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Nanorods is a company that received a SBIR Phase I grant for a project entitled: Multi-wavelength Infrared thermal Detectors and Imagers. Their project will develop a new infrared (IR) radiation sensor technology, which will allow the development of a new class of low-cost multi-wavelength thermal detectors which are also sensitive to light polarization. This technology will allow radiation detection from the near-IR to long-wave IR, a capability that is absent in competing detectors. Amorphous silicon and vanadium dioxide has been the dominant materials used for infrared light detection since the 1980s. The disadvantages of such detectors are: 1) insensitivity to the spectral content and polarization of the incident radiation, 2) difficulty in further miniaturization of the sensing pixels. This project will use a combination of nanomaterial and amorphous silicon layers as a new type of infrared sensing layer which can be integrated into silicon thermal detectors and is expected to overcome these limitations. This project will demonstrate: 1) Fabrication and integration of the new radiation sensing layers to create a series of thermal detectors; 2) Enhanced light absorption and spectral sensitivity at multiple IR wavelengths; 3) Size reduction of the sensing pixel to 10 microns; and 4) polarization sensitivity for incident light at 3 micron wavelengths. The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is the development of uncooled multi-color thermal detectors which are inexpensive and feature spectral and polarization sensitivity. These devices have the potential to displace expensive photon-based semiconductor IR detectors in many applications. The proposed technology will allow production of multi-color detectors on a single silicon wafer as well as sensing pixel miniaturization that will tremendously impact the fabrication cost, imaging resolution and device size. Successful commercialization of this thermal detection technology will substantially impact the field of low cost IR detection and imaging in applications such as fire detection, public health, environmental monitoring, space missions, industrial process monitoring, and security and military areas.

Brookhaven Technology Group, Inc. is a Setauket, NY based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into Brookhaven Technology Group, Inc.'s business and areas of expertise. Nanotubes made of carbon structures will be cross-linked and woven into self-supporting structures for use as charge-exchange foils. These foils are essential for operation of many accelerator applications. The research will lead to increased performance and reduced cost of operation of accelerators used in medicine, Homeland Security, and high energy physics research.

Fusion Research Technologies, LLC is a Cambridge, MA based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into Fusion Research Technologies, LLC's business and areas of expertise. The interaction of a thermonuclear plasma and its surrounding "container" significantly affects the performance of magnetic fusion devices, ultimately influencing fusion's viability as an energy source. This project will allow researchers to "see" the effects of these complex processes and provide essential data for understanding and designing fusion devices.

DULY Research Inc. is a Rancho Palos Verdes, CA based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into DULY Research Inc.'s business and areas of expertise. This project will develop a polarized electron source that provides a high quality beam at a much reduced cost. The source developed will benefit both the nuclear physics community and International Linear Collider (ILC). This project will develop a voltage droop compensation scheme that will provide a simple, reliable, and cost effective method to allow a high voltage Marx modulator produce a flattop voltage pulse as specified in the ILC project. Other accelerator facilities which need long pulse modulators will also benefit from the results of this project. Filling a gap in the electromagnetic spectrum that lies between the microwave/millimeter wave and the infrared regions, this project will develop a new, compact terahertz source based on a photoelectron linear accelerator to meet the high demand in broad applications for biology, superconductivity, chemistry, physics, environmental monitoring, satellite communications and homeland security. This project will develop a fluid controlled, tunable RF coupler for both normal conducting and superconducting RF cavities. This is an important innovation in the fields of RF accelerators and power sources. This project aims at the development of a new, compact, Terahertz radiation source for myriad applications. The commercial goal is to deliver an effective tool for smaller labs and businesses in biology, solid-state physics, superconductivity, environment monitoring, homeland security, defense, communication, and medicine.

Particle Accelerator Corporation is a Downers Grove, IL based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into Particle Accelerator Corporation's business and areas of expertise. This project will develop a viable proton and light-ion accelerator for both research and commercial use while eliminating some of the most pronounced technical difficulties, expense, maintenance, and required expertise faced in conventional accelerators. Proton and light-ion accelerators have many research and medical applications, providing one of the most effective treatments for many types of cancer. The development of broad, highly-accurate accelerator models with powerful optimization tools and user-friendly interfaces will enhance not only the HEP program but also benefit established and future applications of accelerators in science, technology, and medicine ranging from treatment of cancers, radiopharmaceuticals, and medical isotope production to secondary production beams for material science and basic research in nuclear physics.

Omega-P, Inc. is a New Haven, CT based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into Omega-P, Inc.'s business and areas of expertise. This project will develop a rapidly-adjustable, cathode to improve proton beam quality used with an electron lens. This cathode will have applications for vacuum tubes employed for telecommunications and radar, in both civilian and military systems. This project will develop high-power microwave switches to allow tests of structures to sustain higher electric fields without breakdown, thus enabling operation at higher energy, and also opening up commercial applications with improved clinical accelerators. Intense proton beams can be used for disposal of waste from nuclear reactor spent fuel rods, and other applications. This project is to explore a new concept for a compact accelerator to generate the proton beam. Basic laboratory studies are needed to understand high field limits in candidate structures for a future affordable particle accelerator. This project aims to build a new microwave source for this purpose with minimum investment in new technology. This project will develop high-power multi-beam klystrons that should lower cost and complexity for a future electron-positron collider, and also open up commercial applications with improved clinical accelerators and industrial processors. Progress in elementary particle high-energy physics depends on the evolution of technology to enable future machines to operate at higher energies than can be reached at present. The high-power multi-beam klystrons to be developed should lower cost and complexity for a future electron-positron collider. Progress in elementary particle high-energy physics depends on the evolution of technology to enable future machines to operate at higher energies than can be reached at present. This project will develop high-gradient cavities to allow structures to sustain higher electric fields without breakdown, thus enabling operation at higher energy, and also opening up commercial applications with improved clinical accelerators. Progress in elementary particle high-energy physics depends on the evolution of technology to enable future machines to operate at higher energies than can be reached at present. The high-gradient cavities to be developed in this project are to allow structures to sustain higher electric fields without breakdown, thus enabling operation at higher energy, and also opening up commercial applications with improved clinical accelerators. This project will develop high-gradient cavities to allow structures to sustain higher electric fields without breakdown, thus enabling operation at higher energy, and also opening up commercial applications with improved clinical accelerators. Progress in nuclear physics and elementary particle high-energy physics depends on the evolution of technology to enable future machines to operate at higher particle fluxes and higher energies than can be reached at present. The fast ferroelectric tuners to be developed in this project are to allow accelerator cavities to sustain high accelerating fields despite uncontrolled mechanical vibrations that would otherwise detune the cavities and degrade the accelerator performance. To maintain a leading role in physics for U.S. scientists and laboratories, basic research on fundamental origins of mass are needed. The proposed project is to develop a fast tuner to maintain needed synchronism in the planned accelerator upgrade to increase the brightness of the heavy ion beam in RHIC. Intense proton beams can be used for disposal of waste from nuclear reactor spent fuel rods, and other applications. This project is to explore a new concept for a compact accelerator to generate the proton beam. To maintain a leading role in high-energy physics for U.S. scientists and laboratories, basic research on means of building powerful particle accelerators is needed. The proposed project is to develop a high-power microwave source needed for fundamental studies to understand how to achieve strong acceleration, and thus make possible future design of a multi-teravolt electron-positron collider.