SBIR/STTR Research Award
Efficient Tm-Fiber-Pumped Ho:YLF Laser System for Coherent LIDAR Applications
Award amount
$599,962Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Q-PEAK, INCORPORATED
- Proposal award date
- 2008-12-18
- Contract end date
- 2011-06-30
- UEI
- K5J3YGHCQZR5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- S1.01
Research abstract
The primary objective of the proposed Phase II program is to develop and deliver a ruggedized, compact single-frequency 2050-nm-laser system suitable for coherent LIDAR applications. Such a system uses the latest Tm:silica heavily-doped fiber technology to provide as much as 3X efficiency improvement over existing systems. An all-amplifier technology provides flexibility and stability in the generation of coherent lidar waveforms. The hybrid fiber/bulk amplifier scheme allows to combine the advantage of high small-signal gain attainable in a fiber amplifier with the advantages of a bulk crystal amplifier such as high storage efficiency, immunity to various non-linear processes and damage-free operation for pulse generation.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Low SWaP UHV chamber for atom interferometer
- Process development for Cross Mode Coupling of Optical Fibers
- High Power Optical Isolators (34e)
- Low SWaP UHV chamber for atom interferometer
- Low Noise Microchip Lasers for Photonic Applications
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Compact 2-Micron Transmitter for Remote Sensing Applications
- Space-Hardened Seed Laser for Use in High Spectral Resolution Lidar Systems
- Compact High Pulse Energy Single Frequency Fiber Amplifier
- High Power, Thermally Optimized Blue Laser for Lidar
- Spaceflight 1.94 Micron Tm Fiber Laser Transmitter
Research funding history
141 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1999–2022). Reported award amounts total $44,197,020. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce