D24AC00166

Funding opportunity number - HR001123S0052

DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office will develop compact, ultralow-noise optical detectors that employ squeezed-light measurement techniques to advance precision optical sensing.

Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.

Santa Barbara University Of California

DEVELOP THE CENTRAL CHIP SCALE PHOTONIC DEVICES REQUIRED FOR A SQUEEZED LIGHT DETECTOR. THE TWO TEST ARTICLES FOR PHASE 1 ARE A SQUEEZED LIGHT GENERATOR WITH HIGH SR AND A PHASE SENSITIVE INTERFEROMETER CIRCUIT WITH LOW AGGREGATE OPTICAL LOSS. PHASE 1 METRICS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH TEST ARTICLE AS NOTED IN TABLE 1 AND ENSUING FOOTNOTES ARE CHALLENGING IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THAT CHIP SCALE PHOTONICS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AND MANIPULATING STRONGLY SQUEEZED STATES OF LIGHT. EACH CHIP SCALE TEST ARTICLE MAY BE MEASURED INDEPENDENTLY THROUGH BENCH TOP CHARACTERIZATION. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVICES ARE SUITABLE FOR INTEGRATION INTO THE END OF PROGRAM PROTOTYPE MODULES PHASE 1 ALSO REQUIRES PERFORMERS TO CARRY OUT A MID PHASE PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW (PDR) AND AN END OF PHASE CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW (CDR) AS WELL AS DELIVER TEST ARTICLE HARDWARE TO DARPA FOR INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (IV AND V). DEMONSTRATE SQUEEZED LIGHT DETECTOR PROTOTYPES WITH SENSITIVITY EXCEEDING THE QUANTUM SHOT NOISE LIMIT IN A MODULE WITH VOLUME COMPARABLE TO COMMERCIAL PHOTODETECTOR COMPONENTS. THE TEST ARTICLE FOR PHASE 2 IS THE PROTOTYPE MODULE ITSELF WHICH IS EXPECTED TO INCLUDE THE PHASE 1 TEST ARTICLES ALONG WITH ALL OTHER ANCILLARY OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS REQUIRED TO PERFORM A SQUEEZING ENHANCED MEASUREMENT. FIGURE 1 TABLE 1 AND TABLE 1 FOOTNOTES RESPECTIVELY DEFINE THE REQUIRED MODULE INPUTS AND OUTPUTS PERFORMANCE AND SIZE METRICS AND TEST CONDITIONS FOR EACH METRIC. PERFORMERS ARE EXPECTED TO DELIVER FUNCTIONAL SQUEEZED LIGHT DETECTOR PROTOTYPES THAT CAN BE CHARACTERIZED BY IV AND V GROUPS AND ASSESSED AS DETECTOR COMPONENTS WITHIN AN UNSPECIFIED OPTICAL SYSTEM.

12.910 - Research and Technology Development

Interior Business Center (IBC) [DOI]

Santa Barbara, California United States

County-Wide

D-AQD-FA-24-017

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 718% from $667,349 to $5,459,111.