SBIR/STTR Research Award
Compact, High Pulse Rate, Mid-Infrared laser
Award amount
$300,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1997Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Aculight Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- WYAVK6MSRJ15
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
We propose to develop and deliver a compact, high pulse repetition rate, mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator wavelength converter and cw fiber coupled diode pumped, Q-switched, Nd:YV04 diode pumped laser. A new nonlinear material, periodic poled Lithium Niobate (PPLN) enables an OPO to efficiently convert low energy pulses (150 microjoules) into the mid-infrared wavelengths. By changing the poling spacing, tunable output can be obtained. PPLN is a novel new OPO nonlinear material that can provide a higher level of performance otherwise not possible with conventional nonlinear crystals. The Phase I effort will attempt to demonstrate > 2 kW peak power pulses through the range of wavelengths from 1.5 to 3.5 microns. Research will also be conducted to evaluate PPLN OPO performance at 4.5 microns where the exists significant bulk absorption.
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.
- Blue-Green Laser for Undersea Communication
- All-Fiber Components for Micro-Structured Fibers
- IMPROVED DIAGNOSTIC INFRARED NERVE STIMULATOR FOR ENT NERVE MONITORING
- High Power IR/UV Laser for Accelerator Systems
- Optical nerve stimulation for a vestibular prosthesis
Research funding history
139 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1992–2010). Reported award amounts total $51,359,198. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation