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LARGE AREA NUCLEAR PARTICLE DETECTORS USING ET MATERIALS TM

Award Information

Agency:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
5093 		Program Year/Program:
1988 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
5093 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Quantix Corp
2 Research Court Rockville, MD 20850
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 1988
Title: LARGE AREA NUCLEAR PARTICLE DETECTORS USING ET MATERIALS TM
Agency: NASA
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $500,000.00
 

Abstract:

LARGE AREA (UNLIMITED SIZE) TWO-DIMENSIONAL POSITION-SENSITIVE (ABOUT 0.1MM) SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR PARTICLE DETECTORS ARE PROPOSED FOR FEASIBILITY INVESTIGATION USING QUANTEX-DEVELOPED ELECTRON-TRAPPING (ET)MATERIALS. IMPINGEMENT OF HIGH-ENERGY (COMPARED TO 2EV) NUCLEAR PARTICLES OR IONIZING PHOTONS PRODUCES BOTH LOCAL VISIBLE-WAVELENGTH SCINTILLATION AND TRAPPING OF EXCITED ELECTRONS IN THE ET MATERIAL FILM APPLIED TO A SUBSTRATE. SUBSEQUENT ILLUMINATION BY NEAR-INFRARED OF 0.8 TO 1.2 MICRON WAVELENGTH RELEASES THE TRAPPED ELECTRONS AND PRODUCES VISIBLE-WAVELENGTH LIGHT FROM THE PARTICLE IMPINGEMENT SPOTS. INTEGRATING INTERVALS MAY BE CHOSEN AT WILL (UP TO YEARS) AND APPLYING NEAR-INFRARED AT HIGHER IRRADIANCE LEVELS CAN ERASE THE PATTERN. READOUT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH COMMON SOLID-STATE VIDEO CAMERAS AND RECORDED DURING NEAR-INFRARED ILLUMINATION, OR WITH A VISIBLE-RANGE PHOTOMULTIPLIER AND A COMMON NEAR-INFRARED SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE LASER SCANNING THE SURFACE FOR EXTREMELY LOW IMPINGEMENT RATES.

Principal Investigator:


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Business Contact:

Charles y. wrigley
INVESTIGATOR
Small Business Information at Submission:

Quantex Corp.
2 Research Court Rockville, MD 20850

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