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Enhanced Capability Point Combined Bio and Chem Sensor

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Office for Chemical and Biological Defense 		Award ID:
81816 		Program Year/Program:
2008 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
C071-105-0124 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Voxtel, Inc.
15985 NW Schendel Avenue Suite 200 Beaverton, OR 97006-6703
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2008
Title: Enhanced Capability Point Combined Bio and Chem Sensor
Agency / Branch: DOD / CBD
Contract: W911SR-08-C-0065
Award Amount: $749,995.00
 

Abstract:

In this Phase II program, to enable long-standoff-range, small-sized, high-performance, cost-effective LWIR DISC LIDAR systems, a six-element array of 1-mm, segmented HgCdTe avalanche photodiodes (APDs) will be designed, optimized and each APD will be directly coupled to a unique narrow-band cold-filter, with unique spectral bandpass filters <18-cm^-1 in width and optimized for f/0/.9 optics reduce the shot noise resulting from the background-radiation, and these noiseless HgCdTe APD gain boosts the DISC LIDAR signal above downstream electronics noise - providing a nearly-optimal signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Improved SNR allows increased standoff range, improved discrimination, and reduced laser power, and can dramatically improve system size, weight, and power for UAVs, UGVs, and manportable, long-standoff and point-detection CBD systems. The infrared HgCdTe APDs also offers improved performance for existing and planned passive and active CBD detectors. Phase I work demonstrated high-gain, infrared HgCdTe APDs operate noiselessly low operating voltage, and that 1-mm detectors with excellent uniformity and good yields can be produced using a simple three-step manufacturing processes. In Phase II, a multi-spectral LWIR HgCdTe detector assembly will be manufactured, characterized, integrated with a cryogenic housing, and control electronics, and the resulting LWIR receiver will be field-demonstrated to demonstrate superior performance to alternative approaches.

Principal Investigator:

George M. Williams
President
9712235646
georgew@voxtel-inc.com

Business Contact:

George M. Williams
President
9712235646
georgew@voxtel-inc.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

VOXTEL, INC.
12725 SW Millikan Way Suite 230 Beaverton, OR 97005

EIN/Tax ID: 931285205
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No