Multi-Spectral Sensors and Cameras for Test Applications

"The objective of the program is to develop a 30 Hz frame-rate, multi-megapixel image sensor that is capable of efficient light detection over the entire 290nm to 900nm wavelength range. All of the cost, size/weight and power efficiency advantages generallyassociated with CMOS-based sensors will be provided. To do this, the range of wavelength coverage of e-Phocus' existing Photoconductor On Active Pixel (POAP) visible sensor technology will be extended into both the ultraviolet and near infrared regionsthrough innovative modifications of materials and heterostructure design. The Phase I program will set the stage for the Phase II effort by determining, through analysis, the lowest risk approaches for the required POAP technology enhancements andestablishing, through a simple laboratory demonstration, that the most serious risk factor associated with the basic approach is not a "show stopper". Other major results of the Phase I effort will be the creation of a conceptual design for an operationaland useful broadband multi-spectral sensor, and generation of a detailed Work Plan for developing and testing that sensor, as the principal focus of the Phase II effort. If successful, the program will demonstrate a baseline sensor approach that cansatisfy a large subset of MDA and other military/government uv-NIR imaging requirements. It, also, will provide the basic building block for a multitude of diverse commercial sensor products.The MDA