SBIR/STTR Research Award
HighlyEfficient 2.09 Micron Fiber Laser
Award amount
$729,381Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2007Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- N.P. PHOTONICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2007-09-20
- Contract end date
- 2009-09-20
- UEI
- L1XGLKME9BC1
- Solicitation number
- 2006.2
- Topic code
- A06-107
Research abstract
This proposal is for the development of new Ho3+-doped germanate glass fiber laser at 2.09micron with output power of 50 watts and wall-plug efficiency of greater than 10%. This type of fiber laser can be used to generate multiple bands lasers for infrared countermeasure systems through optical parametric oscillators. We propose to use Ho3+ doped germanate glass fibers because silica glass fiber is not the ideal host for lasers at wavelength of 2 micron and longer. Germanate glass exhibits lower phonon energy compared to silica glass, increasing the quantum efficiency of 5I7 level of Ho3+ ions. This proposed all-fiber laser system can guarantee the ruggedness and reliable performance which is needed for helicopter platform.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- 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
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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