SBIR/STTR Research Award
SOLAR-BLIND GAN/ALN UV AND VUV SENSOR
Award amount
$59,995Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1994Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- ASTRALUX, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- HJG2RTMJ9BE4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Astralux, Inc. will develolp a seminconductor sensor sensitive to bacuum ultraviolet photons. For this, we shall synthesize a wide bandgap semiconductor capable of forming a built-in electric field that will separate the photogenerated electron-hole pairs and produce a photovoltage in response to the incident UV. This sensor should have no response to light in the visible spectrum. In this project, new compounds will be synthesized that will respond in the 100-360 nm range. Doping of these materials will be investigated so that an optimized photovoltaic response can be obtained. Commercial applications include: monitoring sunspots and solar flares for space exploration, and monitoring chemical processes, furnaces, and reactor plumes.
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.
- SBIR Phase I: Improved X-band T/R Modules for High-Temperature/Power Operation
- SBIR Phase I: Advanced Manufacturing of Hybrid Wafers and Devices
- Portable E-beam Pumped UV/X-ray Bio-decontamination System
- Thermionic Conversion of Automotive Waste Heat
- Thermal Management via Hybrid Wafers and Devices
Research funding history
42 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1992–2007). Reported award amounts total $6,181,442. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy