HART SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL L.L.C. — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: AF19A-T008
HART SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL L.L.C. — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I STTR feasibility signal
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- Obligated amount $149,837. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
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- Amount
- $149,837
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF19A-T008
- Solicitation
- 19.A
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- AZ
- Period
- 2019-07-19 → 2020-07-19
Description
Through simultaneous control of the polarization and frequency modulation of an outgoing continuous-wave (CW) sodium guide star laser beam, demonstrate a new concept to maximize the resonant backscattered flux per watt of projected laser power, taking advantage of enhancements from both optical pumping of mesospheric sodium atoms to a trapped transition and alignment of the atoms with the geomagnetic field in the Larmor precession cycle. Demonstrate the beam control concept with a single-frequency sodium laser in the laboratory. Through detailed physics-based modeling, establish the radiometric performance of a laser guide star (LGS) using the new method. Define the cost and scope of the Phase II program to construct a prototype beam control system to be demonstrated in the field.