SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Power Pump Signal Combiners for Next Generation Monolithic Fiber Amplifiers
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- N.P. PHOTONICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2018-11-30
- Contract end date
- 2019-05-29
- UEI
- L1XGLKME9BC1
- Solicitation number
- 18.2
- Topic code
- MDA18-016
Research abstract
NP Photonics proposes to design and develop high power fiber combiners for kW-level fiber amplifiers. The advantages of the proposed fiber combiners include high power handling capability, extremely low loss for the signal laser, capability of bi-directional pumping, and high compatibility with conventional double-clad fibers and microstructured double-clad fibers. In this Phase I program, we will investigate the feasibility of, and study the risk to, high power fiber combiners using proposed technologies. High power pump signal fiber combiners meeting or exceeding the requirements of kW-level fiber amplifiers will be developed and characterized in Phase II. Approved for Public Release | 18-MDA-9817 (23 Oct 18)
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Research funding history
123 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $46,434,512. 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, National Science Foundation