SBIR/STTR Research Award
Optically Pumped Mid-Infrared (2-5 micron) Semiconductor Lasers
Award amount
$78,852Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1994Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SDL Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
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Research abstract
SDL proposes to develop an optically pumped mid-IR semiconductor laser. The optically pumped laser will be grown via LP-MOCVD and have an output power in excess of 100mW. A 2.0 um semiconductor laser will be used as the optical pump source for pumping through a substrate. Growth of an optically pumped structure is easier since it is undoped. Simplified processing is also another major advantage for optical pumping versus a laser diode. Some of the applications for mid-IR lasers are in IR-countermeasure devices and environmental sensing or monitoring.
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