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nLight Photonics: SBIR & STTR awards
11 awards worth $3.56M to 1 companies since 2006 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
nLight Photonics's federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | $124.9K |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | $599.7K |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | $1.30M |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | $199.6K |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | $1.20M |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | $139.1K |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-Efficiency Resonantly Pumped 1550-nm Fiber-Based Laser Transmitter · topic H9.01 | nLight Photonics · Washington | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $124.9K | 2013-05-23 |
| Single-Frequency Semiconductor Lasers Operating at 1.5 and 2.0 microns · topic S1.01 | nLight Photonics · Washington | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $599.7K | 2010-03-05 |
| Wavelength Stabilized High Brightness Direct Diode Pumps for Solid State LIDAR Systems at Eye-Safe Wavelengths · topic S1.01 | nLight Photonics · Washington | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $599.6K | 2009-09-30 |
| High Sensitivity Indium Phosphide Based Avalanche Photodiode Focal Plane Arrays · topic X2.02 | nLight Photonics · Washington | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $599.9K | 2009-01-30 |
| Single-Frequency Semiconductor Lasers Operating at 1.5 and 2.0 microns · topic S1.01 | nLight Photonics · Washington | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $99.8K | 2009-01-22 |
| High Sensitivity Indium Phosphide Based Avalanche Photodiode Focal Plane Arrays · topic X2.02 | nLight Photonics · Washington | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $99.9K | 2008-02-01 |
| Wavelength Stabilized High Brightness Direct Diode Pumps for Solid State LIDAR Systems at Eye-Safe Wavelengths · topic S1.01 | nLight Photonics · Washington | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $99.7K | 2008-01-25 |
| Ultra High Brightness/Low Cost Fiber Coupled Packaging · topic S6.02 | nLight Photonics · Washington | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $599.0K | 2007-03-30 |
| High-Power, High-Efficiency 1.907nm Diode Lasers · topic S6.02 | nLight Photonics · Washington | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $599.7K | 2006-12-01 |
| High-Power, High-Efficiency 1.907nm Diode Lasers · topic S6.02 | nLight Photonics · Washington | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $69.7K | 2006-01-27 |
| Ultra High Brightness/Low Cost Fiber Coupled Packaging · topic S6.02 | nLight Photonics · Washington | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $69.5K | 2006-01-23 |
Source: SBIR.gov award data (SBA) ↗, awards through 2026-08-28. Amounts are as agencies report them to SBA. SBIR/STTR contracts also appear in USAspending as ordinary awards; grants (NIH, NSF, DOE) appear as assistance. Open topics are posted by each agency; see Opportunities for contract notices.