SBIR/STTR Research Award
TUNABLE SEMICONDUCTOR MID INFRARED LASERS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Tacan Corp
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- MC3JU29QULM7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
WE PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL OF USING OPTICALLY PUMPED SEMICONDUCTOR AND SEMICONDUCTOR ARRAYS AS GAIN MEDIA FOR LASERS. WE WILL ALSO EXPLORE MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELL INFRARED LEAD SALT SUPERLATTICES FOR INFRARED LASER OPERATION AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. WE WILL USE A SEMICONDUCTOR ALGAAS DIODE ARRAY AS A PUMP FOR THE EXTERNAL CAVITY, OPTICALLY PUMPED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER. OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE A HIGHLY EFFICIENT (OVERALL EFFICIENCY >2%) LASER SYSTEM WITH LONG LIFETIME THAT IS SUITABLE FOR SPACE COMMUNICATIONS. A METHOD OF PHASE LOCKING SEVERAL OPTICALLY PUMPED SLAVE OSCILLATORS IS GIVEN. EITHER PULSED OR CONTINUOUS OPERATION IS POSSIBLE.
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.
- Not Available
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- Novel 130 GHz High Dynamic Range Laser Modulator for Space and Airborne RF Distribution and Phased Array Antennas
- Laser Induced Plasma Fluorescence Spectroscopy for the Detection of Heavy Metals
- Not Available
Research funding history
95 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2000). Reported award amounts total $19,118,264. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy