This SBIR Phase I contract, awarded by NASA to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer, funds the development of a prototype 100-watt thulium (Tm) fiber laser suitable for NASA spaceflight and long-duration UAV missions. The laser is designed to provide the 1940 nm peak pump power needed to generate 80 mJ/pulse for Integrated Path Differential Absorption (IPDA) LIDAR, enabling simultaneous measurements of CO2 and water vapor from a low-Earth orbit satellite. The $124,883 firm-fixed-price...
This is a NASA SBIR Phase II contract awarded to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer specializing in advanced photonics and engineering services. Under this $2,581,999.00 contract, Fibertek will design, build, and test a hardened version of a single-frequency, end-pumped laser with an optical-to-optical efficiency of X%. The contractor will also perform breadboard amplifier tests to demonstrate energy scaling to "X" MJ/pulse and ultraviolet (UV) output to "X" W...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $749,787.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract to Fibertek, Inc. to develop and demonstrate a spaceflight prototype of a wideband, high-power 50-watt, 1.5-micron fiber laser transmitter. This laser transmitter will support high data-rate wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) operation for space optical communication links, enabling over 100 times the data rate of current space laser...
The U.S. government awarded a $749,852 Firm Fixed Price contract to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services located in Herndon, Virginia. The contract, awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II, is for the development of a "HIGH POWER (50W), 1.5UM WDM FIBER LASER TRANSMITTER WITH EFFECTIVE FWM MITIGATION" for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Fibertek, Inc. is experienced...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Fibertek, Inc., a for-profit small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services. The contract, valued at $124,944, is for the design, development, and testing of a spaceflight prototype 2051 nm Thulium-doped fiber amplifier (TDFA) optical master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) suitable for NASA spaceflight and long-duration unmanned...
This is a $999,833 firm-fixed-price federal contract awarded to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer, by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. The contract is for the development of "novel solid-state lasers for space-based water vapor DIAL" (Differential Absorption Lidar), which are advanced laser systems used for remote sensing of atmospheric water vapor...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services. The $899,851 contract is for the development of a novel laser transmitter for planned airborne and space-based active remote sensing missions, specifically focused on differential absorption lidar (DIAL) measurements of atmospheric water vapor and methane. This...
This is a $3,180,246.00 firm fixed price federal contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services. The contract is for the design of an erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Er:YAG) laser transmitter, which will advance the technology readiness level (TRL) to 6. The project is funded through NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III, which...
This is a $1,309,409.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and laser systems. The contract is for the development of a Space-Based Laser Transmitter for Water and Methane DIAL under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. Fibertek has significant experience delivering specialized laser and lidar solutions to NASA, the...
This $124,753 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center (SSC) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services. The contract requires Fibertek to develop a novel laser source designed to meet the needs of planned space-based atmospheric water-vapor differential absorption lidar (DIAL) instruments. The approach is...