Q-PEAK, INCORPORATED — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A15-076
Q-PEAK, INCORPORATED — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $995,405
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- A15-076
- Solicitation
- 2015.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- 2016-11-30 → 2018-11-29
Description
Infrared countermeasure (IRCM) designed to prevent missiles from reaching their target are standard equipment on military aircraft. In recent years, missile guidance systems have become increasingly so-phisticated. In order to counter the increasing threat from infrared missile seekers, multi-wavelength (2 5 m), high power (up to 50 W) mid-infrared lasers will be required in next generation Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) systems. However, current mid-IR lasers, such as quantum cascade lasers, can only provide up to 10 W of output power. A new optical fiber combiner to combine mid-infrared lasers of different wavelengths will be explored. Q-Peak Inc. proposes to develop an innovative, high power, low insertion loss, compact, chalcogenide fiber-based, mid-infrared fiber combiner for the amalgamation of different-wavelength (2-5 m) mid-infrared lasers for next-generation CIRCM applications.