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HIGH-PULSE-RATE BLUE OPTICAL SOURCE

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 17751
Amount: $49,790.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1992
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
45 Winthrop Street
Concord, MA 01742
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Glen Rines
 (508) 371-2299
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Research Institution
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Abstract

LASER-BASED SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. ONE RECENT SYSTEMS CONCEPT, DESIGNED FOR COMMUNICATIONS UPLINKS, INVOLVES THE USE OF A FREQUENCY-AGILE, KHZ-REPETITION-RATE SOURCE OPERATING IN THE WATER-TRANSMISSION WINDOW. IN THIS PROPOSAL WE PRESENT A PLAN TO DEVELOP A SOLID STATE, TI:SAPPHIRE-BASED, RAPIDLY TUNABLE, NARROW-LINEWIDTH LASER THAT WOULD BE THE MASTER OSCILLATOR IN A HIGH-POWER, INJECTION-SEEDED SYSTEM. THE LASER COULD BE USED TO DEMONSTRATE AND TEST ANY TUNABLE RECEIVERS DEVELOPED FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNICATIONS PACKAGE AND COULD SERVE AS A SEEDING SOURCE FOR HIGH-POWER SLAVE OSCILLATORS. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS/POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS - A RAPIDLY TUNABLE SOURCE, EITHER AT THE TI:SAPPHIRE FUNDAMENTAL WAVELENGTH OR AT THE SECOND HARMONIC, COULD BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS TO RAPIDLY ACCESS OPTICAL DISKS, EXPOSE PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS OR STEER A BEAM OVER A LARGE ANGLE.

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