SBIR/STTR Research Award
Space Qualified One Micron Lasers
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- 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 a Yb:SFAP laser system, using a novel resonator scheme, that will provide over 1 J per pulse output at 100 Hz at high efficiency, in a package far more compact, lower mass and efficient that conventional systems. The high-pulse-energy poweroscillator architecture is especially suited to space platforms where weight, volume, cooling and efficiency are particularly important. The proposed system will enable a 1 J/pulse 100 Hz system with efficiency and compactness far exceeding conventional systems. The efficiency and cost advantages of the Yb:SFAP system together are anticipated to break through the present cost barriers todiode-pumped solid-state lasers in commercial materials processing systems .
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