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Department of War (DoD)

Growth and Production of As2S3 Waveguides

AgencyDepartment of War (DoD)
BranchNAVY
ProgramSTTR
PhasePhase I/II
Topic numberDON27TZ02-NV003
Solicitation27.TZ
Statuspre-release
ReleasedNovember 4, 2026
OpensDecember 2, 2026
ClosesJanuary 6, 2027

Summary

Multiple academic papers have indicated that the reverse mode of the SBS interaction between acoustic phonons and coherent 1.55 µm photons can cause Stoke’s peak gain on RF sidebands. It is desirable to harvest that effect for application in the burgeoning field of RF photonics.

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