Compact CO2 MOPA-Configured Multiple-Folded Laser

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense	Branch: Missile Defense Agency	Award ID: 19688	Program Year/Program: 1997 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 19688	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.
41901 Wolverine Road Shawnee, OK 74804-0951
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1997

Title: Compact CO2 MOPA-Configured Multiple-Folded Laser

Agency / Branch: DOD / MDA

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $121,000.00

Abstract:
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORP. HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT A 1-METER-LONF GAIN MEDIA CO(2) LASER WHICH IS FOLDED INTO A CYLINDRICAL VOLUME THAT IS 15 CM IN DIAMETER x 5 CM HEIGHT CAN PRODUCE STABLE CW, MODE-LOCKED, AND Q-SWITCHED WAVEFORMS USEFUL FOR LASER, MULTIPLE- FOILED LASER (MFL) RADAR HAS A 7.5 KG MASS. THERE ARE 4 OBJECTIVES TO THIS PHASE I SBIR EFFORT INCLUDING: 1) DEMONSTRATE PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE THAT A PAIR OF 3-METER MULTI-FOLD LASERS CAN OPERATE IN A MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIER (MOPA) CONFIGURATION AND PRODUCE USEFUL PULSED MEASUREMENT WAVEFORMS WITH AVERAGE, OPTICAL OUTPUT POWER OF AT AT LEAST 100 WATTS; 20 CONCEPTUALLY DESCRIBE 1 INNOVATIVE, COST-REDUCING TMD APPLICATION OF A MOPA MFL FOR SDIO; 3) IDENTIFY OTHER CANDIDATE SDIO APPLICATIONS OF MOPA MFL FOR SENSORS, SEEKERS, AND SURVIVABILITY; 4) PLAN A PHASE II EFFORT THAT WILL PRODUCE AND DEMONSTRATE A COMPACT MOPA MFL.

Principal Investigator:
Stephen M. Kosovac
2058377762

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Small Business Information at Submission:

Technology Development Corp.
4825 Commerical Drive Huntsville, AL 35816

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DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees:

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No