Core Science
Photonics
Photonics is a critical core technology to nearly all of what BTC does. BTC’s ability to sort, manipulate and rapidly identify specific wavelengths and then associate them with elements, materials, liquids, etc., is a primary capability. It is the interplay between photonics and acoustics that lies at the heart of our acousto-optic tunable filter technology. We develop electro-optic and magneto-optic devices, subsystems and systems to review elements, materials, colloids, etc. BTC has a fully stocked photonics lab that features modulators, fast switches, frequency shifters, wavelength selection, laser scanning and other means to satisfy customer requirements.
Synthesis of CQD
Light sources/lasers and Optical Switching
- Solid-State Lasers (SSL)
- II-VI:Tr+2
- Rare Earth Doped Halides
- Rare Earth Doped Sesqui Oxides
- Colloidal Quantum Dots (CQD)
- II-VI CdTe, HgTe
- IV-VI PbS, PbSe
- Optical Switching
- EOPL & TPA
- CdTe
- CdMnTe
- CdMgTe
Examining Mercurous Halide
Modulators
- Acousto-Optic Materials and Devices
UV/Vis-NIR/SWIR/MWIR/LWIR - Magneto Optic Materials
- Semi Magnetic Semiconductors (Visible to IR)
Crystal Boule Grown at Brimrose by PVT
detectors
- Photorefractive
- Photo EMF
- IR Detectors (Using Bulk and LPE Semiconductors)
- CQD based (SWIR/MWIR/LWIR)
- X-ray/Gamma Ray
- Neutrons and Alfa Particles
- II-Vi
- Hg2X2 (X=Cl,Br,I)
- Ternary Halides
- THz
- ZnTe
- GaSe
- Gap
- Scintillators
- ZnSe:Te
- TlMgCl3,TlMgBr3
non-destructive testing (NDT)
BTC uses laser/Doppler Vibrometry to provide standoff non-destructive testing of metallic parts and composites of various shapes and sizes for military and industrial applications, as well as for measuring human vital signs.
non-destructive testing
- Acoustic
- Laser Ultrasound
- Laser Doppler Vibrometer
- AOTF Hyperspectral Imager
Spectroscopy
BTC has a very active spectroscopy program with a variety of cutting-edge applications, including Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), mapping, planetary studies, etc. This includes spectropolarimetry. Our instruments have operated at a variety of wavelength ranges, including NIR, SWIR, LWIR and MWIR. Additionally, BTC is developing gamma ray spectroscopy.
materials
BTC’s scientists, engineers and technicians are experts at fashioning advanced materials for many applications, including radiation detection, thermo-electric power generation, ceramic Nd:Yttria materials, and custom materials for clients. BTC believes its ability to grow crystals provides a critical edge in the making of advanced, sophisticated materials.
medium - Crystal Growth
II-VI Crystals
Furnace to Grow Mercurous Halides
A single Crystal of Mercurous Iodide
Thermo-Electric Power Generators (TEPGs)
TEPG Module
Three Undoped Boules of PbTe
Field Assisted Sintering Technology (FAST)
Brimrose is working with Dr. Jogender Singh at Penn State University to use extremely high pressure to make next-generation compounds. We have already received contracts from NASA-Langley for radiation shielding and the Missile Defense Agency for mirrors. We are also working on the next-generation of body armor to protect soldiers in the field.
High-pressure press (up to 600 tons) for making deep-space radiation shielding, body armor, etc. designed by Brimrose. Courtesy of FCT-Systeme
The FAST process is made possible by large presses (see accompanying diagram) manufactured in Germany by FCT Systeme that can provide hundreds of tons of pressure on metals. These presses, several of which are deployed by our partner, Dr. Singh at Penn State, are defining a new generation of metallurgy that have the potential to revolutionize jet engine parts, mirrors, shielding, cutting tools, hypersonic vehicle parts, sensors-MEMs, thermo-electric materials and thermal management microelectronics.
