SBIR/STTR Research Award
Ultra Low Noise 1.06 Micron Laser Oscillator
Award amount
$599,945Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ORBITS LIGHTWAVE, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2005-12-02
- Contract end date
- 2007-12-02
- UEI
- CLJFMUZT2SX4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- S2.06
Research abstract
The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) demand state-of-the-art ultra-stable and low noise coherent lasers. This is a proposal to develop a space qualified high power, single mode, low noise and narrow linewidth fiber laser based on a"virtual ring" laser cavity at the 1.06 micron spectral band. This novel laser architecture enables traveling-wave oscillation in a compact, linear and all-fiber cavity. This leads to unprecedented low noise and stable laser oscillator. The all fiber device also offers a highly reliable, compact and power conserving solution. We have already demonstrated virtual ring oscillators at the 1.55 micron band that rival the state of the ring laser architecture. In this research we will develop a 1.06 micron laser that can meet or exceed the LISA experiment required laser specifications.
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.
- Miniature Diode-Pumped Solid State Laser for Military and Aerospace Environments
- Tunable Optical Filters for Radio Frequency (RF) Photonic Signal Distribution Systems
- 1550nm Laser Module Assembly for Wide Aperture Array Sonar
- Ruggedized Narrow-Linewidth 1550nm Laser
- Compact, High Stability Master Oscillators for Airborne Coherent Laser Radar
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- ZnO HEMTs on Flexible Substrates for Large Area Monolithic Antenna Applications
- Enabling Technologies for Fabrication of Large Area Flexible Antennas
- Compact, Low Cost APD Arrays with Built-in Optical Amplification
- Uncooled Radiation Hard Large Area SiC X-ray and EUV Detectors and 2D Arrays
- Ultra Low Noise 1.06 Micron Laser Oscillator
Research funding history
12 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2004–2019). Reported award amounts total $3,477,780. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration