Press Releases

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), in collaboration with the University of Texas, Austin (UT), has been awarded a research program from the U.S. Army to develop a metasurface-enhanced type-II superlattice (T2SL) imaging detector that achieves significant absorption enhancement for midwave infrared wavelengths (MWIR, 3–5 μm) using an absorbing layer with average thickness that is sub-micron.

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) has been awarded a research program from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to develop advanced innovative data processing techniques for sensors that monitor the integrity of carbon dioxide sequestration sites and pipelines.

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) has been awarded a research program from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a quantum memory unit, a critical component in the implementation of a quantum network that will enable fundamentally secure communications and exponential scaling of computer power.

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) has been awarded a research program from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to develop a low-power ultrafast photo-conductive optoelectronic switch.

Physical Sciences Inc (PSI) has been awarded a contract from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agenc (DARPA) to develop an Aberration-correcting Topologically Optimized Metasurface (ATOM) to demonstrate the ability of a 2D surface, of negligible volume and weight, to correct aberrations in optical systems.

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) has been awarded a research program from the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, to develop a high throughput, non-destructive technology for characterizing the surface and the coatings of high temperature ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) used for hypersonic applications. At velocities above Mach 5, CMCs are exposed to high heat flux and wind shear and thus special post-manufacturing coatings are required to protect them from oxidation and ablation.

Physical Sciences Inc (PSI) has been awarded a program from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) (managed by the US Army) to enhance its ChemSIGMA early warning system, which provides a wide-area distributed detection network designed to persistently monitor for airborne chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial compounds.

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) has been awarded a research program from the U.S. Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center, to develop a beach zone mine detection capability based on a novel, high-speed visible-near infrared, shortwave infrared hyperspectral imaging (VNIR/SWIR HSI) sensor.

Physical Sciences Inc (PSI) has been awarded a research program from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop an ultrasensitive laser-based sensor to accurately monitor ppbv to ~1000 ppmv concentrations of vapor phase hydrogen peroxide (VHP) following decontamination of parenteral drug manufacturing facilities where biologic and cellular therapeutics must be packaged under aseptic conditions.

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) is pleased to announce that instrument sales of AccuLase-GPA^TM by our licensee, Galvanic Applied Sciences Inc. (Galvanic), have begun.

Developed for the high-sensitivity measurement of hydrogen sulfide from 0 to 500 ppmv with detection limit down to 0.15ppmv, AccuLase-GPA is the most sensitive H₂S analyzer in the market. The product incorporates tunable diode laser technology, proprietary multipass optical cell, and detection electronics developed by PSI.