SBIR/STTR Research Award
Manufacturable Geiger-Mode InGaAs/InP Avalanche Photodiodes for Near-Infrared Photon Counting
Award amount
$75,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Commerce
- Branch
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Recipient company
- Sensors Unlimited, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- LGMFFHJ28878
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Application of NIR photon counting technology is impeded by the marginal performance of available detectors. We will develop new InGaAs/InP APD designs optimized for Geiger mode photon counting, delivering ten re-designed APDs, having detection probability greater than 50% and dark count rate less than ten thousand per second. During Phase II we will develop a new computer model of the Geiger mode APD, and use the model to produce improved designs with higher photon detection probability, lower dark count rate, and less afterpulsing. At the conclusion of Phase II we will deliver a turnkey photon counting detector module to NIST incorporating these enhanced APDs. COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: Potential commercial applications of the research include quantum-key distribution, silicon VLSI failure analysis, advanced wind profile and Raman LIDAR, three-dimensional imaging LIDAR, ultrasensitive Raman spectroscopy, and real-time measurement of singlet oxygen in biomedicine.
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.
- Turn-key Near-Infrared Photon-Counting Detector Module for LIDAR Applications
- 1280x1024 InGaAs Camera for Visible and Short-wave Infrared Imaging
- A 1920x1080 Pixel Visible and Shortwave Infrared Focal Plane Array and Camera for Night Vision Imaging
- A 1920x1080 Pixel Visible and Shortwave Infrared Focal Plane Array and Camera for Night Vision Imaging
- Uncooled, Long-Life Wavefront/Tracking Sensor
Research funding history
78 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1992–2005). Reported award amounts total $17,490,172. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce