IRGLARE LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N182-113
IRGLARE LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $124,901
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- N182-113
- Solicitation
- 18.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- FL
- Period
- 2018-10-16 → 2020-02-12
Description
In response to the NAVY SBIR solicitation N182-113, the IRGLARE team is pleased to propose the development of highly reliable 4.5µm Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) delivering over 5W of continuous wave optical power in a nearly gaussian beam (M2 < 1.5) with a low ellipticity. The combination of the high optical power and long term reliability will be achieved by over a two-fold reduction in laser thermal resistance compared to that of traditional QCL designs and by keeping peak optical intensity at the output facet within its safe limits. The new very high performance devices will find immediate applications in numerous critical infrared DoD applications, including infrared countermeasures and free space optical communications.