SBIR/STTR Research Award
Solar-blind single-photon ultraviolet detection by high-performance photoelectron-bombardment avalanche diodes
Award amount
$111,399Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- QRONA TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2023-01-25
- Contract end date
- 2023-07-24
- UEI
- CYFCUM6WJT17
- Solicitation number
- 22.2
- Topic code
- A22-006
Research abstract
This SBIR project is directed toward the development of a hybrid photon detector consisting of a high-efficiency III-nitride based photocathode and a low-gain avalanche diode (LGAD) in an electron bombardment arrangement, which can be conveniently assembled under atmospheric pressures, before being sealed in a vacuum enclosure. The proposed Photo-Electron-Bombardment-Avalanche-Diode (PEBAD) will provide a high-performance and robust replacement for more fragile PMTs in many ultraviolet (UV) photon-counting and imaging applications. The fabrication of the PEBAD device will be compatible with a lower-cost and highly scalable batch production process, similar to the one used for commercial PMTs.
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.
- High-efficiency and high-resolution x-ray and gamma-ray imaging detectors for space science
- A high-resolution and fast, full-field transmission x-ray microscope for real-time in-vivo imaging
- Low-cost, high-efficiency and ultrafast, broadband VUV-IR photon-counting hybrid photodetectors
- Monolithic integration of high-efficiency III-nitride photocathodes and microchannel plates using a novel metallic contact
- High-performance visible/UV photocathodes formed on large-area microchannel plates
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Next Generation SiC APD Deep-UV Single-Photon Detectors
- Next Generation SiC APD Deep-UV Single-Photon Detectors
Research funding history
10 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2018–2025). Reported award amounts total $1,680,448. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I
Agencies: Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense