STTR Phase II: Compact, Low-cost Remote Sensing of Methamphetamine Labs

STTR 第二阶段：紧凑、低成本的甲基苯丙胺实验室遥感

• 批准号: 0848972
• 负责人: Peter Roos
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Bridger Photonics, INC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-02-15 至 2013-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0848972&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STTR; Phase; II; Compact; Low

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II project addresses an urgent law enforcement need for a sensitive, portable, low-cost, laser remote sensor to detect illicit methamphetamine (meth) production labs from a distance. The research objectives are to: 1. Refine, optimize, and package laser subsystem, 2. Design, construct, and optimize receiver subsystem, 3. Integrate laser and receiver subsystems onto compact breadboard and test, 4. Design and construct first-revision prototype. To accomplish these objectives, the team and Montana State University will optimize the performance of the critical high-energy, narrowband, mid-infrared pulsed laser system that was developed under the Phase I effort. The laser subsystem will be miniaturized and packaged for use in the sensor and for direct sales to bootstrap the sensor commercialization. The receiver subsystem will be designed, constructed, and optimized for performance, size, weight, and cost. The laser and receiver subsystems will be integrated and the unit will be field-tested. The first revision prototype will then be designed and constructed, incorporating identified improvements and modifications, and law enforcement customer input. Meth use in our country has reached epidemic levels. It is considered the most addictive illicit drug, can be easily produced with widely available and inexpensive ingredients, and is rapidly becoming more popular with young adults. Almost 1/5 of 2003 federal sentences were meth related and the state of Illinois estimates a $2B/yr meth-related burden. In 2005, 65% of Montana?s young adults reported that meth is ?very or somewhat easy? to obtain. Meth?s abundance is often attributed to the fact that it is alarmingly easy to produce in makeshift clandestine labs (in homes, apartments, motels, storage facilities, etc). These labs also pose lethal hazards to law enforcement, first responders, and children inhabitants. Washington State reported that children are or have been at 35% of the lab sites. Although 2005 legislation restricting the sale of a key meth ingredient reduced the number of labs, there is now resurgence. Moreover, the labs are becoming increasingly difficult for drug enforcement to uncover as the producers become more sophisticated and mobile. Drug enforcement personnel on local, national, and international levels require the ability to detect meth labs rapidly and in widely varying locations and circumstances. If successful law the outcome of the project will enable enforcement personnel to have a higher success rate in detecting these meth manufacturing laboratories.

这一小企业技术转让第二阶段项目解决了执法部门对灵敏、便携、低成本激光遥感器的迫切需要，以便从远处探测非法甲基苯丙胺（冰毒）生产实验室。本研究的目的是：1.改进、优化和封装激光子系统; 2.设计、构造和优化接收机子系统; 3.将激光器和接收器子系统集成到紧凑的试验板上并进行测试，4.设计和建造第一次修订的原型。为了实现这些目标，该团队和蒙大拿州立大学将优化在第一阶段工作中开发的关键高能、窄带、中红外脉冲激光系统的性能。激光子系统将被小型化和包装，用于传感器和直接销售，以推动传感器的商业化。接收器子系统将被设计、构造并针对性能、尺寸、重量和成本进行优化。激光器和接收器子系统将被集成，该装置将进行现场测试。然后将设计和建造第一个修订版原型，纳入已确定的改进和修改以及执法客户的意见。在我国，冰毒的使用已达到流行病的程度。它被认为是最容易上瘾的非法药物，可以很容易地用广泛可用的廉价成分生产，并迅速在年轻人中越来越受欢迎。2003年联邦判决中几乎有五分之一与冰毒有关，伊利诺斯州估计每年与冰毒有关的负担为20亿美元。2005年，65%的蒙大拿州？年轻的成年人报告说，冰毒是？很容易还是有点容易？获取。冰毒？这种物质的丰富通常归因于这样一个事实，即它是惊人的容易生产的临时秘密实验室（在家庭，公寓，汽车旅馆，存储设施等）。这些实验室还对执法人员、急救人员和儿童居民构成致命危险。华盛顿州报告说，儿童正在或已经在35%的实验室。尽管2005年限制一种关键冰毒成分销售的立法减少了实验室的数量，但现在又死灰复燃。此外，随着生产商变得更加复杂和移动的，毒品执法部门越来越难以发现这些实验室。地方、国家和国际各级的缉毒人员需要能够在各种不同的地点和情况下迅速发现冰毒实验室。如果成功的法律，该项目的结果将使执法人员有更高的成功率在发现这些冰毒制造实验室。