SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Speed Acousto-Optic Tuner
Award amount
$75,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1998Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- AURORA ASSOC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
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Research abstract
50367-98-I
High Speed Acousto-Optic Tuner--Aurora Associates, 3350 Scott Boulevard, Building 20, , Santa Clara, CA 95054-3104;
(408) 748-2960
Dr. I.C. Chang, Principal Investigator
Dr. Phoebe Chang, Business Official
DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-98ER82537
Amount: $75,000
High repetition rate carbon dioxide lasers are needed for rapid random access tuning. Present acousto-optic tuning are inadequate due to high drive power, low speed and insufficient resolution. The objective if this project is to overcome the limitation of present technology and to develop an efficient, fast and high resolution acousto-optic tuner. Phase I will analyze two acousto-optic tuner techniques and demonstrate a feasibility model.
Commercial Applications and Other Benefits as described by the awardee: The acousto-optic tunable laser, if successfully demonstrated, will provide important application to communication, manufacturing, medical and other applications._
Technology keywords
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