NASA SBIR 2019-I Solicitation

Proposal Summary

PROPOSAL NUMBER:
 19-1- H9.05-3976
SUBTOPIC TITLE:
 Transformational Communications Technology
PROPOSAL TITLE:
 Plasmon-Plasmon Scattering Digital Logic
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN (Firm Name, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)
NanoMEMS Research, LLC
4000 Barranca Parkway, Suite 250
Irvine, CA 92604- 1713
(949) 682-7702

Principal Investigator (Name, E-mail, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)

Name:
Hector De Los Santos
E-mail:
hjd@nanomems-research.com
Address:
4000 Barranca Pkwy, Suite 250 Irvine, CA 92604 - 1713
Phone:
(949) 682-7702

Business Official (Name, E-mail, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)

Name:
Hector De Los Santos
E-mail:
hjd@nanomems-research.com
Address:
4000 Barranca Pkwy, Suite 250 Irvine, CA 92604 - 1713
Phone:
(949) 682-7702
Estimated Technology Readiness Level (TRL) :
Begin: 2
End: 3
Technical Abstract (Limit 2000 characters, approximately 200 words)

In this SBIR Phase I project, the principles of a novel (patented) plasmon-plasmon digital logic will be addressed with the goal of proving the concept. The concept has the potential for exhibiting digital logic functions with femto-second switching times and femto-Joule power dissipation, and is a strong t"beyond CMOS" candidate. In particular, the concept has the potential to implement the same function in one-quarter the area as CMOS, which suggests a greater equivalent device density than achievable with CMOS, leapfrogging Moore’s law. The concept exploits coherent quantum transport yet it operates at room temperature, and,its fabrication is totally compatible with available lithographic capabilities, hence, taking full advantage of established semiconductor manufacturing know how and infrastructure.

Potential NASA Applications (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words)

 

1. Transformational Communications Technology.

2.  Systems optimized for energy efficiency (information bits per unit energy)

3. Technologies that address flexible, scalable digital/optical core processing topologies

     to support both RF and optical communications in a single terminal.

4. Nanoelectronics technologies to leapfrog Moore’s law

5. Ultra-Fast/Low-Power CPUs and GPUs..

Potential Non-NASA Applications (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words)

 

1. Nanoelectronics technologies to leapfrog Moore’s law..

2. Novel computer topologies.

3. Plasmonic nanosensors for THz communication and sensing for Internet of Things

     (IoT) applications

4. THz Electronics

5. Ultra-Fast/Low-Power CPUs and GPUs.

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