEIVE TRANSCEIVER AUTO-ALIGNMENT, AND RECEIVER LAG ANGLE COMPENSATION.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541715 · Jun 2018 – Jun 2022 · official record ↗

• 80NSSC24CA105$850K

  SBIR PHASE II, LONG-RANGE COMPACT ECONOMICAL LIDAR FOR WIND PROFILING

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541715 · Jul 2024 – Jan 2027 · official record ↗

• NNX17CL24C$750K

  IGF::OT::IGF IN THIS PHASE II EFFORT WE PROPOSE TO WORK WITH NASA TO EXTEND THE PHASE I ACHIEVEMENTS, WHICH FOCUSED ON DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF VERY COMPACT MASTER AND LONG-PULSE SLAVE OSCILLATOR LASERS OPERATING NEAR 2.05 UM WAVELENGTH. BEYOND PHOTONICS LLC'S "SWIFT" LASER WAS MATURED AND LARGELY PRODUCTIZED, WITH AN INITIAL UNIT DELIVERED IN PHASE I. IN PARALLEL, CONCEPTUAL AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND RISK-REDUCTION OF A VERY COMPACT SHORT-CAVITY TM,HO:YLF Q-SWITCHED LASER WAS ACHIEVED, WHICH WILL BE EXTENDED SIGNIFICANTLY IN PHASE II AND RESULT IN A ROBUST INJECTION-SEEDED, ACTIVELY PULSE-STRETCHED PROTOTYPE. THE COMPACT TRANSMITTER WILL INCLUDE A "NANO-SWIFT" THAT WILL HAVE SIZE AND WEIGHT COMPARABLE TO A BUTTERFLYPACKAGED DFB DIODE LASER BUT WITH FAR BETTER FREQUENCY STABILITY AND HIGHER POWER. IN PHASE II WE WILL DEMONSTRATE OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS OF 32 MJ, 100 HZ PRF, AND 300-500 NS PULSE DURATIONS FROM THIS COMPACT ROBUST INJECTION-SEEDED TRANSMITTER. THIS MODERATE-PRF MODERATE-ENERGY TRANSMITTER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY SUITABLE FOR 3D WINDS FROM GROUND AND AIRBORNE PLATFORMS AND WITH CONTINUED TRL ADVANCEMENT EVENTUALLY SPACE PLATFORMS. THE TRANSMITTER WILL BE CAPABLE OF EFFICIENT OPERATION AT>4 W AVERAGE POWER AT LOWER PULSE ENERGIES AND HIGHER PRFS (E.G.. 1 -4 KHZ) WHICH IS SUITABLE FOR IPDA SPECTROSCOPY AND HARD TARGET MEASUREMENT LIDAR SYSTEMS OPERATING FROM SPACE (FOLLOWING AN APPROPRIATE ENGINEERING AND QUALIFICATION EFFORT) USING EITHER COHERENT OR DIRECT DETECTION WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART LOW-NOISE DIRECT DETECTORS. THE OVERARCHING OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP COMPACT, EFFICIENT, AND RELIABLE PULSED AND CW LASERS AND LIDAR TRANSMITTERS FOR FUTURE NASA MISSIONS. SPECIFICALLY, WE ADDRESS NEEDS DESCRIBED FOR 3D WINDS, ATMOSPHERIC CO2 AND H20 CONCENTRATION SENSING IN THE 2.05 UM REGION; BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT SUCH INNOVATIONS CAN BE READILY APPLIED TO TRANSMITTER LASER OPERATION AT OTHER IR AND SWIR WAVELENGTHS AND ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENTS.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541712 · Mar 2017 – Oct 2020 · official record ↗

• 80NSSC21C0040$712K

  AUTONOMOUS ALIGNMENT ADVANCEMENTS FOR EYE-SAFE COHERENT LIDAR

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541715 · Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 · official record ↗

• 80NSSC18C0198$316K

  IN THIS PROPOSAL WE DESCRIBE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE SBIR PHASE 2 PROGRAM FOR A COMPACT 2-MICRON TRANSMITTER FOR REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS THAT PROGRESS THIS RESEARCH TO A PACKAGED PRODUCT AS A HIGH PERFORMANCE 2-MICRON LIDAR TRANSCEIVER. THIS EXTENSION PROGRAM WILL SIGNIFICANTLY PROGRESS THE STUDY OF THE BASELINE PROGRAM TO THE PRODUCTION OF DEVICES COMPATIBLE WITH THE NASA WIND-SP DEMONSTRATION ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCT APPLICATIONS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEM AND KEY COMPONENTS FOR LONG RANGE, EVENTUALLY SPACE-BASED, WIND MEASUREMENTS IS PROGRESSING VERY WELL UNDER THE EXISTING SBIR FUNDING. THIS ADDED PHASE 2E EFFORT WILL ALLOW BEYOND PHOTONICS TO BUILD AND TEST CRITICAL LIDAR COMPONENTS AND BUILD, ASSEMBLE, AND TEST THE TRANSCEIVER BENCH AND ENCLOSURE MODULES.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541715 · Sep 2018 – Aug 2020 · official record ↗

• 80NSSC23PB370$150K

  SBIR PHASE I: LONG-RANGE COMPACT ECONOMICAL LIDAR FOR WIND PROFILING

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541715 · Aug 2023 – Feb 2024 · official record ↗

• HQ086020C7047$150K

  SBIR/STTR PHASE I RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT COMPACT EFFICIENT LADAR FOR TARGET DETECTION AND RANGING

  Missile Defense Agency · NAICS 541715 · Nov 2019 – Apr 2021 · official record ↗

• 80NSSC25PA304$128K

  FIBER-COUPLED PZT-TUNABLE SWIFT LASER/HO:YLF FIBER-COUPLED PZT-TUNABLE SWIFT LASER, 2052.92NM, >50MW CW SINGLE FREQUENCY

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541990 · Dec 2024 – Jan 2026 · official record ↗

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