SBIR/STTR Research Award
Diode-Pumped Neodymium-Yttria Laser for Ozone Lidar
Award amount
$599,986Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- 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
The purpose of this program is to develop a compact and efficient ultraviolet laser system for ozone sensing from space. The basis for this system will be a diode-pumped neodymium-yttria (Nd:Y2O3) laser which is frequency-tripled to generate uv light at either 305nm or 315nm. The ability to generate both uv wavelengths from a single frequency-tripled Nd:Y2O3 laser makes this approach potentially 4x more efficient than other approaches. In Phase I, diode-pumped operation of Nd:Y2O3 at 915nm and 947nm was demonstrated for the first time. In Phase II, these preliminary results will be extended and combined with efficient harmonic frequency conversion to develop an efficient and compact ultraviolet laser system.
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