CHARACTERIZATION OF ER:CR:GSGG

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense

Branch: Air Force

Contract: N/A

Agency Tracking Number: 4348

Amount: $250,000.00

Phase: Phase II

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1987

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

Schwartz Electro-Optics, Inc

45 Winthrop St

Concord, MA 01742

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Name: Dr Peter F Moulton
Phone: (617) 371-2299

Business Contact

Phone: () -

Research Institution

N/A

Abstract

RECENT STUDIES TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF LAMP-PUMPED SOLID STATE LASERS HAVE SHOWN THAT CHROMIUM (CR) SENSITIZATION OF THE NEODYMIUM (ND) ION IS EFFECTIVE IN THE HOST CRYSTAL GADOLINIUM SCANDIUM GALLIUM GARNET (GSGG). IN THIS PROPOSAL A STUDY WILL BE MADE OF THE CRSENSITIZATION OF ANOTHER RARE-EARTH ION, ERBIUM (ER). BASIC SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS ON A CRYSTAL OF ER:CR:GSGG WOULD BE PERFORMED TO DERIVE THE ENERGY-LEVELS OF THER ER ION AS WELL AS THE TRANSFER PARAMETERS FOR THE CR-ER ENERGY EXCHANGE PROCESS. LASER EXPERIMENTS WOULD ALSO BE CARRIED OUT IF THE AVAILABLE CRYSTAL WAS OF SUFFICIENT QUALITY. THE OPERATING EFFICIENCY OF TWO ER TRANSITIONS, AT 1600 AND 2900 NM COULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED IF CR SENSITIZATION PROVED TO BE SIGNIFICANT.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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CHARACTERIZATION OF ER:CR:GSGG