The US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and US DoD Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E) are seeking bilateral US-Australia proposals for fundamental research in directed energy, particularly in relation to the advancement of high power laser and microwave systems.
- 2-page white papers due 12 June 2023
- projects will run for three years with up to USD$150,000 per year for each PI (ie up to $900,000 per collaboration over the 3 years)
- US collaborator must be from a US academic institution or DoD laboratory
- Australian collaborator must be from an Australian academic institution
- one application per PI
Suggested Scientific Areas for Fundamental Research under AUSDEP
- High Power Lasers (Continuous Wave or Long Pulse, but not Ultra-short)
– Pulse shaping / compression, power scaling
– Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) suppression/mitigation - Novel wavelengths in both continuous wave (CW) and pulsed lasers
– Raman lasers and high efficiency wavelength conversion
– Near infra-red (NIR), Mid-infrared (MIR) and/or eye-safe lasers - Beam dynamics and propagation
– Adaptive optics and atmospheric compensation
– Beam shaping, multi-beam combination & phasing - Compact high power laser sources
– Semiconductor lasers
– Fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers and novel fiber wavelengths/materials/profiles - High power radio frequency & microwaves
– High frequency / high power amplifiers
– Fast solid state pulsed power
– Gyromagnetic / nonlinear transmission lines
– Materials, components, and manufacturing processes for high power electromagnetism
Supporting document
Program Announcement:AUS-US DE Program APAN Call
