Fiber-laser contracts.

Aculight (Bothell, WA) has secured four new contracts totaling more than $2 million to enhance the capabilities of its Picasso line of erbium-ytterbium fiber lasers and 1-[micro]m ytterbium fiber lasers for applications ranging from undersea communications to three-dimensional laser radar (LADAR). Under a $70,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command has contracted Aculight to develop a compact blue/green fiber laser for high-speed undersea communications. Under a Navy Phase II SBIR contract for $750,000, Aculight will develop a compact, efficient, green fiber laser for use …