IRGLARE LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N201-013

IRGLARE LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$139,848
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
N201-013
Solicitation
20.1
NAICS
Place of performance
FL
Period
2020-06-04 → 2020-12-09

Description

In response to the Navy SBIR Topic N201-013, IRGLARE is pleased to propose the development of highly reliable (lifetime over 1,000h) Band IVa (3.9 to 4.1µm) Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) delivering continuous wave (CW) optical power exceeding 5W in a nearly Gaussian output beam (M2 < 1.5) with wallplug efficiency exceeding 15%. The improvement in CW efficiency will be achieved for these devices employing multi-material active region composition, while their long term reliability at 5W will be ensured by reducing optical peak intensity at the output facet.