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Affordable Large-Format Mid-Infrared (IR) Imagers Using Large Metamorphic InSb-on-GaAs Wafers
Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8718-06-C-0052
Agency Tracking Number: F061-212-3467
Amount:
$100,000.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code:
AF06-212
Solicitation Number:
2006.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year:
2006
Award Year:
2006
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date):
2006-06-19
Award End Date (Contract End Date):
2007-07-15
Small Business Information
One Tara Boulevard, Suite 102
Nashua, NH
03062
United States
DUNS:
168454770
HUBZone Owned:
No
Woman Owned:
No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
No
Principal Investigator
Name: Mani Sundaram
Title: CEO & President
Phone: (603) 821-3092
Email: msundaram@qmagiq.com
Title: CEO & President
Phone: (603) 821-3092
Email: msundaram@qmagiq.com
Business Contact
Name: Axel Reisinger
Title: CTO
Phone: (603) 821-3092
Email: areisinger@qmagiq.com
Title: CTO
Phone: (603) 821-3092
Email: areisinger@qmagiq.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract
We propose epitaxial InSb grown on large metamorphic GaAs substrates as a platform to enable large affordable mid-infrared focal plane arrays (FPAs). In Phase 1, we will design and grow a number of metamorphic buffers to accommodate the lattice mismatch between InSb and GaAs. Their quality will be evaluated in actual focal plane arrays that we will fabricate and test. Phase 1 will experimentally test the feasibility of this approach. If successful, Phase 2 will quantify manufacturability and yield issues of InSb FPAs on 6-inch GaAs substrates.
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