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Self-stabilized monolithic solid state single frequency laser

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 		Award ID:
 Program Year/Program:
2012 / STTR
Agency Tracking Number:
D12A-001-0050 		Solicitation Year:
2012 		Solicitation Topic Code:
SB12A-001 		Solicitation Number:
2012.A
Small Business Information
OptiGrate Corp.
3267 Progress Drive Orlando, FL -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2012
Title: Self-stabilized monolithic solid state single frequency laser
Agency / Branch: DOD / DARPA
Contract: W31P4Q-12-C-0215
Award Amount: $99,999.00
 

Abstract:

The general objective of this proposal is to design a self-stabilized monolithic single frequency solid state laser. The main advantage of the approach is based on the integration of a laser cavity within active laser material - Nd-doped photo-thermo-refractive (PTR) glass, which allows constructing narrow line unidirectional, environmental insensitive laser. This glass possesses both properties of high efficiency gain medium and phase photosensitive medium for volume hologram recording. Therefore, it is possible to record a resonator consisting from two (or several) Bragg mirrors inside of a laser glass slab. Such a resonator cannot be misaligned. Thick Bragg mirrors will enable single frequency and single transverse mode regime. This slab will be pumped by a low noise narrow band semiconductor laser with emission wavelength stabilized by an external Bragg resonator. Such a Nd-doped PTR Bragg laser would be completely monolithic as semiconductor or fiber laser. However, it will possess compactness of semiconductor emitter combined with emission properties of solid state or fiber lasers. Development of PTR glass modification with decreased sensitivity to the thermal fluctuations inducing the change of the light pass length will allow reaching high frequency stability already at room temperature.

Principal Investigator:

Vadim Smirnov
CTO and VP, Product Development
(407) 381-4115
vsmirnov@optigrate.com

Business Contact:

Igor Ciapurin
Program Manager
(407) 381-4115
iciapurin@optigrate.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

OptiGrate Corp.
3267 Progress Drive Orlando, FL -

EIN/Tax ID: 522197299
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
Research Institution Information:
University of Central Florida
12201 Research Parkway Ste 501
Office of Research&Commerc.
Orlando, FL 32826-3252
Contact: Mary B. Stanley
Contact Phone: (407) 823-2836