Illinois Applied Research Associates LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: Three dimensional (3D) imaging and single-wavelength active sensors are very effective for
Illinois Applied Research Associates LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $149,732
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- 2012.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- IL
- Period
- 2013-01-23 → 2014-04-24
Description
Three dimensional (3D) imaging and single-wavelength active sensors are very effective for distinguishing moving targets, such as missiles, from decoys and for cutting through natural clutter and thermal noise. For systems equipped with ALS to accurately acquire, track and point moving objects, extremely sensitive detectors are required to be able to provide the bandwidth and resolution necessary. This proposal investigates a novel platform for high sensitivity, high bandwidth, low noise detector arrays in the 1 & #956;m wavelength realm. The detector platform is based on the Nanopillar Optical Antenna Avalanche Detector (NOAAD) technology such that both plasmonically enhanced absorption and enhanced avalanche multiplication is engineered within a semiconductor nanopillar.