SBIR/STTR Research Award
DETERMINATION OF CONTAMINATION SOURCES IN A HIGH CLEANLINESS XENON-CHLORIDE LASER
Award amount
$48,479Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Spectranetics
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
AS A CRUCIAL STEP IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING A RELIABLE, LONG-LIFE XENON-CHLORIDE LASER FOR THE NAVY'S SATELLITE LASER COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM, WE PROPOSE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSES OF LASER GAS AND WINDOW CONTAMINATION ON AN ALREADY "CLEAN" LASER. WE WILL GATHER QUANTITATIVE DATA ON GAS COMPOSITION THROUGHOUT A LIFETEST AS WELL AS ANALYZE OPTICAL CONTAMINATION. OUR CONCLUSIONS FROM THE PROJECT RESULTS SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO OPTIMIZING LASER RELIABILITY.
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