A novel chip-scale seed source at 1645nm for methane LIDARs

Completed TRL 3 (started at 1, targeting 3)

Description

In this program, Freedom Photonics will develop a novel miniature seed source for methane lidar applications. The source will be developed using photonic integration.

Benefits

Methane LIDAR

Methane and other gas detection, optical fiber sensing, optical communications

Details

Technology area	Sensors and Instruments > Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors > Lasers
Program	Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Tech Transfer (SBIR/STTR)
Lead organization	Freedom Photonics, LLC, Santa Barbara, CA
Start date	2019-08-19
End date	2020-02-18

Project contacts

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Amin R Nehrir — amin.r.nehrir@nasa.gov
Milan Mashanovitch

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