LightPath Technologies Inc. (Albuquerque, NM) received a second level of U.S. government funding for research into WDM devices using the company`s gradium glass. The contract, worth $750,000 over two years, is a joint project among LightPath, Radient Research Inc. (Austin, TX), and Microelectronics Research Center at the University of Texas (Austin). The three groups previously collaborated to successfully complete a government-funded phase one WDM project.