HIGH TC SUPERCONDUCTOR ARRAYS FOR SMART SEEKERS

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense	Branch: Army	Award ID: 9665	Program Year/Program: 1991 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 9665	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Electro-optek Corp
3152 Kashiwa Street Torrance, CA 90505
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Woman-Owned: Yes

Minority-Owned: Yes

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1991

Title: HIGH TC SUPERCONDUCTOR ARRAYS FOR SMART SEEKERS

Agency / Branch: DOD / ARMY

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $624,968.00

Abstract:
THIS EFFORT WILL INVESTIGATE THE CONTROLLED MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY (MBE) OF THIN FILM BISRCACUO ON A BUFFERED SI SUBSTRATE. THE EPITAXY, AIMED AT IN-SITU CONTROL OF STOICHIOMETRY, WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY USING A BEAM OF ATOMIC OXYGEN GENERATED BY A ELECTRONCYCLOTRON-RESONANCE (ECR) SOURCE REACTING WITH ATOMIC BEAMS OF BI, SR, CA AND CU GENERATED BY EFFUSION SOURCES. THE THIN FILM GROWN ON A SPECIALLY ETCHED SI SUBSTRATE WILL FORM AN ARRAY OF SUPERCONDUCTING BOLOMETERS WHICH ARE THEMALLY ISOLATED FROM ONE ANOTHER AND FROM THEIR SURROUNDINGS, MAKING THEM HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO DETECTING INFRARED RADIATION OVER THE ENTIRE INFRARED SPECTRUM OF CURRENT INTEREST. THE BOLOMETER ARRAY CAN BE MONOLITHICALLY COUPLED TO A READOUT CIRCUIT WHICH CAN ALSO BE FABRICATED ON THE SAME SI SUBSTRATE. THE RESULTANT FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE FOR FABRICATING COMPLEX INFRARED SENSOR SYSTEMS.

Principal Investigator:
William S Chan
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Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Electro-optek Corp.
3152 Kashiwa St Torrance, CA 90505

EIN/Tax ID:

DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees:

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No