SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY SEEKS TO LICENSE THE TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD A BLUE (493 nm) YTTERBIUM SOLID STATE LASER
- Notice Date
- 9/28/2004
- 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-FBO89-04
- Response Due
- 10/29/2004
- Archive Date
- 11/1/2004
- Description
- LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY SEEKS TO LICENSE THE TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD A BLUE (493 nm) YTTERBIUM SOLID STATE LASER Announcement: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the University of California under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), wants to license the technology to build a blue (493nm +/- 3nm) Ytterbium solid state laser. Researchers at LLNL have developed an efficient, compact means of building a laser that emits blue laser light at a wavelength of 493 +/- 3 nm. This laser uses a laser diode-pumped ytterbium-doped laser crystal emitting on its zero phonon line (ZPL) resonance transition at a wavelength of 986 +/- 6 nm. A polarizer in the resonant cavity is used to force the laser gain medium to generate laser light on the zero-phonon-line (ZPL) transition. The output laser light is then frequency doubled into the blue spectral region through the use of a nonlinear harmonic doubler crystal. The preferred host crystals have strong ZPL fluorecence (laser) transitions lying in the spectral range from 980 to 992 nm. The laser can use many different types of ytterbium-doped crystals, but Yb:S-FAP is preferred gain medium of the blue laser device, since a polarizer is readily used to suppress the 1.05 micron oscillation and because 493 nm operation has a very low threshold. U.S. Patent #6,304,584 sets forth the different types of crystals that are suitable for use in this laser, as well as describing the other features of the laser?s design. This laser is useful for many applications in the field of medicine and biology. For example, this laser radiation will excite biofluorescent dyes (in the 490-496 nm spectral region) utilized in flow cytometry, immunoassay, DNA sequencing, and other biofluorescence instruments. Note: THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT. Companies interested in commercializing LLNL's blue Ytterbium solid state laser 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 89-04 Please provide your written statement within thirty (30) days from the date this announcement is published to ensure consideration of your interest in LLNL's blue ytterbium solid state laser.
- Record
- SN00683248-W 20040930/040928211653 (fbodaily.com)
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