SBIR/STTR Research Award
OPTIMIZATION OF A CLEAN XECL LASER WITH A CRYOGENIC CLEAN-UP SYSTEM
Award amount
$49,216Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Spectranetics
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE NAVY'S SATELLITE LASER COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM, WE PROPOSE TO OPTIMIZE LASER RELIABILITY BY IMPLEMENTING A CRYOGENIC GAS PROCESSING SYSTEM DURING A LASER LIFETEST. THE EXPECTED LIFETIME TO 10% ENERGY REDUCTION SHOULD BE GREATER THAN 100 MILLION SHOTS. WE WILL GATHER DATA ON GAS COMPOSITION AND GAS CONTAMINATION AS WELL AS ANALYZE OPTICAL CONTAMINATION. OUR CONCLUSION FROM THE RESULTS OF THE TEST SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING THE NEXT GENERATION LASER.
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