SBIR/STTR Research Award

Compact, Efficient, High Power Direct-to-Green Laser Source

Award identifier 11e515e84e7bc450be0d9082443e9f51435d972b824d84c0b416808b4bddaf67Awarding agency Department of Defense · Navy

Award amount

$246,472

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2021

Award details

Awarding agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Recipient company: ARETE ASSOCIATES
Proposal award date: 2021-07-30
Contract end date: 2022-10-01
UEI: DMKEXJ8NQ4C5
Solicitation number: 21.1
Topic code: N211-063

Research abstract

Arete is proposing a trade study, evaluating multiple laser technologies and their potentials to meet the Navy’s performance and SWaP requirements. The trade study will include approaches with incremental development paths through improvements in laser efficiency as well as higher risks approaches with a potential for breakthrough advances. The evaluated approaches will include novel manufactured gain materials as well as previously studied gain materials with renewed interest resulting from the availability of GaN diode lasers for pumping. Multiple new approaches will be evaluated as alternatives to Q-Switching to allow energy storage and dumping for high peak-power optical pulses.

Technology keywords

Not reported

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Research funding history

417 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2025). Reported award amounts total $220,044,517. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security