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Large Format Space Focal Plane Array Technologies

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Missile Defense Agency
Contract: HQ0147-11-C-7580
Agency Tracking Number: B103-031-0380
Amount: $99,961.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: MDA10-031
Solicitation Number: 2010.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2010
Award Year: 2011
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2011-07-05
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
35 Sandybrook Road
Burlington, MA -
United States
DUNS: 141877600
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Phil Lamarre
 President
 (781) 221-0442
 Lamarre@earthlink.net
Business Contact
 Phil Lamarre
Title: President
Phone: (781) 221-0442
Email: Lamarre@earthlink.net
Research Institution
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Abstract

Under a recently completed Air Force SBIR Phase II program, we demonstrated the initial feasibility of a back-illuminated p-on-n LWIR HgCdTe junction photodiode formed by diffusion of arsenic from a vapor source. This initial successful demonstration used a mesa format. Our proposed Phase I program will continue the development of the basic arsenic-vapor-diffused lateral-collection micro-junction process, extending the process to a planar architecture and to small-area junctions and demonstrate the overall feasibility of this new architecture, with the goal of achieving higher operability than the traditional two-layer mesa Very Long Wave Infrared (VLWIR) HgCdTe p-on-n devices achieve. Our Phase II program will further extend this work to large-format VLWIR FPAs and demonstrate improved operability in 512x512 arrays with 20x20 m unit cells. The combination of our novel methods and creative processing techniques is the key to the success for this new technology.

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