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Ridge Waveguide Structures in Magnesium-Doped Lithium Niobate

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNX10CB62C
Agency Tracking Number: 080063
Amount: $599,957.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: T4.01
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-08-13
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2012-11-12
Small Business Information
2310 University Way, Bldg. 1
Bozeman, MT 59715-6504
United States
DUNS: 062674630
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Todd Hawthorne
 Principal Investigator
 (406) 522-0388
 hawthorne@advr-inc.com
Business Contact
 Betsy Heckel
Title: Business Official
Phone: (406) 406-0388
Email: heckel@advr-inc.com
Research Institution
 Montana State University
 Dale Huls
 
PO Box 172470, 309 Montana Hall
Bozeman, MT 59717
United States

 (406) 994-2381
 Domestic Nonprofit Research Organization
Abstract

AdvR, Inc. proposes the development of an efficient process for fabricating ridge waveguides in magnesium-doped lithium niobate (MgO:LN). The effort will include, but will not be limited to, fabricating ridge waveguides in periodically poled MgO:LN for highly efficient, single-pass, quasi phase-matched frequency conversion. Ridge waveguides in MgO:LN will significantly improve the performance (power handling and conversion efficiency), increase photonic component integration, and be well suited to space based applications. The key innovation in this effort is to combine recently available large, high photorefractive damage threshold, z-cut 5% MgO:LN with novel ridge fabrication techniques to achieve high optical power, low cost, high volume manufacturing of frequency conversion structures. The ridge waveguide structure maintains the characteristics of the periodically poled bulk substrate, allowing for the efficient frequency conversion typical of waveguides and the high optical damage threshold and long lifetimes typical of the doped bulk substrate.

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