SIVANANTHAN LABORATORIES, INC. — Department of Defense STTR Phase II: MDA21-T004
SIVANANTHAN LABORATORIES, INC. — STTR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $1,480,489
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase II
- Topic
- MDA21-T004
- Solicitation
- 21.B
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- IL
- Period
- 2023-04-04 → 2025-04-04
Description
Sivananthan Laboratories (SL) with the University of Iowa as the STTR partner, proposes to develop metasurface-coupled type II superlattice (T2SL) LWIR detectors that are predicted to outperform HgCdTe detectors. We developed in Phase I fundamental understanding of metasurface-coupled T2SLs, likely performance, and issues related to scaling up device structure to form arrays for LWIR imaging. In Phase II we will build upon this knowledge by conducting further device design, materials synthesis, and device fabrication and characterization. Specifically, we will fabricate both single-element devices and device arrays and compare their LWIR performance against SOA HgCdTe detectors. Approved for Public Release | 22-MDA-11340 (16 Dec 22)