SBIR/STTR Research Award
Mid-Infrared Fiber Coupler for Multiband Infrared Countermeasure (IRCM) Lasers
Award amount
$80,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- N.P. PHOTONICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2011-10-25
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- L1XGLKME9BC1
- Solicitation number
- 2011.2
- Topic code
- N112-089
Research abstract
NP Photonics proposes to develop a tellurite fiber coupler system capable of combining multiple mid-infrared laser sources at different wavelengths for infrared countermeasure applications. Low loss mid-infrared fiber couplers with the desired wavelength dependence will be fabricated with NP Photonics"proprietary tellurite fibers by tailoring the geometry of the coupling zone. Wavelength combining of multiple laser sources can be achieved by choosing the proper input wavelengths and using tree schemes. Wavelength combining of 2, 4, 6, and 8 lasers sources will be proposed and demonstrated by using 1, 3, 5, and 7 fiber couplers, respectively. The fabrication techniques developed for tellurite fiber couplers may also be used for other mid-infrared fibers such as fluoride fibers and chalcogenide fibers.
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.
- Atmospheric Aerosol Model and Data Collection Over the Marine Boundary Layer for Imaging/Radiofrequency (RF) and Laser Beam Propagation
- Kilowatt Class Fiber Optical Isolator for Submarine High Energy Laser Amplifier
- Nonlinearity mitigated gain fiber development for kW-class fiber lasers
- Space-qualified Single-frequency Blue Lasers for Optical Atomic Clocks
- Low C-SWaP 2.1 micron transmitter for long-range EO/IR sensing
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Ultra-High Brightness Mid-Infrared Laser Beam Fiber Combiner for Infrared Counter-Measures Applications
- Mid-Infrared Fiber Coupler for Multiband Infrared Countermeasure (IRCM) Lasers
- Mid-Infrared Fiber Coupler for Multiband Infrared Countermeasure (IRCM) Lasers
- Mid-Infrared Fiber Coupler for Multiband Infrared Countermeasure (IRCM) Lasers
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