SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Power Single Spatial Mode Laser Diode
Award amount
$59,962Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1996Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- SDL Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
High power single-mode diode lasers are required for numerous applications in fiber optics; in free-space optical communications, one must add the requirement of eye safety (1.5+ um wavelength) as well. Phase I proposes to combine a novel large-aperture single-mode diode laser cavity structure with the eye-safe-emission, regrowth-friendly InGaAsP material system and unique optics to realize a collimated-output 1 W or higher eye-safe, diffraction-limited laser diode.
Technology keywords
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