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Cryo-cooled Yb:YAG Lasers for Advanced Photoinjectors

Award Information
Agency: Department of Energy
Branch: N/A
Contract: DE-FG02-07ER86323
Agency Tracking Number: 82386
Amount: $99,973.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: 15 d
Solicitation Number: DE-PS02-06ER06-30
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2007
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
135 South Road
Bedford, MA 01730
United States
DUNS: 061931676
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Kevin Wall
 Dr
 (781) 275-9535
 kwall@qpeak.com
Business Contact
 George Caledonia
Title: Mr
Phone: (781) 275-9535
Email: caledonia@psicorp.com
Research Institution
 Lincoln Laboratory - MIT
 Frank Schimmoller
 
244 Wood Street
Lexington, MA 2420
United States

 (781) 981-7033
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

Advanced, high brightness photoinjectors are required for the next generation of linear accelerators and free electron lasers. Current photoinjector lasers suffer from complexities related to the use of multiple amplifier stages to achieve the desired pulse energy. There are also issues related to power scaling. This project will investigate the use of a liquid nitrogen cooled, Yb:YAG, mode-locked laser as a simpler laser source for photoinjector applications. A liquid nitrogen cooled Yb:YAG laser oscillator can provide an average power of approximately 100 W with a repetition rate of 10s of MHz. Amplification with a single amplifier can provide a time-averaged power of 100s of Watts. Commercial Applications and other Benefits as described by the awardee: A less complex method of generating high-energy picosecond pulses should fulfill an important near-term need as a source used in photoinjector applications for linear accelerators and free electron lasers. Other applications of the basic technology would be in the areas of time-resolved spectroscopy, terahertz generation, and materials processing.

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