DARPA seeks proposals for solutions concerning pulse lasers for use as low phase noise microwave oscillators for secure communications among other applications. Pulsed lasers are known as frequency combs because they are composed of thousands of individual laser lines, equally separated in frequency like the teeth of a comb. DARPA is looking for methods of efficiently controlling the entire electromagnetic spectrum by using frequency combs to generate and engineer waves in the optical domain and then down or up-convert those waveforms to the desired wavelength. DARPA’s Program in Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering (PULSE) aims to enable synchronization, metrology and communications applications for DoD by advancing compact, high power and environmentally insensitive frequency comb technology. PULSE welcomes proposals from U.S. and international researchers and is expected to span over a five year time-scale.
Proposals Sought for Pulsed Lasers to Control Electromagnetic Spectrum
