Alfalight Wins Army Contract to Develop High-Power Fiber Laser Pump Modules.$1.7 Million from Army Research Laboratory Fuels "Scalable High Efficiency Solid-State Laser A solid-state laser is a laser that uses a gain medium that is a solid, rather than a liquid such as in dye lasers or a gas as in gas lasers. Semiconductor-based lasers are also in the solid state, but are generally considered as a separate class from solid-state lasers (see " Effort MADISON, Wis. -- Alfalight, Inc., an innovative manufacturer of highly efficient and reliable high-power diode lasers See laser diode. , today announced that it has been awarded a research and development contract worth $1.7 million from the Army Research Laboratory (ARL ARL - ASSET Reuse Library ) in Adelphi, Maryland Adelphi is a community (and census-designated place) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,998 at the 2000 census. Adelphi is the home of the University of Maryland University College, and the community is located near the University of Maryland . This 12-month program, entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Scalable High Efficiency Solid-State Laser" (SHESSL), will enable Alfalight to develop high-power fiber-coupled pump modules especially suitable for pumping high power fiber laser systems developed in conjunction with ARL. The objective of the contract is to develop very high power pump blocks, suitable for use in building compact and efficient high-power fiber lasers. Driven by Alfalight's high power-conversion efficiency and spectrally-bright diode material in combination with proven, reliable packaging technology, this program will yield both accelerated laser system development for defense applications and new commercial products well-suited for material processing equipment. "The SHESSL award will drive Alfalight to provide improved spatial brightness," said Manoj Kanskar, vice president of Research and Development of Alfalight. "We expect to develop both usable pump prototypes and provide valuable research results to the Army Research Laboratory upon completion." "This contract reflects Alfalight's ongoing contributions to our nation's industries and national defense," said Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin (born February 11, 1962), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing Wisconsin's At-large congressional district (map). (D-WI). "With its cost-effective, high-power laser sources, Alfalight is helping secure Wisconsin's reputation as a leading center of high-tech companies, products, and ideas." For more information about Alfalight's commercial high-power laser diode A semiconductor-based laser used to generate analog signals or digital pulses for transmission through optical fibers. Both laser diodes and LEDs (light-emitting diodes) are used for this purpose, but the laser diode generates a smaller beam that is easier to couple with the smaller core pump sources Pump Source is an Indian directory of pump manufacturers, pump parts and pump-related products in that country. It has been published By the "Indian Trade Development" Ahmedabad Gujarat India, since 1986. , please contact Jeremy Draper at jdraper@alfalight.com or 608-240-4826. About Alfalight Alfalight, Inc. is a technology innovator and manufacturer of highly efficient and reliable high-power diode lasers for industrial, defense, and telecommunications markets worldwide. The company's advanced Aluminum-Free Active region (ALFA) diode lasers provide industry-leading efficiency, reliability, power, and brightness. Alfalight has exclusive license to patents that include high-power narrow-spectrum stabilized lasers, single-mode lasers, and short-wavelength lasers. Alfalight's current high-power diode laser product line includes free-space and fiber-coupled single emitters as well as fiber-coupled multi-emitter pump modules. For more information, visit www.alfalight.com. The name Alfalight and the Alfalight logo are both registered trademarks of Alfalight, Inc. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion