Visible Blind Detectors for UV Surveillance

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense

Branch: Missile Defense Agency

Contract: N/A

Agency Tracking Number: 26195

Amount: $50,038.00

Phase: Phase I

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1994

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.

44 Hunt Street

Watertown, MA 02172

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Name: Gerald Entine, Phd
Phone: (617) 926-1167

Business Contact

Phone: () -

Research Institution

N/A

Abstract

ADVANCES IN SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY HAVE RESULTED IN VAST NEW TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES AND HAVE AFFECTED EVERY ASPECT OF MODERN LIFE. ONE SUCH APPLICATION WHERE ADVANCES IN SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SPACE EXPLORATION IS UV DETECTORS. THE IDEAL UV DETECTOR WOULD BE A SOLID STATE DEVICE WITH HIGH RESPONSITIVITY TO UV LIGHT AND NEGLIGIBLE RESPONSITIVITY TO VISIBLE LIGHT. IT WOULD MAKE POSSIBLE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN SPACE INSTRUMENTATION AND SOLAR OBSERVATIONS. THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP A NEW SOLID STATE VISIBLE-BLIND UV DETECTOR. THIS DETECTOR BASED ON A NEW WIDE BANDGAP TERNARY SEMICONDUCTOR BORON NITRIDE PHOSPHIDE BNxP1-x HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DISPLAY SELECTIVE UV ABSORPTION AS WELL AS GOOD LONG TERM STABILITY.

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Visible Blind Detectors for UV Surveillance