SBIR/STTR Research Award
Kilowatt Class Fiber Optical Isolator for Submarine High Energy Laser Amplifier
Award amount
$700,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- N.P. PHOTONICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2025-02-10
- Contract end date
- 2026-02-19
- UEI
- L1XGLKME9BC1
- Solicitation number
- 22.A
- Topic code
- N22A-T010
Research abstract
Fiber optical isolators with kilowatt power handling capability are in great demand for high energy all-fiber laser systems. NP Photonics proposed to design and develop fiber optical isolators using our innovative fiber Faraday rotators and polarizers. The proposed fiber optical isolators have the advantages of high-power handling, compactness, and high reliability. In the Phase I program, the feasibility was investigated, and the risk was studied, to develop kW-class fiber optical isolators based on innovative fiber designs. In Phase II, kW-class fiber optical isolators meeting or exceeding the requirements for submarine high-energy laser amplifiers will be developed.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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- Optical fiber combiner for combining MWIR quantum cascade laser beams
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
123 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $46,434,512. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation