| Sol No.: |
Navy STTR FY2013.A |
| Topic No.: |
N13A-T006 |
| Topic Title: |
Low-Cost High Power Surface Emitting Micro-Stripe Quantum Cascade Laser Arrays |
| Proposal No.: |
N13A-006-0020 |
| Firm: |
EOS Photonics
30 Spinelli Place
A
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 |
| Contact: |
Christian Pfluegl |
| Phone: |
(617) 945-9137 |
| Web Site: |
www.eosphotonics.com |
| Abstract: |
We envision a coherently coupled QCL array architecture featuring 2nd order DFB gratings to vertically couple out light with excellent beam quality and high output power. This approach does not require cleaving of the devices or facet coatings and is therefore inherently more robust and manufacturable than facet emitters. |
| Benefits: |
The development of high power, low cost monolithically quantum cascade laser sources is poised to disrupt a number of DoD applications, and in particular infrared countermeasures. This market segment alone is commercially interesting as it is worth hundreds of million dollars. Other potential applications include target illumination, identification of friends and foes and long wave free-space communication. |