Objective Diode lasers are more efficient than any other laser and feature the highest reliability. They are already very strong contenders in the commercial marketplace. Laser diodes are a basic technology for a diversity of applications, such as pumping of solid-state lasers, communications and material processing. At the same time, there are clearly certain deficiencies in their performance that have become critical for many demanding applications e.g. their low spatial and temporal coherence. The consequences of this are a too broad spectral line-width and a poor beam quality. With respect to the spectral range, present laser diode technology (especially for high power) is limited to the near infrared region. Recent advances of GaN technology has resulted in the commercialisation of low power (several tens of mW) blue laser diodes around 400 nm. However, large portions of the spectrum are not yet covered by laser diodes.The main aim of this project is the development of low cost, mass production technology for optical components based on volume Bragg gratings in advanced photorefractive materials that control the spatial and temporal coherence of laser diode radiation. As a result, a new generation of diode lasers with a very narrow line width and high spatial coherence will be developed and commercialised. As a logical continuation, the second aim is the integration of nonlinear crystals with periodic domain inversion. These will enable the efficient frequency conversion of the high brightness, narrow band laser diode radiation by means of second harmonic generation. This new generation of lasers will find many new applications in different markets. The frequency converted lasers will cover large portions of the spectrum that are not attainable at present by laser diodes. The partners have extensive academic and technological backgrounds in lasers, materials and nonlinear optics. The successful completion of this project will give them a worldwide competitive status. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsnonlinear opticsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2004-SME-COOP See other projects for this call Funding Scheme COOPERATIVE - Coordinator BIAS - BREMER INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE STRAHLTECHNIK GMBH Address Klagenfurter str. 2 Bremen Germany See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SICO TECHNOLOGY GMBH Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bleiberg-noetsch 176 Bad bleiberg See on map Other funding No data DAREN LABORATORIES AND SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANTS LTD. Israel EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hamazmerah 13 Nes zion See on map Links Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ALPHALAS GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bertha-von-suttner-str. 5 Goettingen See on map Links Website Opens in new window Other funding No data INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS - ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC Czechia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Chaberska 57 Prague See on map Links Website Opens in new window Other funding No data FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY - HELLAS (FO.R.T.H.) Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Vassilika vouton 1527 Heraklion, crete See on map Links Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA - ESTUDI GENERAL Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenida blasco ibanez, 13 Valencia See on map Links Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
