SBIR/STTR Research Award
1570 nm High Energy Fiber Laser
Award amount
$124,931Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- POLARONYX INC
- Proposal award date
- 2012-02-13
- Contract end date
- 2012-08-13
- UEI
- R1Y4LG8WRBF8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- S1.01
Research abstract
This SBIR phase I project proposes a single frequency high energy fiber laser for remote sensing. Current state-of-art technologies can not provide all features of high energy and efficiency, compactness, and narrow spectral width. PolarOnyx proposes, for the first time, a high energy (10 mJ) fiber amplifier to meet with the requirement of solicitation. This proposal is based on the sub-mJ fiber laser at 1570 nm we have achieved in our labs. In the high power amplifier stage, PolarOnyx proposes an innovative fiber amplifier approach that will be able to operate at pulse repetition rate (5 kHz to 20 kHz) and reach high energy level of 2-10 mJ. These will make the fiber laser transmitter system superior in terms of wall plug efficiency, energy, noise, size, and cost. A tabletop experiment will be demonstrated in Phase I time frame for proof of concept. A compact prototype will be delivered in Phase II.
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.
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Awards with the same topic code
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- High Power, Thermally Optimized Blue Laser for Lidar
- Spaceflight 1.94 Micron Tm Fiber Laser Transmitter
Research funding history
111 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2002–2025). Reported award amounts total $37,075,053. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce