NEW AWARD TO GREAT LAKES CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGIES CONTROL NO. 2999-1513 DE-FOA-0002999:(ULTRAFAST SBIR) PROJECT TITLE: HIGH POWER DIAMOND TRANSISTORS WITH ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL GATE CONTROL THE PROJECT TEAM PROPOSES TO CAPITALIZE ON THE SUPERB HIGH POWER SWITCHING CAPABILITIES OF DIAMOND POWER ELECTRONICS, AND INCORPORATE SOPHISTICATED LIGHT ACTIVATED SWITCHING CONTROL TO FURTHER REVOLUTIONIZE THE TECHNOLOGY FOR REAL GRID APPLICATIONS. TOGETHER OUR DIAMOND BASED, LIGHT ACTIVATED TECHNOLOGY IS A VIABLE PATH TO SOLVING THE ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE PROBLEM BY SWITCHING THE ELECTRONICS NOT BY USING ELECTRICAL MEANS BUT BY USING A LIGHT SOURCE, WHICH IS RESILIENT TO ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE.