SBIR PHASE I: Development of a Solid State, Liquid Crystal Spectrometer

SBIR 第一阶段：固态液晶光谱仪的开发

• 批准号: 9561748
• 负责人: John Noto
• 金额: $ 7.44万
• 依托单位: Scientific Solutions Incorporated
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-04-01 至 1996-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9561748&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; PHASE; Development; Solid; State

This Small Business Innovative Research Phase I proposal utilizes two emerging technologies to produce a high resolution, tunable spectrometer with no moving parts. A small, solid state high resolution spectrometer with the unique imaging capabilities provided by a CID is a perfect solution to many problems ranging from process spectroscopy, where a spectroscopic analyzer is used on a production line to `remote sense` an industrial process. To the problems facing the space sciences, in particular NASA's initiatives to develop lower budget spacecraft capable of answering unresolved questions while fiscally and educationally benefiting the greatest number of Americans. As well as uses in ground-based optical aeronomy, where smaller budgets are forcing new instrumentation. Instruments with expanded capabilities that are fully automated and capable of surviving in harsh environments. The LC-FPS design capitalizes on the technology of a major liquid crystal vendor to grow precision nematic crystals onto the surface of traditional etalon plates and to control etalon resonant wavelength by application of a controllable electric field. The innovative spectrometer proposed features the highest spectral resolution and throughput of any instrument in its class, permitting not only abundance measurements but also dynamically measurements. so important to ongoing research in planetary and cometary atmospheres. The LC-FPS is an ideal tool for problems ranging from: 1) The remote sensing of regulated environmental pollutants 2) Augmenting current aeronomical instrumentation at major national facilities. 3.) A replacement for current laboratory FTIR spectroscopy systems commonly used in molecular biology and biochemistry. 4.) An essential tool in any field that utilizes spectroscopic remote sensing or process spectroscopy.

这项小型企业创新研究第一阶段提案利用两种新兴技术来生产没有移动部件的高分辨率、可调谐光谱仪。具有 CID 提供的独特成像功能的小型固态高分辨率光谱仪是解决许多问题的完美解决方案，从过程光谱（在生产线上使用光谱分析仪）到“远程感测”工业过程。针对空间科学面临的问题，特别是美国宇航局开发低成本航天器的举措，该航天器能够回答未解决的问题，同时在财政和教育上使最多的美国人受益。以及在地面光学航空学中的应用，较小的预算迫使人们使用新的仪器。具有扩展功能的仪器，完全自动化，能够在恶劣的环境中生存。 LC-FPS设计利用主要液晶供应商的技术，在传统标准具板的表面上生长精密向列晶体，并通过应用可控电场来控制标准具谐振波长。所提出的创新光谱仪具有同类仪器中最高的光谱分辨率和吞吐量，不仅可以进行丰度测量，还可以进行动态测量。对于正在进行的行星和彗星大气研究非常重要。 LC-FPS 是解决以下问题的理想工具：1) 受管制环境污染物的遥感2) 增强主要国家设施的现有航空仪器。 3.) 替代分子生物学和生物化学中常用的当前实验室 FTIR 光谱系统。 4.) 任何利用光谱遥感或过程光谱学领域的重要工具。