The current generation of laser diodes suffers from poor thermal management. Typically, Cu-W is used as a submount material. Although it offers a good CTE match with GaAs, thermal conductivity is very limited (160 W/mK). A new approach to improving the thermal management of laser diodes was developed involving the use of hybrid CC/graphite foam composites.

We also have a novel technology developed for LIDAR optical structures consisting of SiC-SiC composite material which exhibits excellent fracture toughness and homogeneous CTE.