Cooperative Agreement DEAR0000670

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $1,000,000 to Semergytech, Inc., a small business based in Arlington, Texas. The funding supports the development and commercialization of high-speed, high-power, single-mode photonic crystal surface emitting lasers (PCSELs). The project aims to address current limitations in semiconductor laser technologies by creating a disruptive PCSEL...

Optical Engines, Inc. received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of fiber amplifier technology for ultra-large-mode-area ultrafast laser arrays. The project will be completed by March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance...

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...

Advalue Photonics Inc. received a $198,880 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a compact, high-power, fiber-based laser system at 257.5nm and 1030nm wavelengths. The project supports the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Under this one-year award concluding on...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $425,000 to the University of Washington is focused on developing high-speed perovskite light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for optical interconnects and data transmission. The key objectives are to: Engineer perovskite semiconductor materials and device designs to minimize resistance and increase LED modulation bandwidth. Optimize modulation formats using data-driven learning for high-bandwidth operation....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $398,500.00 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY) to develop new principles for the ultrafast and energy-efficient operation of lasers and optical interconnects. The research aims to leverage the polarization of emitted light rather than intensity changes to enable superior performance in areas like data centers and high-bandwidth applications....

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $255,000 Project Grant to North Carolina State University (NC State) to theoretically investigate and experimentally demonstrate compact, on-chip III-V lasers that are robust, efficient, and have a tailorable single-mode operation range. The proposed program aims to develop a family of topologically protected lasers to satisfy requirements for next-generation lasers used in photonic integrated circuits...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to The University of Texas at Arlington under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a fast 2D optical beam steering device integrated directly onto high power vertical cavity surface-emitting laser arrays. Over a three-year period ending September 2025, the university will investigate fundamental challenges toward achieving a high-speed beam steering optical phased array structure capable of full phase...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems is awarding a $200,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota for a collaborative research project on "Resonant-Beam Based Optical-Wireless Communication." The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant include: (1) developing novel channel models and signal processing techniques to address the...

Avicenatech Corporation received a $255,612 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to develop ultra-high throughput parallel optical links for chip-to-chip interconnects. The grant period runs from February 1, 2021 through July 31, 2021. Under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA #47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering innovation and education, Avicenatech will use the funding to advance...