SBIR/STTR Research Award
SBIR Phase I: Hydrogen Passivation of As-Grown Defects in CdZnTe for Improved Gamma Detection
Award amount
$99,336Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- AMETHYST RESEARCH INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- PXQASG336J91
- Solicitation number
- NSF 07-551
- Topic code
- EL
Research abstract
This SBIR Phase I research project is to improve the performance of CdZnTe based gamma ray detectors by passivating as grown defects through a hydrogenization process. These defects are a source of leakage current and contribute to the backgound noise of the detectors. Successful completion of this research will improve the performance of gamma ray detectors in applications ranging from Astronomy to the medical fields. Passivation is a low cost process compared to growing material with inherently low defect concentrations.
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.
- Two-color Mid-Wave Infrared (MWIR) LED Array Infrared Scene Projector (IRSP)
- Development of a Process Technology for the Manufacture of Low-C-SWaP PbSe MWIR Focal Plane Arrays
- Development of a Domestic Supply of Large, High-performance LiNbO3 Crystals
- Plasmonic-Enhanced Type II Superlattice (T2SL) for High-Performance, High-Temperature LWIR/VLWIR Imaging
- Low-Cost High Sensitivity Subsurface CO2 Measurement System
Research funding history
73 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2005–2025). Reported award amounts total $29,873,783. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce