SBIR/STTR Research Award
Self-phase-locked kW class tapered laser array
Award amount
$111,494Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- FREEDOM PHOTONICS LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2020-10-14
- Contract end date
- 2021-09-09
- UEI
- FQ98KK1G9199
- Solicitation number
- 20.2
- Topic code
- A20-149
Research abstract
Freedom Photonics proposes to develop and demonstrate a kW-class coherently combined tapered diode laser array. Our device design is based on the so-called tapered master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) laser concept and will utilize our existing high power, high efficiency GaAs diode laser pump epitaxial design. During Phase 1, two avenues toward coherent beam combination will be explored. By the end of Phase 2, we will demonstrate and deliver a kW-class coherently combined diode laser module; furthermore, we will show that our approach is directly scalable to even high power levels.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- High- Efficiency Kw-class 1550 nm Steerable Diffraction-Limited Laser Diode Arrays for Energy Web Dominance
- High-Speed Optical Fiber Data-Links for Space-Based Cryogenic Read-Out Integrated Circuits
- 1790nm tunable laser for VOC monitoring
- GeSiSn Avalanche Photodiode Arrays for High-Sensitivity SWIR Imaging Applications
- High Efficiency kW-class 1550 nm Steerable Diffraction-Limited Laser Diode Arrays for Energy Web Dominance
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
196 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2005–2023). Reported award amounts total $74,583,672. 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, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture