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The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $124,802 Project Grant to the University of Oklahoma (OU) to study the growth of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals at the single-particle level. This research aims to advance the development of low-cost single photon emitters (SPEs) necessary for building future quantum photonic networks that enable secure quantum communications. Under this 2-year grant, starting September 1, 2023, Professor Yitong Dong and his...

This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $485,000 to Penn State University to develop new nonlinear optical single crystal materials and an open-source modeling package for classical and quantum light generation applications. Specifically, the University will synthesize and characterize promising new nonlinear optical single crystals identified through theoretical modeling and literature reviews. An...

The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY), doing business as Stony Brook University, was awarded a $335,156 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research titled "CAREER: FLAT SINGULAR OPTICS: GENERATION AND DETECTION OF OPTICAL VORTEX BEAMS WITH PLASMONIC METASURFACES IN LINEAR AND NONLINEAR REGIMES" under the NSF's Engineering (ENG) program (CFDA #47.041). The two-year project period, which began on October 1, 2021 and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The goal of the 3-year project is to develop an energy-efficient coherent optical interconnect architecture that can enable dramatic increases in datacenter and high-performance computing bandwidth-density and energy-efficiency. The key technical innovations...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project Grant award to La Luce Cristallina, Inc. provides $274,997 to address critical technical challenges in scaling up barium titanate on silicon technology for photonic integrated circuits. The key products and services to be delivered under this 1-year project include: Developing a process to mitigate the thermal stress that arises from integrating barium titanate, an optical material, with silicon...

The National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation awarded $256,000 to Nonlinear Materials Corporation of Seattle, Washington under Project Grant STTR PHASE I: ROBUST HIGH-PERFORMANCE ORGANIC ELECTRO-OPTIC MATERIALS. The award period runs from April 15, 2021 through March 31, 2022. Under this award, Nonlinear Materials Corporation will develop robust high-performance organic electro-optic materials to deliver under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) federal grant program. The...

This $524,480 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at New York University (NYU) on developing novel semiconductor crystal materials and manufacturing processes for advanced optoelectronic applications. The key focus is on understanding how to fabricate "twisted" organic semiconductor crystals that can spontaneously form into aligned networks, enabling them to outperform single crystal materials in properties...

Bluedot Photonics, Inc. was awarded a $255,927 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on February 15, 2021 to support work under the SBIR PHASE I: QUANTUM CUTTING DOWNCONVERSION LAYERS FOR IMPROVED SOLAR PV PERFORMANCE award. The award is being carried out in Seattle, WA through May 31, 2022. Under this NSF SBIR Phase I award, issued through the Engineering (47.041) program, Bluedot Photonics is developing quantum cutting downconversion layers to improve the performance of solar...

This $500,000 Project Grant award was made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Maryland, College Park. The project aims to explore a new class of low-loss phase change materials that can actively control and reconfigure the transverse modes of light within photonic integrated circuits. The key objectives are to leverage interference between multiple transverse spatial modes to create a "synthetic modal dimension"...

Raytum Photonics LLC was awarded a $199,995 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a broadband low aberration composite magnet sextupole lens. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Under this February 2022 award concluding in November...