SBIR/STTR Research Award
Nanocrystalline Nd-YAG for Laser Generators
Award amount
$750,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- MATERIALS MODIFICATIONS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2004-09-09
- Contract end date
- 2006-09-09
- UEI
- PXFHME8QVPT6
- Solicitation number
- 2003.1
- Topic code
- MDA03-014
Research abstract
Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Nd-YAG) crystals are currently being used in lasers for defense and civilian applications. Single crystals are expensive and limited to a few inches in diameter and also do not fully meet the extreme service requirements in many critical applications. Polycrystalline Nd-YAG can be prepared economically and in various shapes and sizes. In this Phase II SBIR effort, Materials Modification, Inc. will scale-up the synthesis process developed during Phase I and refine the fabrication process to yield materials with a high degree of transmittance.
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