SBIR/STTR Research Award
2.1 MICRON EYE-SAFE COHERENT LASER TRANSMITTER AND DETECTOR
Award amount
$342,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- LIGHTWAVE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
LIGHTWAVE IS PROPOSING TO STUDY TWO OF THE SUBSYSTEMS REQUIRED FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COHERENT LASER RADAR. WE PROPOSE TO DEMONSTRATE ROOM-TEMPERATURE QUANTUM-LIMITED HETERODYNE DETECTION OF INFRARED RADIATION AT THE 2.1-MICRON WAVELENGTH OF TM:HO:YAG LASERS. THE LOCAL OSCILLATOR OF THE HETERODYNE DETECTOR WILL BE BUILT BY LIGHTWAVE, AND THE PHOTODIODE WILL BE PURCHASED FROM A COMMERCIAL SUPPLIER. WE WILL ALSO STUDY THE POSSIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A Q-SWITCHED COHERENT LASER TRANSMITTER WITH AN OUTPUT PULSE ENERGY OF 100 MJ AT THE SAME EYE-SAFE WAVELENGTH, USING COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE LASER DIODE PUMPS.
Technology keywords
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