SBIR/STTR Research Award
Widely-Tunable Distributed-feedback Mid-Infrared Laser for Standoff Chemical Detection
Award amount
$70,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- SOUTHWEST SCIENCES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2011-02-09
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Y7BFRF1G8539
- Solicitation number
- 2010.2
- Topic code
- A10-075
Research abstract
The development of laser standoff detection systems for toxic gases is proposed. The systems will use new broadly tunable distributed feedback (DFB) lasers operating in the mid-infrared spectral region. The laser technology has already demonstrated a capability for significant wavelength tuning. The Phase I effort will focus on modeling the laser performance with the objective of extending the laser tuning range. A design will be developed for DFB lasers to be fabricated in Phase II. A standoff detection DIAL system will also be designed in Phase I to be used in a Phase II technology demonstration, targeting the remote measurement of selected toxic gases.
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.
- Compact Low Power Sensor for Measurement of Multiple Trace Gases
- High speed measurements of velocity, temperature and water content in hypersonic flows
- Low Power Instrumentation for Measurement of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Terrestrial-Aquatic Interfaces
- Low Power Instrumentation for Measurement of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Terrestrial-Aquatic Interfaces
- Diode Laser Hygrometer and Thermometer for Aerial Vehicles
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Widely-Tunable Distributed-feedback Mid-Infrared Laser for Standoff Chemical Detection
- Widely-Tunable Distributed-feedback Mid-Infrared Laser for Standoff Chemical Detection
Research funding history
258 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2025). Reported award amounts total $60,611,964. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce, Department of Health and Human Services