LAIRSON BRUCE — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: S1

LAIRSON BRUCE — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Amount
$124,970
Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
S1
Solicitation
SBIR_18_P1
NAICS
Place of performance
CA
Period
2018-07-27 → 2019-02-15

Description

<p>PhotonFoils will develop single-crystal silicon carbide grid supports for large-area X-ray microcalorimeter entrance filters. Compared with existing silicon grids, the PhotonFoils silicon carbide grids will have &gt;3X higher thermal conductance and higher strength. EMI shielding of 20dB per grid at&nbsp;1GHz for 100mm apertures can be incorporated. Higher soft X-ray transmittance than achieved with Hitomi SXS filters appears feasible.</p>