Improvement of Imaging detectors of infrared, visible, and Ultraviolet Radiation.

电荷耦合器件（CCD）在蓝光和蓝光波段具有高灵敏度， 需要电磁波谱的紫外区， 天文学的许多研究。 使用蓝色生产的器械 在过去的灵敏度已经表现出问题， 效率、灵敏度变化、光学失真和严重的 干涉条纹 SBIR第一阶段的研究 该奖项将使用一种新颖的CCD设计，具有最佳性能， 处理以获得高的蓝色灵敏度。 两种不同的方法将 试图减少CCD的厚度，从而增加 蓝色回应 稳定CCD灵敏度的方法将 也被调查。 这项工作的目标是生产一种技术， 其可应用于CCD，从而产生高、稳定的灵敏度 从近红外到软X射线的宽光谱范围内。 等 这些设备将用于天文学、医学和生物成像， 和化学分析。

Charge coupled devices (CCDs) with high sensitivity in the blue and ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum are required for many investigations in astronomy. Devices produced with blue sensitivity in the past have exhibited problems such as low quantum efficiency, sensitivity variations, optical distortion and severe interference fringes. The research undertaken with this SBIR Phase I award will use a novel CCD designed to have optimum performance when treated to obtain high blue sensitivity. Two different approaches will be tried to reduce the thickness of the CCD, thereby increasing the blue response. Methods of stabilizing the sensitivity of the CCD will also be investigated. The goal of this work is to produce a technology which can be applied to CCDs resulting in high, stable sensitivity across a wide spectral range from near infrared to soft x-rays. Such devices would be of use to astronomy, medical and biological imaging, and chemical analysis.