Alfalight receives $3.8 million Air Force laser contract
Laptop Battery By Les Chappell • 10/26/04
Madison, Wis. Alfalight, a manufacturer of high-powered
diode lasers, announced on Tuesday it has received a $3.8 million
research and development contract with the Air Force research
laboratory in New Mexico. The lab wants Alfalight to, over the next
18 months, develop a multimode laser with an output wavelength that
can tolerate changes in temperature, current, and manufacturing
variations.
By WTN News • 04 Madison, Wis. With the help of additional funding recently received from DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), Alfalight' power diode laser bars isare ready for the market. The company recently received a $3.9 million DARPA grant that enabled it to further develop its technology and increase the efficiency of their diode laser products. power diode laser bars and is available in sample or high volume quantities at all standard wavelengths.
Thinkpad This grant from the Air Force allows us to do valuable
developmental workin producing a laser bar for higher power, said
Robert Williamson, Alfalights director of business development. Its
a great contract on a government and commercial level.
He began his career in the U.S. Air Force where he served as chief of satellite operations in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. He is chairman of the board of directors for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the U.S. Air Force Academy and master's degrees in computer science and computer engineering from Stanford University. He also has an honorary doctorate from the University of Colorado.
Microsoft In developing this project, Alfalight will put a holographic
feedback system into the cavity of the laser. This will help to
stabilize the wavelength and narrow the linewidth of the laser
beam, determining the output with better precision. Since the
optical feedback system will be built as part of the laser body, it
will improve the manufacturing yield with no major cost, the
company said.
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Laptop Computers Alfalight expects to be able to make advancements in commercial
and defense laser designs. Williamson said that by developing new
pumping schemes to drive the light into fiber crystals, the control
of the laser beams is improved to the point where they can be
layered on top of each other. These improved lasers can then be
applied in fields such as industrial welding and cutting of
materials, micro-machining, and semiconductor processing.
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Laptop Computer This effort builds on Alfalight's previous successful
development programs, U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, a Democrat from
Wisconsin and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said
in a statement. The achievement of this project's goals will lead
to improved laser performance and innovative new types of laser
systems, and holds the promise of increased jobs and market share
that will greatly benefit the company and the state.
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Desktop Computer Last October, Alfalight received a $3.9 million grant from the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, as part of the
Super High Efficiency Diode Source program. They demonstrated 65
percent total power conversion efficiency for 970-nanometer laser
material, and are attempting to meet a goal of 80 percent in the
next 18 months.
Notebooks Williamson credited the grants and contracts for giving
Alfalight the necessary resources to move forward. Theres a broad
range of various outputs [the grants] enable us to have
differentiated technology that does not exist right now, he
said.
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