Date: Jun 01, 2013 Source: (
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HPD has been awarded an SBIR grant from NIST for the development of a cryostat to be used with ultra-high-resolution transition-edge sensor (TES) kilopixel array "cameras". HPD's cryostat will cool the TES arrays to temperatures below 1 Kelvin (-272° Celsius). These instruments may be used for detecting silicon wafer defects, for nuclear forensics, and for sub-mm astronomy. The Phase II Small Business Innovative Research grant is for $300K over a two year period and will compliment HPD's recognized expertise in ultra-low temperature precision instruments.
