SBIR/STTR Research Award
DETECTOR ARRAYS FROM THE DIRECT DEPOSITION OF SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS ON DIAMONDS
Award amount
$499,447Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Talandic Research Corp.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A METHOD WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOR FABRICATING DETECTOR ARRAYS OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING (HTSC) THIN FILMS DIRECTLY ON DIAMOND SUBSTRATES. DIAMOND IS USED TO EXPLOIT THE POTENTIALLY WIDE WAVELENGTH RESPONSIVITY OF THESE FILMS THROUGH NON-BOLOMETRIC MECHANISMS. LITHOGRAPHICTECHNIQUES ARE DESCRIBED WHICH WILL HELP COMPENSATE FOR THE EXTREME THERMOPHYSICAL MISMATCH BETWEEN DIAMOND AND THESE SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS. A METHOD WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOR FABRICATING DETECTOR ARRAYS OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING (HTSC) THIN FILMS DIRECTLY ON DIAMOND SUBSTRATES. DIAMOND IS USED TO EXPLOIT THE POTENTIALLY WIDE WAVELENGTH RESPONSIVITY OF THESE FILMS THROUGH NON-BOLOMETRIC MECHANISMS. LITHOGRAPHICTECHNIQUES ARE DESCRIBED WHICH WILL HELP COMPENSATE FOR THE EXTREME THERMOPHYSICAL MISMATCH BETWEEN DIAMOND AND THESE SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS.
Technology keywords
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