SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY SEEKS A LICENSEE TO LICENSE THE TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE THIN DISK LASERS
- Notice Date
- 7/13/2004
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 238990
— All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (DOE Contractor), Industrial Partnerships & Commercialization, 7000 East Avenue L-795, Livermore, CA, 94550
- ZIP Code
- 94550
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-FBO77-04
- Response Due
- 8/16/2004
- Archive Date
- 8/17/2004
- Point of Contact
- Connie Pitcock, Administration, Phone 925-422-1072, Fax 925-423-8988,
- E-Mail Address
-
pitcock1@llnl.gov
- Description
- LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY SEEKS A LICENSEE TO LICENSE THE TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE THIN DISK LASERS Announcement: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the University of California under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is seeking industrial partners willing to license the technology to design and produce thin disk lasers. LLNL has a history of working on thin disk laser technology. Thin disk lasers promise to provide a laser with high power, high beam quality, high efficiency, and low weight. The technology also has the promise of scaling to extremely high power. These favorable attributes result directly from the geometry of the thin disk laser itself. The thin disk is inherently lightweight. The dominant heat flow direction is aligned with the laser beam propagation, which reduces phase distortion from the laser beam aperture. Finally, because the facture-limited thermal power varies inversely with its thickness, the thin-disk laser can scale to high average power. The LLNL technology uses a different approach from the most popular form of the laser as developed by the University of Stuttgart, which involves the use of multi-pass pump geometries. The LLNL technology uses a thin-disk gain-loaded layer bonded to an index matched undoped disk (cap). The undoped disk (cap) serves several purposes: enables side pumping of the thin disk by guiding the pump light, suppresses Amplified Spontaneous Emissions (ASE) and parasitics by more than a factor of ten, adds mechanical strength to the fragile thin disk, and helps with the cooling of the thin disk. LLNL currently has government funding to work on this technology, and actively working on improving the performance of the prototype laser. LLNL believes the technology is sufficiently mature at this point (refer to U.S. Patents 6,347,109 and 6,763,050) to engage a commercial partner to commercialize the laser. LLNL is also willing to engage in further collaborative research with a commercial partner, if desired by the commercial partner. Note: THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT. Companies interested in commercializing LLNL's Thin Disk Laser technology should provide a written statement of interest, which includes the following: 1. Company Name and address 2. The name, address, and telephone number of a point of contact 3. A description of corporate expertise and facilities relevant to commercializing this technology Written responses should be directed to: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Industrial Partnerships and Commercialization P.O. Box 808, L-795 Livermore, CA 94551-0808 Attention: FBO 77-04 Please provide your written statement within thirty (30) from the date this announcement is published to ensure consideration of your interest in LLNL's Thin Disk Laser technology.
- Record
- SN00619815-W 20040715/040713211744 (fbodaily.com)
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