SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Power, High Repetition Rate, Pulsed, Blue Laser for ASW Purposes
Award amount
$600,200Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- HOPE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2009-09-25
- Contract end date
- 2011-03-31
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- 2007.2
- Topic code
- N07-114
Research abstract
A yb laser at 976 nm is a three level system. By placing Sm in the core (to reduce stimulated emission above 1,000 nm) and Yb in a surrounding ring, a more efficient laser at 976 nm can be obtained. This will be Q-switched to serve as the first stage of a pulse source in a MOPA configuration. The second stage will be a HOM fiber designed to amplify the pulses from the first stage. With a HOM fiber design, it will be possible to obtain pules in the 20 mJ range at a repitition rate of 1 kHz with nanosecond pulses. This output will be frequency doubled with a nonlinear crysta.
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