SBIR/STTR Research Award
EXTERNAL PHASE OR AMPLITUDE MODULATOR FOR LASERS
Award amount
$496,386Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- LIGHTWAVE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A SMALL, LIGHTWEIGHT, EXTERNAL MODULATOR THAT CAN IMPRESS EITHER PHASE OR AMPLITUDE MODULATION ON A ND:YAG LASER OUTPUT. THE MODULATOR WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE VERY STABLE, ELECTRONICALLY TUNABLE, SINGLE-FREQUENCY OUTPUT OF THE DIODE-PUMPED ND:YAG NONPLANARRING OSCILLATORS BY USING RESONANCE-ENHANCEMENT PROPERTIES TO REDUCE THE MODULATION VOLTAGE REQUIREMENTS. IT WILL BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING AN AVERAGE OPTICAL POWER IN EXCESS OF 1 WATT AT MODULATION FREQUENCIES FROM 100 KHZ TO OVER 1 GHZ WITH NEGLIGIBLE INSERTION LOSS. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A SMALL, LIGHTWEIGHT, EXTERNAL MODULATOR THAT CAN IMPRESS EITHER PHASE OR AMPLITUDE MODULATION ON A ND:YAG LASER OUTPUT. THE MODULATOR WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE VERY STABLE, ELECTRONICALLY TUNABLE, SINGLE-FREQUENCY OUTPUT OF THE DIODE-PUMPED ND:YAG NONPLANARRING OSCILLATORS BY USING RESONANCE-ENHANCEMENT PROPERTIES TO REDUCE THE MODULATION VOLTAGE REQUIREMENTS. IT WILL BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING AN AVERAGE OPTICAL POWER IN EXCESS OF 1 WATT AT MODULATION FREQUENCIES FROM 100 KHZ TO OVER 1 GHZ WITH NEGLIGIBLE INSERTION LOSS.
Technology keywords
Not reported