SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Power MWIR Laser with Coherently Combined Emitters
Award amount
$999,963Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- CORCORAN ENGINEERING, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2019-01-22
- Contract end date
- 2021-01-22
- UEI
- U2NUFURJKAX8
- Solicitation number
- 16.2
- Topic code
- A16-099
Research abstract
The goal of this project is to develop a power-scalable laser source in the Mid-Wave InfraRed (MWIR) range based on QCL laser technology. The main thrust will focus on power scaling using a simple passive coherent beam combination technique. Scaling the output power of a single laser diode element beyond a few Watts presents a daunting challenge as phenomena such as catastrophic optical damage or heat dissipation typically limit the maximum power that a laser diode can generate. Use of passive coherent beam combination allows circumventing such limitations and scale the output power by simply adding more single elements, while maintaining a diffraction-limited beam quality and the simplicity of laser diodes.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Compact High-Power Direct Diode Laser with Diffraction-Limited Output
- High-Power Chip Scale Coherent Laser Array
- High Power Daytime Marker with Extremely Narrow Divergence
- High Power MWIR Laser with Coherently Combined Emitters
- Scalable High-Power UV Laser Diode Array
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
15 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2001–2025). Reported award amounts total $4,864,357. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense