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AlGaP/GaP Heterostructure Ultraviolet Detector

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Missile Defense Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 18105
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1992
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Solar Park
Newark, DE 19716
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Paul E. Sims
 (302) 366-0400
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

AstroPower is developing a highly sensitive UV detector based on epitaxial AlGaP/GaP heterostructures, a promising new material system for ultraviolet detectors. Detecting ultraviolet light is important to spectrophotometry, astronomy, high-energy physics, medicine, UV curing, photoresist exposure, and chemical processes. The large bandgap and crystalline quality of gallium phosphide will provide superior performance in high temperature, high radiation environments such as in earth orbit and article accelerators. Leakage currents lower than 10 to the -16 A/cm2 will result in an increase in detector sensitivity of up to three times. Advanced device design will increase ultraviolet sensitivity and decrease response to longer wavelength light. Continued development and optimization of this device will lead to the production of high performance cost-effective gallium phosphide UV detectors.

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