SBIR/STTR Research Award
Universal Photo-Acoustic Sensor System
Award amount
$99,993Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- 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
72793S03-I Hard X-ray (10 to 250 keV) imaging detection, used in nuclear physics experiments, requires very high (~20 micron) spatial and timing (~1 ns) resolution in a large format (several hundred cm2), very low background noise, high dynamic range, radiation hardness, and compatibility with direct digital readout options. This project will develop improvements to conventional glass microchannel plate (MCP) detector technology, leading to a hard X-ray detector with significantly enhanced imaging power. Specifically, thicker MCPs will be fabricated using a unique square channel geometry and an MCP matrix glass of high lead content. Phase I will fabricate the unique square channel MCP geometry, followed by comprehensive X-ray testing and comparison against the full range of conventional commercial MCP technology. Commercial Applications and Other Benefits as described by awardee: Compact hard X-ray sensitive MCP technology should extend the power of industrial radiography, allow portable field radiography devices, and also be applicable to X-ray diffraction and scattering studies, surface analysis, medicine, and counterterrorism.
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
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