SBIR/STTR Research Award
Eyesafe Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) Source for Laser Ranging
Award amount
$99,924Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- Q-PEAK, INCORPORATED
- Proposal award date
- 2006-03-07
- Contract end date
- 2006-09-07
- UEI
- K5J3YGHCQZR5
- Solicitation number
- 2005.3
- Topic code
- MDA05-013
Research abstract
Q-Peak, Inc. proposes to develop a ~2-ns pulse, high-power, 10-kHz repetition rate, 1504-nm source based on the combination of an efficient, high-power, diode-pumped Nd:YLF master oscillator - power amplifier (MOPA) system and a double-pumped, KTA crystal-based optical parametric oscillator (OPO) for laser ranging applications. The overall goal of the program is to design and build a short-pulse, single-frequency source with average power of 100 W. In the Phase I effort we propose to design and build a short-pulse diode-pumped, Q-switched, Nd:YLF oscillator and a double-pass amplifier based on our multipass slab design generating >15 W of average power at a 10 kHz pulse rate. The Phase I effort will also include analysis and preliminary design of the entire two-channel MOPA and the OPO converter to the eyesafe wavelength range. A prototype system suitable for application as an airborne Lidar Transmitter will be built and delivered to MDA at the end of the Phase II program.
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.
- 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.
- Eyesafe Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) Laser for Laser Ranging
- Long-Range Eyesafe Ladar Rangefinder for the Airborne Laser's Active Ranging System
- Eyesafe Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) Laser for Laser Ranging
- Eyesafe Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) Laser for Laser Ranging
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