DOD · Navy Pre-Release STTR · Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV003

Growth and Production of As2S3 Waveguides

Parent BAA: DoW STTR 2027 BAA · Release 2
Opens
Dec 2, 2026
Closes
Jan 6, 2027
Deadline
—
Component
Navy
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Technical Point of Contact

Deborah VanVechten; Stephen Mathis

During pre-release, until the topic opens on Dec 2, 2026, you may contact the topic author directly with technical questions. After that, questions go through the Topic Q&A on DSIP.

Projected CMMC Level Requirement

Level 2 (Self)

Technology Areas

  • None

Modernization Priorities

  • Advanced Materials
  • Integrated Sensing and Cyber
  • Microelectronics

Keywords

  • Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
  • Chalcogenides
  • photonic amplifiers
  • Stoke’s peaks
  • As2S3
  • surface roughness
  • epitaxial vs amorphous optical properties

Objective Summary

Determine and demonstrate how thin film deposits of As2S3 can be grown on an appropriate cladding material and etched to form a low loss waveguide for photonic applications of the Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) non-linearity in Radio Frequency (RF) applications.

The full objective, description, Phase I, II and III requirements and evaluation criteria are in the official topic on DSIP.

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Topic details summarized from the official DoW SBIR/STTR solicitation. The full solicitation text, phase descriptions, evaluation criteria and submission requirements are published by the Department of War at dodsbirsttr.mil. Defense Grant Writers does not host or reproduce solicitation content.