SBIR/STTR Research Award
Ultrasensitive Mid-Infrared In Situ Spectrometer for Planetary Atmospheric Analysis
Award amount
$70,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Novawave Technologies
- Proposal award date
- 2004-01-16
- Contract end date
- 2004-07-19
- UEI
- NBJVFVXCNJ53
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- A7.03
Research abstract
The Small Business Innovative Research Phase I proposal seeks to develop a compact, robust in situ spectrometer capable of detecting multiple gas-phase species in planetary atmospheres with ultra-high sensitivity and selectivity. This instrument will employ a novel room-temperature, widely tunable mid-infrared laser source in conjunction with cavity ringdown spectroscopy. During Phase I, the 3.3 to 3.5 m spectral region will be targeted, which overlaps the spectral absorption features of variety of hydrocarbons, including methane, ethane, and formaldehyde. The ultra-high sensitivity of the proposed system will enable these species to be detected at concentrations below 7*107/cm3 per minute, which corresponds to a detection limit of <30 pptv in Earth?s atmosphere.
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.
- Compact, Airborne Multispecies Sensor
- Compact, Dual Channel, Mid-IR Laser Spectrometer
- Frequency Agile Mid-IR Source for Planetary Exploration
- Fieldable, Real-Time NO2 Sensor
- Low cost fieldable gamma-ray spectrometer
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Ultrasensitive Mid-Infrared In Situ Spectrometer for Planetary Atmospheric Analysis
- Acoustic Shear Stress Sensor for Flight Research
Research funding history
43 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2010). Reported award amounts total $12,743,800. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation