AXEL: Alexandrite Ring Cavity Lasers for Commercial Quantum Technology. TSB Application Number: 79958-520147

AXEL：用于商业量子技术的紫翠玉环腔激光器。

基本信息

批准号：
EP/R00420X/1
负责人：
Michael Damzen
金额：
$ 22.18万
依托单位：
Imperial College London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2017 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FR00420X%2F1
关键词：
AXEL Alexandrite Ring Cavity Lasers

项目摘要

The objective of the project is to develop beyond state-of-the-art highly stabilised laser sources whose high performance coupled with cost-effectiveness and compact size enhances access of researchers/technologists into a broad range of Quantum Technologies (QTs) and provides the basis for integration into future commercial Quantum Technology instrumentation. Diode-pumped Alexandrite laser technology will be developed in a commercial platform with precision highly-stabilised wavelength tunablility over a broad band and sub-MHz ultra-narrowlinewidth control, as required for Quantum Technology applications. The ability to directly diode-pump the vibronic solid-state Alexandrite laser provides the basis as a significantly lower cost, more compact replacement to the current mainstream titanium-sapphire laser technology. Due to direct diode-pumping the Alexandrite technology has excellent power scaling potential to the multi-W and multi-ten-Watt power level addressing future demands in commercially-scaled QT systems.The project brings together commercial partner, M-Squared Lasers (MSL) and academic team at Imperial College London (IC). The IC academic team are the world-leading group in diode-pumped Alexandrite lasers, with world-record demonstrations of highest power (>26W), highest efficiency, and broadest tuning range, and notable first Q-switching and cavity-dumped Q-switching developments made for satellite-based lidar application for the European Space Agency (ESA). MSL bring a track record for innovative commercial laser development and award-winning laser products. The scientific and technical expertise of the IC group combined with the engineering, commercial and market knowledge skills of MSL provides a solid basis to accelerate the translation of Alexandrite laser technology from research laboratory to a new specification and commercial product platform to address the growing needs of Quantum Technologies.An Alexandrite Ring Laser (ARL) pre-prototype system will be designed with wavelength tuning and narrowlinewidth control, and significant power target, leading to a first pre-prototype ARL to be built and performance characterised at Imperial (Milestone 1). A second pre-prototype ARL system will be built at MSL to provide further performance optimisation of specification and operation as a demonstrator for QT applications (Milestone 2). Imperial will modify the first pre-prototype for demonstration and validation of feasibility of power scaling (Milestone 3). MSL will couple their pre-prototype to QT application with demonstration to potential users (Milestone 4). Market study and Technology Roadmap will be made for the development of the Alexandrite laser technology and its commercialisation (Milestone 5).The successful outcome of this project will lead to new cutting-edge laser technology with highest performance and low cost/compact format that will enable current and future Quantum Technology processes and applications including cooling, atomic clocks and gyroscopes for navigation; gravimeters for military and earth observation; secure communications etc.

该项目的目的是开发超出最先进的高度稳定的激光来源，其高性能以及成本效益和紧凑的尺寸可增强研究人员/技术人员进入广泛的量子技术（QTS），并为将未来的商业量子技术仪器集成为基础。二极管泵送的Alexandrite激光技术将在一个商业平台中开发，该平台具有量子技术应用所需的宽带和Sub-MHz Ultra-NarrowlineWidth控制，具有精确的高度稳定的波长可触摸性。振动固态alexandrite激光器直接二极管泵送的能力为基础提供了明显较低的成本，更紧凑地替换了当前主流钛钛激光技术。由于直接限制了二极管，Alexandrite技术具有出色的功率扩展潜力，可为多W和多瓦特功率级别提供，以满足商业缩放的QT系统的未来需求。该项目汇集了商业合作伙伴M-Squared Lasers（MSL）和伦敦帝国学院的学术团队（IC）。 IC学术团队是全球领先的小组亚历山大激光器，其中包括世界纪录的最高功率（> 26W），最高效率和最广泛的调音范围，并且是针对基于欧洲太空空间机构（ESA）的LIDAR LIDAR申请的最初的Q-Switching和First Q-Switching和Fiven Q-Switching和Favite Q-Switching和cavity dump的Q-Switching开发项目。 MSL为创新的商业激光开发和屡获殊荣的激光产品带来了记录。 IC群体的科学和技术专业知识与MSL的工程，商业和市场知识技能相结合，提供了一个可靠的基础，可以加速Alexandrite激光技术从研究实验室转换为新规范和商业产品平台，以满足量子技术不断增长的需求。在帝国（Milestone 1）的特征是建造和性能的前型ARL。将在MSL上构建第二个预型ARL系统，以进一步优化规范和操作，作为QT应用程序的演示器（Milestone 2）。 Imperial将修改第一个用于演示和验证功率缩放可行性的预型（Milestone 3）。 MSL将将其前型与QT应用程序与潜在用户相结合（Milestone 4）。市场研究和技术路线图将用于开发Alexandrite激光技术及其商业化（里程碑5）。该项目的成功结果将导致具有最高性能和低成本/紧凑格式的新的尖端激光技术，该技术将启用当前和未来的量子技术流程和应用程序，包括冷却，原子钟和gyomic colks and Gyomic和Gyroscopes for Naver naver naver naver naverave naverave naverave naverave naverave naverave naver naver naver naveragitiation navaigation；军事和地球观察的重量表；安全通信等