Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATES
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2013-09-26 to 2016-12-31
Current total value of award: $144042
Description: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING TASK REQUIREMENTS:3.1. CONTRACTOR SHALL USE LANGLEY'S QUANTUM MECHANICAL MODEL, WHERE APPLICABLE, TO PREDICT LASER MATERIAL CANDIDATES.  THE GOVERNMENT WILL EDUCATE THE CONTRACTOR REGARDING THE USE OF THE QUANTUM MECHANICAL MODEL.  ELEMENTS PR, SM, AND DY ARE OF INTEREST AND VARIOUS HOST SHALL NEED TO BE DETERMINED.  THE LANTHANIDE ATOMS IN YAG SHALL BE USED TO START THE PROCESS AND SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE ENERGY LEVELS.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO INVESTIGATE LANTHANIDE DOPED LOW PHONON FLUORIDE MATERIALS.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONTACT VENDORS AND DETERMINE THE AVAILABILITY OF SPECTROSCOPY SAMPLES.  3.2. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL OPERATE A GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MID INFRARED SPECTROMETER TO MEASURE ABSORPTION AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA OF THE CANDIDATE LASER MATERIALS.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL USE VARIOUS PUMP LASERS FOR MEASURE THE DECAY TIME. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL RECORD AND ANALYZE THE DECAY TIME AND THE SPECTRA OF VARIOUS MATERIAL CANDIDATES.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL USE THIS INFORMATION TO VERIFY THE QUANTUM MECHANICAL MODEL PREDICTIONS THAT SERVE AS INPUT PARAMETERS FOR LASER MODELS.   3.3. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEVELOP LASER MODELS AND OPTIMIZE LASER CONFIGURATION FOR THE MID-IR LASER OPERATION WITH THE CANDIDATE LASER MATERIALS.