SBIR Phase II: Ultra-Sensitive Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Technology: A Photon Counting Camera

SBIR 第二阶段：超灵敏电荷耦合器件 (CCD) 技术：光子计数相机

• 批准号: 0320531
• 负责人: Mark Meisner
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Titan Optics & Engineering
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-11-15 至 2005-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0320531&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Ultra; Sensitive

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will result in an innovative, technologically advanced, imaging system--with the potential of capturing and counting individual photons. The imaging system will be a compact avalanche-gain, charge-coupled device digital camera. The technology generated from this research effort will profoundly benefit many detection and discrimination applications. The innovation will offer high-photoresponse from the deep ultraviolet to the near infrared in very Low-Light-Level, as well as photopic light conditions. In addition, the camera system will have solid-state reliability without typical intensifier imaging tube limitations, such as, image burn-in and blooming. In short, the innovation will have significant cost savings over current conventional multi-spectrum imaging systems and will offer enhanced imaging performance. A possible research, military, law enforcement, or homeland security application for the camera will be black-on-black detection--that is, when faint objects are difficult to discriminate from the background. This far-reaching technology will also be beneficial for many non-military applications: such as, Low-Light-Level physical, deep space and forensic sciences, as well as, photopic (daylight) medical and life sciences. In summary, the imaging system will have the most impact where real-time and lowest possible noise is required.

这个小型企业创新研究第二阶段项目将产生一个创新的，技术先进的成像系统-具有捕获和计数单个光子的潜力。成像系统将是一个紧凑的雪崩增益，电荷耦合器件数码相机。从这项研究工作中产生的技术将大大有利于许多检测和识别应用。这项创新将在极低光级和明视光条件下提供从深紫外到近红外的高光响应。此外，相机系统将具有固态可靠性，而没有典型的增强成像管的限制，如图像老化和模糊。简而言之，这项创新将大大节省目前传统多光谱成像系统的成本，并将提供增强的成像性能。 一个可能的研究，军事，执法，或国土安全应用的相机将是黑对黑检测-也就是说，当微弱的物体是难以区分的背景。这项意义深远的技术也将有利于许多非军事应用：如微光物理、深空和法医科学，以及明视（日光）医学和生命科学。总之，成像系统将在需要实时和尽可能低的噪声的情况下具有最大的影响。