SBIR/STTR Research Award
LWIR Focal Plane Arrays based on Type-II InAs/GaSb Superlattices
Award amount
$1,031,650Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- MP Technologies, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2009-06-01
- Contract end date
- 2012-05-31
- UEI
- UHNEBSGY17T6
- Solicitation number
- 2007.3
- Topic code
- MDA07-032
Research abstract
Infrared photon sensors presently available for ballistic missile defense applications, with a cutoff wavelength ~10 micron, are based on HgCdTe. These suffer from a high non-uniformity and thus a high focal plane array cost. The most promising alternative is III-V compound semiconductor superlattices based on arsenides and antimonides, such as Type-II InAs/GaSb superlattices, which are expected to exhibit higher quantum efficiency and uniformity than current systems. This Phase II project plans to capitalize on previous Phase I and Phase II efforts, integrating them in order to advance the technology for Type-II InAs/GaSb superlattices in order to demonstrate and deliver prototype 256x320 focal plane arrays with an ~10 micron cutoff wavelength. This improved device will incorporate a hybrid M-structure – double-heterostructure design for significantly improved R0A and overall device performance.
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
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- Ring-Cavity Surface-Emitting Quantum Cascade Laser Array
- High-performance 1024x1024 MWIR/LWIR Dual-band InAs/GaSb Type-II Superlattice-based Camera System
- Array Packaging of High Power, High Efficiency, Quantum Cascade Lasers
- III-Nitride Based High-Power 340 nm Lasers
- Surface Leakage Suppression in LWIR Type-II Superlattice Photodetectors Using Electrical Gating Technique
Awards with the same topic code
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- Hybrid Direct-Detect and Coherent Flash Ladar Receivers for Enhanced Sensitivity and Target Discrimination
- Ultra-Large-Format 2Kx2K 2-Color Midwave/Midwave Infrared Focal Plane Array for the AirBorne Laser Program
- Near-IR Enhanced CMOS Sensor for LADAR Imaging
- Hybrid Direct-Detect and Coherent Flash Ladar Receivers for Enhanced Sensitivity and Target Discrimination
- Feasibility Study of VLWIR InAs/GaSb Type-II Superlattice for Focal Plane Arrays.
Research funding history
58 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2000–2015). Reported award amounts total $21,029,657. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration