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Goddard
Space Flight Center
1990 Phase II
Solid-State
Laser Oscillator, Modulator, and Amplifier for Space Communications
Lightwave Electronics
Mountain View, CA
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INNOVATION
Developed a solid-state device that
incorporates a multiple-pass fibercoupled amplifier; compact, high power
laser oscillator; and a high-power transmitter based on available low-power
modulators
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Series 125 Fiber-Coupled Laser
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Laser Amplifier with 52 decibel
gain
- Modulated system with 6.5 watt
peak out
- Single-frecuency laser with
700 mW output
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Oscillator design used for Series
125 products
- Over 500 units sold to government
and industry
- Set standard for powerful, coherent
YAG laser
- Product revenue for this technology
totals $10M since 1994
- 30% of revenues from exports
- 8 production positions created
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- Analog communication for military
- Acoustic fiber sensing for Navy
submarines
- Advanced gravity wave detection
for physicists
- Intersatellite communications
for NASA
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