SBIR/STTR Research Award
Wollaston prism based interferometer for chemical and biological early warning
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Office for Chemical and Biological Defense
- Recipient company
- QUANTASPEC, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2011-06-20
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- LS3VTJBH7B14
- Solicitation number
- 2011.1
- Topic code
- CBD11-104
Research abstract
Rugged field spectrometers with no moving parts are needed for detecting chemical, biological, and explosive threats using the long wavelength infrared (LWIR)spectrum. QuantaSpec has successfully designed, developed, and tested a no moving parts spectrometer with a spectral range of 7 to 12 microns in a past project. This proposal will develop a rugged, simple, Wollaston prism spectrometer with no moving parts, a spectral range of at least 8 to 12 microns, and spectral resolution comparable to conventional FTIR spectroscopy. The proposed project will benefit from QuantaSpec's past experience in designing, developing, and testing similar spectrometers with no moving parts. QuantaSpec already has a majority of the components needed to build a Wollaston prism spectrometer and all of the components needed to test the spectrometer. Phase II will incorporate a light source, sample cell, and the Wollaston spectrometer into a complete detection system and its utility in chem/bio/explosive detection will be evaluated.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Multi-Color Long-wave Infrared (LWIR) Imagers for Infantry Applications
- High Brightness Long Wave Quantum Cascade Laser Development
- Compact Infrared Polarimeter for Target Tracking in Clutter
- Free Space Optical (FSO) Communications in a Radio Frequency (RF) Denied Environment
- Compact Infrared Polarimeter for Target Tracking in Clutter
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Wollaston prism based interferometer for chemical and biological early warning
- Ruggedized FTIR Spectrometer Based on Calomel Prisms
Research funding history
15 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2006–2019). Reported award amounts total $5,185,980. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security