SBIR/STTR Research Award
Portable Raman Optical Trace Explosive Detection System
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Homeland Security
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Physical Optics Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- DG3AB4E8R4D8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
To address the need for a portable device to detect trace amounts of peroxide-based homemade explosives (HME) on individuals and packages in public transportation settings, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Portable Raman Optical Trace Explosive Detection (PROTEX) system. This man-portable noncontact system will agitate, sample and concentrate an air sample near the test object, followed by Raman optical analysis of this concentrate to determine whether HME or other explosive constituents are present. It features a throughput of three individuals/packages screened per minute; high sensitivity from ppm to ppb levels or lower of peroxide explosive vapor and single-microgram-sized particulates of HME residue; and high specificity with a false alarm rate well below 5%. The operationally safe system will require no consumables, and will consume
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Automated Camera Orientation Recovery Software
- Wavelet-Based Approach for Signal Processing and Analysis
- Automatic Deep Learning-based Target Identification with Semantic Reasoner for Autonomous Collaborative Weapons
- Miniaturize, Inexpensive, Automated Mid-Body Range Safety Subsystem
- Cryptographic Multi-Biometric Software System
Research funding history
1,933 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2021). Reported award amounts total $549,686,800. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security
Contractor profile
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Agency intelligence
Department of Homeland Security
NAICS intelligence
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