SBIR/STTR Research Award
AN OPTICAL IMPULSE GENERATOR
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- AERODYNE RESEARCH INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- HTMHV7AL9A86
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THERE IS A NEED FOR AN INEXPENSIVE, COMPACT, LOW MAINTENANCE SUB-PICOSECOND OPTICAL PULSE SOURCE TO DRIVE AN OPTICALLY SAMPLED AND TRIGGERED OSCILLOSCOPE. ADEQUATE LASER SOURCES PRESENTLY OCCUPY TEN SQUARE FEET AND REQUIRE REGULAR MAINTENANCE, 20 KW OF ELECTRICITY, AND COOLING WATER; AND THEY COMPRISE THE MAIN COST ITEM IN THE PICOSECOND OSCILLOSCOPE. THE NEW PULSED LASER UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN THIS PROJECT WILL USE SEVERAL SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS IN A SINGLE CAVITY TO AVOID THE INSTABILITY, BROAD OPTICAL PULSES, AND LOW OUTPUT POWER OF A SINGLE MODE-LOCKED DIODE LASER. THE NEW OPTICAL PULSE SOURCE WILL OCCUPY ONE SQUARE FOOT, USES LOW MAINTENANCE DIODE LASERS, AND DRAWS A FEW WATTS OF ELECTRICITY.
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.
- Airborne Spectroscopic Static Temperature Sensor
- Real-time mapping of dissolved sulfur in soil with high spatial and temporal resolution
- Autonomous Method to Quantify and Localize Hydrogen Facility Emissions
- Autonomous Method to Quantify and Localize Hydrogen Facility Emissions
- Autonomous Shortwave Spectroradiometer for Retrieval of Cloud Properties from Marine Platforms
Research funding history
410 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $116,799,166. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Commerce