NU-TREK, INC. — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: AF19C-T006
NU-TREK, INC. — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $149,870
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF19C-T006
- Solicitation
- 19.C
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2019-12-12 → 2020-12-12
Description
The program has two trusts: (1) Using dynamic biasing to address arbitrary pulse trains, such as would be present in LIDAR and other forms of EO/IR imaging and periodic pulse trains, such as in telecommunications; and (2) Developing an APD the meets program requirements such as a cutoff wavelength >1.6 ïm, low dark current, low excess noise and a >200 K operating temperature. In the proposed approach the readout integrated circuit (ROIC) applies a dynamic bias to the APD which reduces excess noise generation. We expect to meet all solicitation requirements, including demonstrating a linear APD FPA with single photon sensitivity. In Phase I we will perform extensive modeling, will develop a preliminary design of the ROIC, and will fabricate and test an APD. By the end of Phase II, we will have a working FPA with dynamic biasing that we will evaluate with diverse pulse trains.