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Ultra-Stable Miniature Seed Laser for High Power Nd:YAG Lasers

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNG04CB07C
Agency Tracking Number: 020055
Amount: $499,974.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
910 Technology Blvd Suite K
Bozeman, MT 59718
United States
DUNS: 062674630
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Philip Battle
 Principal Investigator
 (406) 522-0388
 battle@advr-inc.com
Business Contact
 Phillip Battle
Title: VP Technology
Phone: (406) 522-0388
Email: battle@advr-inc.com
Research Institution
 Montana State University
 Leslie Schmidt
 
Physics Dept. EPS 264
Bozeman, MT 59717
United States

 (406) 994-6728
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

The goal of this effort is to develop a compact, rugged, electrically efficient, tunable semiconductor laser for the purpose of injection seeding Nd:YAG lasers in NASA lidar systems for remote sensing and atmospheric profiling. A highly stable low power seed laser plays a crucial role in these systems by keeping the high power, Q-switched, Nd:YAG laser at a fixed wavelength and single mode. In addition, the seed laser reduces shot-to-shot intensity fluctuations due to mode beating in the YAG laser, which cause damage to internal optics and reduce the laser?s lifetime. Current seed lasers are large, expensive, and suffer under vibration and field use. The proposed miniature seed laser combines optical Bragg waveguide structures and new semiconductor laser technology to create a narrow linewidth laser at the precise wavelength. The entire temperature-stabilized seed laser will be packaged in a robust one-inch-long fiber coupled housing for ultra-stable single frequency output in the face of external vibration and temperature fluctuations.

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