THIS SBIR PHASE I EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE PROTOTYPE INTEGRATED PHOTONIC DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXED (DWDM) TRANSCEIVERS WITH ON-CHIP WAVELENGTH GENERATION.
THE OBJECTIVE OF PHASE 1 IS TO SPECIFY A CANDIDATE DESIGN TO MEET THE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES OF PHASE II AND PROVIDE A QUANTITATIVE AND ACTIONABLE ROADMAP FOR PHASE II EXECUTION.