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Silicon Based High Efficiency Near Infra Red Detector

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Missile Defense Agency 		Award ID:
64233 		Program Year/Program:
2003 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
031-0510 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Nanohmics, Inc
6201 East Oltorf St. Suite 400 Austin, TX -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2003
Title: Silicon Based High Efficiency Near Infra Red Detector
Agency / Branch: DOD / MDA
Contract: N0017803C3120
Award Amount: $69,968.00
 

Abstract:

Silicon continues to be the material of choice for most microelectronic applications. Unfortunately, silicon is not a good material for high efficiency near IR photo-emission or detection because it has an indirect bandgap. Recently, studies of b-FeSi2have shown that it can be grown into silicon and has a direct bandgap of ~0.87 eV which corresponds to a wavelength of 1.5 microns. This wavelength is ideally suited to many applications in the fiber optic communication and near IR thermal sensing. Sincethis material is silicon based, it could be directly integrated into silicon electronics. Unfortunately, current production methods to form b-FeSi2 have proven inconsistent. In this program, Nanohmics in collaboration with the University of North Texas,propose to demonstrate a novel epitaxial deposition method to produce high quality, consistent direct bandgap b-FeSi2 that has emission at 1.5 microns a reproducible manner. Development of direct bandgap silicon based optoelectronic devices will spurdevelopment of source and detector devices in the 1.3-1.6 micron range where silicon-based fibers have the lowest losses and development of directly integrated focal plane arrarys in the near infrared range. This technology will also enable opticalinterconnects in silicon devices opening the possibility of stacking chips on top of each other without the need for hard wiring the devices together.

Principal Investigator:

Keith Jamison
President
5123490835
kjamison@nanohmics.com

Business Contact:

Keith Jamison
President
5123490835
kjamison@austin.rr.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

NANOHMICS, INC.
4302 Rimdale Dr. Austin, TX 78731

EIN/Tax ID: 743072245
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No