SBIR Phase I: Integrated Broad Band Opticall Calibration Sources for Star Simulation

SBIR 第一阶段：用于星模拟的集成宽带光学校准源

• 批准号: 0538759
• 负责人: David Starikov
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Integrated Micro Sensors
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-01-01 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0538759&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Integrated; Broad; Band

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project is directed towards the development, fabrication, and testing of miniature high-stability integrated super broadband optical emission sources for field and in-flight calibration of stellar photometers and spectrometers widely used in astronomy research. No calibration sources for field, in-flight or real time broadband star simulation are currently available. In this project the company will utilize their achievements in the area of Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Si-based avalanche Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) combined with the new developments in SiC and III nitride material growth, characterization, and processing. The high stability and reliability of the proposed devices will be provided by employment of the avalanche electroluminescence process based on intra-band hot electron transitions. High performance will result from implementation of improved materials quality and advanced processing methods. The proposed research will develop fundamental understanding of methods for fabrication of silicon carbide, and nitride-based structures for optoelectronic applications, which will result in technological advances in all electronic device areas. One of the most important astronomy goals is interpretation of photometric observations of stars, star clusters, and galaxies in terms of their fundamental stellar properties. This is necessary for any successful study of the formation and evolution of stellar systems, which needs to be based on photometric data.

该小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目旨在开发，制造和测试微型高稳定性集成超宽带光发射源，用于天文学研究中广泛使用的恒星光度计和光谱仪的现场和飞行校准。目前没有用于现场、飞行中或真实的时间宽带星星模拟的校准源。在该项目中，该公司将利用其在碳化硅（SiC）和硅基雪崩发光二极管（LED）领域的成就，结合SiC和III族氮化物材料生长、表征和加工的新发展。所提出的器件的高稳定性和可靠性将提供由就业的雪崩电致发光过程的基础上带内热电子跃迁。高性能将来自于改进的材料质量和先进的加工方法的实施。拟议的研究将发展对碳化硅制造方法的基本理解，以及用于光电应用的氮化物基结构，这将导致所有电子器件领域的技术进步。天文学最重要的目标之一是解释恒星、星星团和星系的光度观测结果。这对于任何成功研究恒星系统的形成和演化都是必要的，这需要以光度数据为基础。