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Fiber Laser Beam Combining

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
92685 		Program Year/Program:
2010 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
F083-004-2743 		Solicitation Year:
2008 		Solicitation Topic Code:
AF083-004 		Solicitation Number:
2008.3
Small Business Information
Libration Systems Management, Inc.
2301 Yale Blvd, SE Suite C3 Albuquerque, NM -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2010
Title: Fiber Laser Beam Combining
Agency: DOD
Contract: FA9451-10-C-0007
Award Amount: $749,867.00
 

Abstract:

In Phase-I of this work, a steady state model incorporating the most important nonlinear effects was successfully developed to analyze passive phasing of fiber amplifier arrays. This work showed a technique of reverse pumping to mitigate Four-Wave Mixing (FWM) and Cross-Phase Modulation (XPM) in fiber amplifiers. In Phase II we propose to extend the modeling developed in Phase-I to include time-dependent dynamic effects to understand observed stability and mode-locking phenomena. We propose to employ the two 1kW fiber amplifiers at the Albuquerque Northrop Grumman site to validate theoretical predictions of this work. The modeling effort should provide better understanding and assessment of passive phasing fiber systems and help in improving the performance of these systems. BENEFIT: The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has been in the forefront of combining lasers for power scaling of solid state lasers including diode lasers (PILOT program) and currently fiber lasers. Currently, there are several promising approaches for fiber laser combining, with each having advantages and disadvantages. Some are more suited for certain applications than others. Modeling rooted in experimental work is essential to gain clarity in sorting out the different approaches with their ideal applications. Libration Systems will commercialize the software developed under this SBIR for sale to Government and industry for work in fiber lasers.

Principal Investigator:

Charley Rhodes
Sr Scientist
(505) 243-6767
Charley@LibrationSystems.com

Business Contact:

Charles Thienel
President&CEO
(505) 243-6767
Lee@LibrationSystems.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Libration Systems Management, Inc.
2301 Yale Blvd, SE Suite C3 Albuquerque, NM -

EIN/Tax ID: 205477517
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No