SBIR/STTR Research Award
EFFICIENT PARAMETRIC GENERATOR AT 4 MICRONS
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Schwartz Electro-Optics, Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL ATTEMPT TO DEMONSTRATE RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT OPERATION OF A CDSE OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR (OPO) PUMPED BY A SOLID-STATE 3 MICRON ERBIUM LASER. THE EXPECTED TUNING RANGE OF THE OPO IS 3.5-4.5 MICRONS. THIS PHASE I EFFORT REPRESENTS A FIRST STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE COHERENT RADIATION OF 4 MICRONS WITH AN ELECTRICAL TO OPTICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY GREATER THAN ONE PERCENT.
Technology keywords
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