SBIR/STTR Research Award
Variable Pulsed Parameter Tracking Illuminator Laser
Award amount
$150,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- N.P. PHOTONICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2017-06-12
- Contract end date
- 2019-03-15
- UEI
- L1XGLKME9BC1
- Solicitation number
- 17.1
- Topic code
- A17-104
Research abstract
NP Photonics proposes to design and develop a laser source capable of producing a high energy nanosecond laser with variable parameters and short coherent length by taking advantage of our laser technologies based on highly doped glasses. Tracking illuminator lasers (TILs) have a variety of applications in weapon system engagements including target detection, target identification, pose estimation 3D LIDAR and aim point tracking. A TIL with variable pulse parameters is desired to enable a wide dynamic range of these engagements. The proposed laser source has the advantage of high compactness and reliability. In this Phase I program, we will investigate the feasibility and study the risk to develop a TIL using our highly doped glass laser technologies. A fully functional TIL source will be developed and characterized in Phase II.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Research funding history
123 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $46,434,512. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation