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High Efficiency Athermalized Gain Module

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Missile Defense Agency
Contract: HQ0147-09-C-7103
Agency Tracking Number: B083-002-0331
Amount: $99,980.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: MDA08-002
Solicitation Number: 2008.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2009
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2009-03-27
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-09-27
Small Business Information
P.O. Box 2607
Winnetka, CA 91396
United States
DUNS: 082191198
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 James Murray
 Corporate Senior Scientist
 (303) 651-6756
 jmurray@arete.com
Business Contact
 Gregory Fetzer
Title: Director
Phone: (303) 651-6756
Email: gfetzer@arete.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Range-Resolved Doppler Imaging (RRDI) ladar has been singled out as the most promising advanced discrimination technology to augment existing advanced seekers on board MDA missile interceptors. Efforts are underway to develop compact RRDI ladar seekers to test against objective decoys and targets. These programs face many technical challenges, and there success hinges on parallel developments in advanced compact, high-power, near diffraction limited coherent solid-state lasers. Areté Associates proposes a highly innovative monolithic amplifier configuration that eliminates major technical barriers associated with legacy approaches. This novel approach enables high average power scaling of the objective advanced discrimination ladar transmitter waveform in a compact and rugged package that is compatible with the requirements of the delivery platform. The proposed amplifier architecture elegantly solves traditional efficiency roadblocks by minimizing parasitic losses due to amplified spontaneous emission, excited state absorption, indirect optical pumping, and laser diode thermal management. The use of advanced ultra-transparent ceramic composite materials enables power scaling to objective average powers of 500 W without levying harsh penalties on the packaging weight and volume.

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