Amethyst Research Limited

QFoundry brings together UK's most established supply chains for quantum semiconductor components to address critical challenges in manufacturing and deliver a National (and World's first) open-access Quantum device foundry. Utilising existing infrastructure and capital, QFoundry will deliver the foundations for robust, scalable component manufacture in t...

"There is a significant need for technology that is effective in remotely detecting, identifying, quantifying and monitoring chemical emissions at ultra-low concentration levels in real world cluttered environments, such as toxic gases and chemicals, fugitive emissions and chemical weapon agents. This program will deliver a highly disruptive, versatile, s...

To develop the next generation of ultra-high performance infrared optoelectronic device detectors.

The Theia project will investigate the assembly of Infrared Focal Plane arrays using group III-V compound semiconductor devices onto conventional lower cost silicon. The project is novel in that it aims to use conventional commercial specification process and die placement equipment rather than bespoke high tolerance machinery. Typically, these are used i...

Quantum communication systems require photon detectors that are capable of single photon capture, and quantum imaging requires detectors arrays that can be tuned to specific photon energies. We will build on initial Phase 1 work which delivered a proof of concept demonstration of a novel extended infrared Single Photon Avalanche Detector (SPAD) technology...

The objective of this project is to undertake a technical feasibility study to prototype and assess a newly conceived, potentially disruptive Single Photon detector technology. Current common Single Photon Avalanche Detection (SPAD) technology is based on Silicon, which has significant limitations in terms of detection of light only between 300-1100nm, co...

Amethyst Research Ltd (ARL) proposes a study to assess the commercial viability of a disruptive solid-state infra-red (IR) detector technology which enables cost effective manufacturing of high performance sensors for chemical/gas detection and IR imaging. The focus of the study will be to explore the commercial potential of developing a semiconductor opt...