SBIR/STTR Research Award
THE PROGRAM PROPOSED HERE WILL STUDY THE PROPERTIES OF A POTENTIAL NEAR-INFRARED-WAVELENGTH, TUNABLE SOLID STATE LASER.
Award amount
$49,657Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Schwartz Electro-Optics, Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PROGRAM PROPOSED HERE WILL STUDY THE PROPERTIES OF A POTENTIAL NEAR-INFRARED-WAVELENGTH, TUNABLE SOLID STATE LASER. THE ACTIVE ION, TRIVALENT TITANIUM, HAS PREVIOUSLY DEMONSTRATED BROADLY TUNABLE OPERATION IN THE HOST CRYSTAL SAPPHIRE, BUT IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN UPPER-STATE LIFETIME TOO SHORT FOR PUMPING BY CONVENTIONAL FLASHLAMPS. IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN A LONGER LIFETIME FROM TITANIUM IN ANOTHER HOST, MAGNESIUM ALUMINATE. SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS ON CRYSTALS OF TITANIUM-DOPED MAGNESIUM ALUMINATE WILL BE PERFORMED, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR OBTAINING BROADLY TUNABLE, EFFICIENT, LAMPPUMPED OPERATION WILL BE ASSESSED BASED ON THE MEASUREMENTS.
Technology keywords
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