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Welcome to SK Infrared LLC. We are an Albuquerque based high technology company that specializes in research and development of next generation infrared cameras for biomedical applications.
The business model of SK Infrared LLC revolves around two objectives.
The first objective involves developing high quality imagers using promising technologies such as Type II superlattices and Quantum Dots in a Well detectors.
The second objective is to bring this advanced technology into the hands of medical practitioners to benefit the common man. In particular, we wish to use these imagers for the early detection of skin cancer and preliminary results have been very promising. We have also identified a secondary market for monitoring cerebral flow in shunts used in neurosurgery.
Our focus here includes development of a cost effective portable medical infrared imaging system for early cancer detection. The platform technology can also be used for non-invasive diagnostics and interventions including image-guided therapy.
In the past ten years, there has been a dramatic improvement in the performance of infrared detectors and focal plane arrays. The third generation devices are required to have (a) High Operating Temperature (HOT) (b) Multispectral capability and (c) small pixel size in large format (2Kx2K and 4Kx4K) arrays.
Our areas of expertise include development of infrared detectors and focal plane arrays using Type II InAs/GaSb strained layer superlattices and nanoscale quantum dots. We have access to one of the two university laboratories that can undertake “Epi to Camera” research.
In particular, we specialize in the
- Design of infrared detectors using semiconductor heterostructures
- Growth of semiconductor nanostructures such as superlattices and quantum dots using molecular beam epitaxy
- Fabrication of front side illuminated single pixel devices and backside illuminated fanouts and 320x256 focal plane arrays
- Hybridization using Karl Suss FC-150 and substrate removal of infrared FPAs
- Radiometric characterization of single pixel and focal plane arrays to obtain quantum efficiency, dark currents, responsivity, detectivity and noise equivalent temperature difference (NETD)