SBIR/STTR Research Award
Coatings for Alkali Vapor Laser Cavity
Award amount
$999,596Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- TECHNICAL DATA ANALYSIS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2013-08-06
- Contract end date
- 2015-08-05
- UEI
- KCLCXA6CAD85
- Solicitation number
- 2011.2
- Topic code
- MDA11-008
Research abstract
Diode-pumped alkali laser systems (DPALS) are under development for high-energy laser defense systems due to their extremely high theoretical optical efficiency, efficient thermal management, and comparatively small footprint. However, traditional antireflection coatings for the optics used in the alkali vapor cell of the laser cavity are rapidly destroyed by the harsh chemical environment, creating large optical losses and severely limiting the observed efficiencies. TDA is developing materials that can provide high performance optical coatings while indefinitely surviving both the extremely reactive chemical environment and the intense radiation of the operating laser.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Novel Multiphysics Modeling of Electroplating Process for Metallic Aerospace Components
- Predictive Model Based Control System for High-Speed Dynamic Airframe Testing
- Novel Multiphysics Modeling of Electroplating Process for Metallic Aerospace Components
- Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Modeling Tool for Optimum Gas Flow in Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes
- Predictive Model Based Control System for High Speed Dynamic Airframe Testing
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- AR Nano-Textures For Cool Running Optics In Multiple Beam KW-Class Lasers
- Chemical and Laser Damage Resistant, High Performance AR Microstructures For DPALs
- Novel, Alkali Metal Resistant Thin-Film Coatings for DPAL Windows
- Coatings for Rb Vapor Cells
- Chemical and Laser Damage Resistant, High Performance AR Microstructures In Sapphire For DPALs
Research funding history
84 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2008–2024). Reported award amounts total $35,656,146. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration