Dallas Quantum Devices

SBIR and STTR Awards

SBIR and STTR Awards

  • DOE LEAM (2020)
  • NASA phase 1 LEAM (2021)
  • Navy  phase I 100 Gbps VCSEL (2020)
  • Nasa phase II LEAM 4x25Gbps SWDM (2022)
  • Navy phase II 100 4x25Gbps SWDM Gbps VCSEL (2022)
  • Navy phase II 4x25Gbps Receiver (2022)
  • Navy  phase II 4x25Gbps Transmitter  (2023)
  • Navy phase I fiber reflector (2023)
  • Air Force phase I 4x64Gbps SWDM VCSEL(2023)
  • Navy phase 1 High bandwidth optical fiber (2024) 

Upcoming Press Releases

  • VCSELs and Photodiodes for Micro-Transfer Printing
  • Coherent Ring Lasers
Selected Technical Papers icon

Selected Technical Papers​

  • VCSEL based Optical Transceivers for Future Data Center Applications Read Here
  • Reliability of Various Size Oxide Aperture VCSELs   Read Here
  • The next generation of high speed VCSELs at Finisar Read Here
  • VCSEL Technology: Cost-effective 3D imaging and gesture recognition Read Here
  • High-power VCSEL arrays for consumer electronics Read Here
  • Reach Extension and Capacity Enhancement of VCSEL-Based Transmission Over Single-Lane MMF Links Read Here
  • 4×50Gb/s NRZ Shortwave-Wavelength Division Multiplexing VCSEL link over 50m Multimode Fiber Read Here
  • 120-Gb/s VCSEL-Based Parallel-Optical Interconnect and Custom 120-Gb/s Testing Station Read Here
  • Nanoscale materials characterization of degradation in VCSELs Read Here
  • Optical Resonance Conditions of Coupled Cavity VCSELs Read Here
DQD Published Technical Papers

DQD Published Technical Papers

  • More Power! VCSELs near 1 million amps per square centimeter Read Here
  • Commercialization of VCSELs Read Here
  • Toward future generation digital avionics fiber optic communication Read Here
  • Coherence effects in pulsed photonic crystal VCSEL arrays (Presented at SPIE Photonics West 2024)  (Contact DQD)
  • Military Avionics Fiber-Optic Transceiver Technology and Link Loss Budget Implications at 100 Gb/s and  Higher (Contact DQD)
  • Coherent ring VCSELs for high power, narrow linewidth applications (To be presented at SPIE Photonics West 2025) (Contact DQD)

Professional Books

VCSEL Industry: Communications and Sensing
Written by Dallas Quantum Device’s CEO, Jim Tatum alongside Babu Dayal Padullaparthi and Kenichi Iga
Read Here

Application Notes

Application Notes​

Contact us to access these notes.


  • Reliability of VCSELs
  • Single Mode VCSELs
  • High Speed VCSEL characteristics