SBIR/STTR Research Award
Sealed Complete Vacuum Equipment (SeaCoVE)
Award amount
$139,904Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2021-10-20
- Contract end date
- 2022-04-20
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- 21.2
- Topic code
- N212-133
Research abstract
Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) will develop Sealed Complete Vacuum Equipment (SeaCoVE) as a supporting technology for portable atom-based sensors (clocks or inertial systems) based on measurements of a vapor of laser-cooled atoms. The single volume ultra-high vacuum (UHV) system of the SeaCoVE provides the lowest size, weight, and power vacuum solution and will passively maintain favorable conditions for atom trapping over >5 years to enable sensor operation in custom optical geometries compatible with atomic clock, accelerometer, or gyroscope configurations. In Phase I, a single volume UHV system without active pumping or non-evaporable getters will be demonstrated from commercial off-the-shelf components that traps laser-cooled rubidium atoms. In Phase II, custom geometry microfabricated vacuum chambers capable of trapping laser-cooled rubidium will be delivered.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Magnet-free Microfabricated UHV Ion Pump with Integrated Pressure Sensors
- Magnet-free Microfabricated UHV Ion Pump with Integrated Pressure Sensors
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Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency