SBIR-STTR Award

High Efficiency 808 nm Laser Pump Diode Arrays with Excellent Beam Quality
Award last edited on: 11/26/2018

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : Navy
Total Award Amount
$79,115
Award Phase
1
Solicitation Topic Code
N122-112
Principal Investigator
Jeffrey Ungar

Company Information

Laser Operations LLC (AKA: QPC Lasers Inc)

15632 Roxford Street
Sylmar, CA 91342
   (818) 986-0000
   N/A
   www.qpclasers.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 29
County: Los Angeles

Phase I

Contract Number: N68335-13-C-0075
Start Date: 11/2/2012    Completed: 4/28/2013
Phase I year
2013
Phase I Amount
$79,115
As part of an effort funded by HEL-JTO, we recently demonstrated advanced quantum well diode laser designs with enhanced confinement operating at 1500 nm that substantially advanced the state-of-the-art with regard to efficiency, high operating temperature and beam quality. Similar enhanced confinement designs will be implemented at 808 nm to greatly improve both electrical-to-optical efficiency and fiber-coupling efficiency. Moreover, by incorporating monolithic internal diffraction gratings in these lasers, linewidths and wavelength tolerances can be reduced by roughly a factor of 4 compared to standard pump diodes without incurring the cost and complication of external volume bragg grating stabilizers.

Keywords:
808 Nm, 808 Nm, Pump Laser, Nd:Yag, High Efficiency, Spectrally Stabilized

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