Femtosecond fiber lasers

该项目的目标是成立一家初创公司，致力于飞秒光纤激光器的商业化，以满足10亿美元的服务市场。基于对最重要的细分市场的仔细分析，我们将专注于显微镜作为市场进入应用，原因有两个：1）显微镜应用不需要任何监管部门的批准，并将提供直接的收入来源，这将推动我们走向更有利可图的细分市场，以及2）由于所提出的产品将作为当前使用的昂贵得多的固态激光器的直接替代品出售给显微镜公司，因此预期快速的市场采用。申请人已经开发出一种新型飞秒光纤激光器技术，其以现有固态激光器对应部件的一小部分成本提供高输出功率（> 0.4W）、短脉冲（<300fs）。我们技术的新奇是双重的。第一种是在整个光腔中使用光增益介质，而不是使用一小段增益光纤。第二个方面是消除了色散补偿机制，导致更高的输出功率、更大的稳定性和更简单的腔。申请人需要I2I的资金来开发便携式全光纤飞秒激光器原型。申请人一直在与一些显微镜合作伙伴进行讨论，并将在项目期间继续进行这些讨论，目的是为该技术争取一个alpha客户。 有了一个忠诚的客户，我们将创建一个初创公司，将寻求风险投资者的融资，阿尼斯博士与谁有一个强大的关系，根据她的初创经验。

The objective of this project is to launch a start-up company dedicated to the commercialization of femtosecond fiber lasers to address a one billion dollar serviceable market. Based on a careful analysis of the most important market segments, we will focus on microscopy as the market entry application, for two reasons -1) the microscopy application does not require any regulatory approvals and will provide an immediate revenue source that will propel us towards more lucrative market segments, and 2) rapid market adoption is expected since the proposed product will be sold to microscopy companies as a direct replacement for the much more expensive solid state lasers that are currently used. The applicant has developed a novel femtosecond fiber laser technology that delivers high output power (> 0.4W), short pulses (<300fs) at a fraction of the cost of existing solid state laser counter-parts. The novelty of our technology is twofold. The first is the use of the optical gain medium throughout the optical cavity instead of using a short piece of gain fiber. The second aspect is the elimination of dispersion compensation mechanisms resulting in higher output power, greater stability, and a simpler cavity. The applicant require funding from I2I to develop a portable all fiber femtosecond laser prototype. The applicant has been in discussions with a number of microscopy partners and will continue those discussions through the duration of the project, with the goal of securing an alpha customer for the technology. With a committed customer, we will create a start-up company that will seek financing from venture capital investors, with whom Dr. Anis has a strong relationship based on her start-up experience.