SBIR/STTR Research Award
A Self-Focusing Rayleigh Beacon for the Compensation of Aero-Optic Turbulence in Airborne High Energy Laser Systems
Award amount
$99,959Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2007Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- PASSAT, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2007-03-14
- Contract end date
- 2008-03-11
- UEI
- XJP5WLL4FMS4
- Solicitation number
- 2007.1
- Topic code
- AF071-002
Research abstract
The performance of Rayleigh beacons can be substantially improved by using a laser pulse with a peak power close to the critical energy for self-focusing. The self-focusing pulse provides a beacon spot smaller than that can be obtained using diffraction limited optics and provides a more coherent return wave front at the primary telescope. Picosecond lasers are the ideal light source for such a self-focusing beacon. This proposal describes a high-speed, self-focusing beacon system based on a rugged, compact, all-solid state picosecond laser combined with a photodiode-based, high-speed Hartmann-Shack sensor.
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.
- A Self-Focusing Rayleigh Beacon for the Compensation of Aero-Optic Turbulence in Airborne High Energy Laser Systems
- Laser System for Space Control and Protection
- Development of a laser prototype working and testing
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
4 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2008). Reported award amounts total $1,231,379. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services