SBIlR Phase I: Coherent Blue-Light Converters
Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: 0318849
Agency Tracking Number: 0318849
Amount:
$100,000.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
SBIR
Awards Year:
2003
Solicitation Year:
N/A
Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A
Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
1540 Nettleship Street, Fayetteville, AR, 72701
DUNS:
N/A
HUBZone Owned:
N
Woman Owned:
N
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
N
Principal Investigator
Name: Ioulia Zotova
Phone: () -
Phone: () -
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project focuses on the implementation of a blue-light converter based on a novel structure of KTiOPO4 (KTP) crystal. It proposes to integrate quasi-phase-matched (QPM) second-harmonic generation (SHG) with 90 degrees phase-matched sum-frequency generation (SFG) in the exclusive partly-periodically-poled KTP crystal. This structure will be used to achieve blue laser through effective third-harmonic generation (THG) from the latest technologies in 1.319 micron Nd:YAG, Nd:YVO4 and other Nd-doped lasers. The proposed blue devices naturally follow our recent demonstrations. They rely on the advantages of a KTP crystal including large second-order nonlinear coefficients and large angular and temperature tolerance. Most importantly, only a KTP crystal can be used in these devices since it can reach 90 degrees -phase-matched SFG from 1.319 micron and 659.5 nm to 439.7 nm. Therefore, the proposed blue devices are simple, highly efficient, highly reliable and low cost. Since the blue-light converter is built from one crystal, it is suitable for intracavity THG similar to intracavity SHG in Verdi and Millennia.
Blue-Light Converters can be used in a number of important applications. Some areas of inclusion are health care, photodynamic therapy, spectroscopy with short-temporal and narrow-spectral resolutions, naval communications, nondestructive evaluations, and entertainment. * Information listed above is at the time of submission. *