Fuceltech Inc — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: MDA20-004
Fuceltech Inc — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $1,499,879 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code MDA20-004 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,499,879
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- MDA20-004
- Solicitation
- 20.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- NJ
- Period
- 2022-02-01 → 2024-02-01
Description
MDA is interested in developing single mode high power diode lasers with excellent beam quality and high efficiency and coherently combine them for high power output and use the coherently combined modules to build high power direct diode laser (HPDDL) systems capable of achieving upwards of 10-100 kW (dependent on the beam combining technique) of high output power while maintaining the beam quality to a near diffraction limited spot size (M2< 1.2) in a low size, weight, and power (SWaP) configuration. We propose an approach for single mode VCSELs and for coherently combining them for very high power with the eventual goal of application in the HPDDL systems. Diode laser based high power systems will be small, high efficiency (close to 70%) and much lower cost compared to current fiber laser based approaches. Princeton Innotech offers an approach for high power single mode diode lasers and coherently coupling them for multi-kW single modules. We have successfully demonstrated a coupling approach through simulation and experiments which we will use in phase II to demonstrate a coherently coupled high power VCSEL array. We plan to further develop the high power coherently coupled modules and commercialize them in phase III. Approved for Public Release | 22-MDA-11102 (22 Mar 22)