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SBIR Phase I: A Variable Dynamic Range Detector System For Light Detection and…

Award Information

Agency:
National Science Foundation 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
69076 		Program Year/Program:
2004 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
0429261 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
3SRM
965 Hao St. Honolulu, HI 96821
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Woman-Owned: Yes
Minority-Owned: Yes
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2004
Title: SBIR Phase I: A Variable Dynamic Range Detector System For Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Measurements
Agency: NSF
Contract: 0429261
Award Amount: $90,334.00
 

Abstract:

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes to develop a new Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) detector system, which will measure signals over seven orders of magnitude with a digitization resolution of better than 1 percent (from a single laser pulse). The detector system hopes to bridge the gap between analog to digital converters and photon counting systems. The intellectual merit of the system is in the way it combines state of the art logarithmic amplifiers, variable gain on the detectors and traditional photon counting (for very low signals). A microprocessor will be used to process the data and provide a high-speed Internet connection. The final detector system should be relatively inexpensive and will improve LIDAR scanning and miniaturization possibilities. The same design could also be applied to multi-channel detectors allowing scanning LIDAR remote sensing spectral studies (fluorescence, Raman, Differential absorption).

Principal Investigator:

John Porter
PI
8089566483
johnport@hawaii.edu

Business Contact:

John Porter
8089566483
johnport@hawaii.edu
Small Business Information at Submission:

3SRM
965 Hao St. Honolulu, HI 96821

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