QMAGIQ LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: MDA16-011

QMAGIQ LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$100,000
Agency
Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
MDA16-011
Solicitation
2016.2
NAICS
Place of performance
NH
Period
2016-12-19 → 2017-06-22

Description

QmagiQ, LLC proposes to partner with The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. to experimentally study radiation effects on antimony-based strained layer superlattice (SLS) photodiodes that have shown remarkable performance improvements in recent years. QmagiQ's SLS infrared focal plane arrays (FPAs) are already designed to be radiation-hard to some degree. In Phase I, we will measure how rad-hard the latest FPAs actually are. In Phase II, we will further improve hardness via changes to the detector structure and use of a readout multiplexer specifically designed for high radiation hardness. Several rad-hard SLS FPAs will be delivered to DOD for evaluation. Approved for Public Release | 16-MDA-8917 (15 November 16)