The Demand Signal: SBIR

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High-speed Photon-Number-Resolution Quanta Imaging Sensor Array

Department of War · Office of the Secretary of Defense · STTR Topic · 26.TZ

posted 1 July 2026 · closed 19 August 2026

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Summary

The Department of War, Office of the Secretary of Defense is seeking proposals to develop a high‑speed photon‑number‑resolution quanta imaging sensor array that can count single photons with high dynamic range and operate at room temperature. The effort targets advanced quantum imaging capabilities for applications such as lidar, laser communications, quantum key distribution, and biomedical fluorescence lifetime imaging.

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