SBIR/STTR Research Award

LANTHANUM-NITRIDE/SILICON SUPERLATTICE INFRARED DETECTOR BY MOCVD

Award identifier 0fbc2538aa3ad63820173c275dbfd0b208e3ca6d0a559117082d3a3829763cbbAwarding agency Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency

Award amount

$63,261

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

1991

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Missile Defense Agency
Recipient company
Spire Corporation
Proposal award date
Not reported
Contract end date
Not reported
UEI
RG46KJGARZF4
Solicitation number
Not reported
Topic code
Not reported

Research abstract

LANTHANUM NITRIDE IS A SEMI-METAL WITH A BANDGAP OF 40MRY AND A CRYSTAL LATTICE PARAMETER CLOSE TO THAT OF SILICON. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT A SUPERLATTICE OF LAN AND SI CAN BE FASHIONED WITH AN EFFECTIVE GAP OF 0.1 EV, SUITABLE FOR LONG WAVELENGTH INFRARED DETECTION. IN PHASE I, SPIRE WILL ATTEMPT TO DEPOSIT LAN EPITAXIALLY ON SILICON BY LOW PRESSURE METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION, AND MEASURE ITS ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES. LAN HAS NEVER BEEN DEPOSITED BEFORE BY CVD. THIS RESEARCH IS NOW POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SOURCE CHEMICALS RELATED TO STUDIES OF HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS. FABRICATION OF A SUPERLATTICE STRUCTURE WOULD BE ATTEMPTED IN PHASE II.

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.

Research funding history

429 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2014). Reported award amounts total $73,907,551. 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 Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commerce

Agency intelligence

Department of Defense

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