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Octave Photonics LLC: SBIR & STTR awards
9 awards worth $2.26M to 1 companies since 2020 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Octave Photonics LLC's federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $249.9K |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | $482.6K |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | $490.0K |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | $159.9K |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | $749.9K |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | $125.0K |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
By agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration 4 awards · $1.19M
- Department of Defense 4 awards · $776.2K
- Department of Commerce 1 awards · $290.0K
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terabit-Per-Second Integrated Photonic Transceiver for Reduced Optical-Link Power (TIPTOP) · topic HR0011SB20254-05 | Octave Photonics LLC · Colorado | Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | SBIR Phase I | $249.9K | 2025-12-10 |
| Nonlinear Optical Converters for Next-Generation Optical Clocks (NOCNOC) · topic S16 | Octave Photonics LLC · Colorado | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $156.3K | 2025-09-09 |
| Packaging And Coupling for MAnufacturable Nanophotonics (PAC-MAN) · topic N251-073 | Octave Photonics LLC · Colorado | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $146.3K | 2025-07-01 |
| Universal Isolated Lasers via Photonic-Crystal Optical Resonator Nonlinearity · topic SF24A-T004 | Octave Photonics LLC · Colorado | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase I | $180.0K | 2025-05-29 |
| Infrared Spectrometer for Semiconductor Process and Environmental Contaminant Testing in Realtime (INSPECTR) · topic 1 | Octave Photonics LLC · Colorado | Department of Commerce · National Institute of Standards and Technology – CHIPS | SBIR Phase I | $290.0K | 2024-09-17 |
| Frequency-Agile Combs on the Tantala and Lithium Niobate Platform (FRACTAL) · topic AF23C-T002 | Octave Photonics LLC · Colorado | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase I | $200.0K | 2024-08-15 |
| Kerr-soliton On-chip Microcomb with Optimized Dispersion for Octave-spanning Output (KOMODO) · topic S16 | Octave Photonics LLC · Colorado | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $159.9K | 2022-06-27 |
| Supercontinuum Waveguides for Extreme Radial-Velocity Instrumentation · topic S2 | Octave Photonics LLC · Colorado | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $749.9K | 2021-08-04 |
| Supercontinuum Waveguides for Extreme Radial-Velocity Instrumentation · topic S2 | Octave Photonics LLC · Colorado | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $125.0K | 2020-08-25 |
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.