SBIR/STTR Research Award
Ultra-High Efficiency Diffraction-Limited MOPA Diodes for Direct Diode High Power Lasers
Award amount
$149,753Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- LASER OPERATIONS LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2020-12-28
- Contract end date
- 2021-06-30
- UEI
- KAAZQ6KT7QN3
- Solicitation number
- 20.2
- Topic code
- MDA20-004
Research abstract
Fiber-lasers are much less efficient than direct diode lasers because of photon energy defects and coupling losses, but low power-per-emitter, poor beam quality and uncontrolled spectra precludes the direct use of diodes in directed-energy lasers. We will apply our Master Oscillator Power Amplifier technology to the fabrication of highly efficient, reliable, diffraction-limited, single-frequency diodes with tens of Watts per emitter and which are suitable for beam combining. Approved for Public Release | 20-MDA-10643 (3 Dec 20)
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Ultra-High Efficiency Diffraction-Limited MOPA Diodes for Direct Diode High Power Lasers
- Ultra-Bright Diode Laser Emitters for Pumping High-Power Fiber Amplifiers
- Spectrally Narrowed Pump Diode Arrays for Diode Pumped Alkali Lasers
- High Efficiency 808 nm Laser Pump Diode Arrays with Excellent Beam Quality
- Ultra-Bright Diode Laser Emitters for Pumping High-Power Fiber Amplifiers
Awards with the same topic code
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- Efficient Power-Scalable and Diffraction-Limited GaAs Diode Lasers
- High Power, Single Mode, Diode Emitter for Directed Energy Applications
- Efficient power-scalable and diffraction-limited GaAs diode lasers
- High Power, Single Mode, Diode Emitter for Directed Energy Applications
Research funding history
10 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2009–2022). Reported award amounts total $5,594,622. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense