FIBERTEK, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A rugged and efficient high power (Watts) blue laser source in the 455470 nm spectral regi
FIBERTEK, INC. — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $749,552
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Solicitation
- 2008.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- VA
- Period
- 2011-03-17
Description
A rugged and efficient high power (Watts) blue laser source in the 455470 nm spectral region is proposed. The laser source is capable of cw operation or pulsed operation at multi-kHz or higher repetition rates, as well as capable of RF-modulated-pulse formats. The laser source is based on a novel fiber-amplifier in a master-oscillator-power-amplifier (MOPA)"all-fiber"configuration, and frequency-doubled to the blue spectral region via simple single-pass quasi-phase-matching (QPM) in a nonlinear crystal. Such blue laser sources are ideally suited for underwater imaging and communication in littoral waters, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) communication application in the ocean, specific medical applications, and high-brightness display application.