SBIR/STTR Research Award
Uncooled Solid-State Spectrometer Detector with Ultimate Sensitivity
Award amount
$119,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Lightspin Technologies Inc
- Proposal award date
- 2006-11-17
- Contract end date
- 2007-11-30
- UEI
- M29HE5CKLCF8
- Solicitation number
- 2006.2
- Topic code
- A06-065
Research abstract
LightSpin Technologies, Inc. proposes to develop an innovative solid-state microchannel plate (SSMCP) detector for the focal plane of LIBS instruments. It is a true solid-state replacement for vacuum microchannel plate technologies such as those used in intensified CCDs, and will provide sensitivity down to single photons with 16 bits of dynamic range, quantum efficiency above 40%, and uncooled dark count rates around a kcps/pixel. The spectral response of 200 to 900 nm can be readjusted if necessary. No pre-amplification, high voltages or cooling are needed. Phase I will prove all risk factors. Phase II offers a 1D array of 1024 pixels at 25 um pitch, each pixel being 2.5 mm high.
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.
- Novel silicon based Photomultiplier Chip
- Ultraviolet and Solar Blind Single Photon Diode Arrays
- Radiation-tolerant, high-density GaInP SPAD arrays
- SiPM Array detector for 50 ps CTR
- InGaAs Photomultiplier Chip Photon Counting Array for 1550 nm Operation
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Uncooled Solid-State Spectrometer Detector with Ultimate Sensitivity
- High Sensitivity Rugged Array Detectors for Field Deployed Instruments: Low-Light Level Camera for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and Ram
- High Sensitivity Rugged Array Detectors for Field Deployed Instruments: Low-Light Level Camera for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and Ram
Research funding history
31 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2002–2021). Reported award amounts total $9,503,040. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation