SBIR/STTR Research Award
Phase-Locked Array of Solid-State Lasers (PLASS)
Award amount
$99,971Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- METROLASER, INCORPORATED
- Proposal award date
- 2006-02-15
- Contract end date
- 2007-02-15
- UEI
- RB8MDWWD5MF8
- Solicitation number
- 2005.3
- Topic code
- OSD05-D04
Research abstract
A new approach for multi-channel solid-state laser beam combining is proposed based on optical phase conjugation in a coupled-cavity laser configuration. The proposed scheme allows automatic synchronization of the channels' mutual coherency, thereby achieving maximum efficiency of combined beam oscillation with simultaneous compensation of introduced aberrations. It is proposed to use the laser medium as the nonlinear medium for FWM OPC due to its spatially inhomogeneous saturation in the interference field of the interacting beams. The proposed configuration allows scaling the laser system to the multi-kilowatt power level.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Miniature Nitrogen Dioxide Trace Gas Sensor for In Situ Atmospheric Measurements
- Robust Split Laser Sensor for Harsh Environment Sensing Applications
- Laser-Induced Incandescence Sensor for Soot Particle Size and Concentration
- Nonintrusive Diagnosis of Ejecta Cloud from Plume Surface Interactions using High-Speed Digital Holography
- Stand-off Detection of Xenon Spin Polarization by Radar REMPI
Awards with the same topic code
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- High Energy Laser (HEL) Beam Combination
- High Energy Laser (HEL) Beam Combination
- High Spectral Density Modular Spectral Beam Combiner Based on Volume Bragg Grating Technology
- High Energy Laser (HEL) Beam Combination for Enhancement of Fiber Laser Performance for Ranging and Tracking
- High Energy Laser (HEL) Beam Combination
Research funding history
308 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1989–2025). Reported award amounts total $100,196,325. 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, Department of Commerce, Department of Health and Human Services