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PASSIVELY COOLED INSB DETECTOR ARRAYS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Missile Defense Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 3873
Amount: $425,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1987
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
23887 Madison St.
Torrance, CA 90505
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 William S. Chan Phd
 (213) 373-8779
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

A PASSIVELY-COOLED DETECTOR ARRAY TECHNOLOGY IN THE MID WAVELENGTH INFRARED (MWIR) REGION IS BEING SOUGHT FOR SPACEBORNE SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS. WE HAVE PROPOSED TO USE THE MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY (MBE) TECHNOLOGY TO FABRICATE HIGH-QUALITY INSB MATERIAL AND HIGHDETECTIVITY DETECTOR ARRAYS. THE RESULTANT ARRAYS, WHEN OPERATED AT TEMPERATURES ACHIEVABLE WITH PASSIVE COOLING WILL HAVE A DETECTIVITY COMPARABLE TO CURRENT DETECTOR OPERATING AT 100K. THE MILESTONES FOR PHASE I OF A THREE-PHASE PROGRAM ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND DEFINITION OF THE MBE PROCESSES TO ESTABLISH HIGH-QUALITY INSB EPITAXIAL LAYERS ON SUITABLE MWIR TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATES SUITABLE FOR FLIP-CHIP HYBRID ARRAY FABRICATION.

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