SBIR/STTR Research Award
2 kW, Compact, Ultra-Narrow-Bandwidth, High-Power Diode Laser Pumps for Diode-Pumped Alkali Lasers
Award amount
$981,806Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- TeraDiode, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2012-12-22
- Contract end date
- 2014-06-20
- UEI
- X8A8NEQWD6M4
- Solicitation number
- 2010.3
- Topic code
- MDA10-007
Research abstract
The diode pumped alkali laser (DPAL) allows for a potentially scalable approach towards a MW-class high energy laser system. By using an alkali vapor gain medium, one overcomes the intrinsic thermo-optical limitations of more conventional diode-pumped solid state laser (DPSSL) media. High spectral brightness diode pump sources are proposed by TeraDiode as the enabling element for efficient, kW-class DPAL systems. In Phase 1 of this program, we developed a Watt-class, compact, extremely narrow-bandwidth (sub-GHz bandwidth), diode laser pump for DPALs. In Phase 2 of this program, we will produce a 2-kW, compact, extremely narrow bandwidth (sub-GHz bandwidth) pump for DPAL lasers
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.
- 100-W Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) Bars and 1-kW QCL Stacks
- Ultra-High Brightness Dual Band Mid-Wavelength Infrared and Long-Wavelength Infrared Semiconductor Laser Module Based on Wavelength Beam Combination f
- Multi-wavelength direct diode lasers based on Wavelength Beam Combination for Navy applications
- Mid-Infrared Fiber Coupler for Multiband Infrared Countermeasure (IRCM) Lasers
- Ultra-Bright Diode Laser Emitters for Pumping High-Power Fiber Amplifiers
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Spectrally Narrowed Pump Diode Arrays for Diode Pumped Alkali Lasers
- Wavelength Stabilized High-Power Diode Lasers for Alkali Atom Pumping
- Compact, Ultra- Narrow-Bandwidth, High-Power Diode Laser Pumps for Diode-Pumped Alkali Lasers
- Spectrally Narrowed Pump Diode Arrays for Diode Pumped Alkali Lasers
- Wavelength Stabilized High-Power Diode Lasers for Alkali Atom Pumping
Research funding history
12 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2011–2014). Reported award amounts total $4,144,424. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense