Cooperative Agreement FA70002020006

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 $1,773,267 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910), funds the construction of a nanophotonic system that encompasses a squeezer, high gain measurement optical amplifier, pump generator, phase-stable programmable interferometers, and balanced homodyne detector integrated on a thin-film lithium niobate on insulator platform. This system is intended...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609) provides $123,000.00 to develop an instrument to levitate microparticles in vacuum and investigate approaches to controlling the quantum state of the levitated particles. The key activities include: Developing a vacuum chamber and instrumentation to launch and trap microparticles using laser beams at 1064 nm and 633...

OAM Photonics LLC will develop a high-performance, compact, and lightweight 3D light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor under a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The LIDAR sensor aims to enable more affordable drone-based, high-precision mapping applications by leveraging coherent LIDAR detection and silicon photonics technology in an innovative design. The compact form factor sensor...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems provides $390,841 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University for research and development of strained engineered germanium quantum-well lasers on gallium arsenide and silicon substrates for optical coherence tomography applications. The goal of the award is to support collaborative research between U.S. and Irish partners under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041)...

This 18-month, $250,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to advance established low-cost, scalable electrochemical platforms to measure defects in high-performing, printable photovoltaics using lead halide perovskites. The key objectives are to: 1) Develop a prototype wavelength- and temperature-dependent technique for...

Advr, Inc. was awarded a $1,849,939 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the commercial production of low-loss quantum frequency conversion and electro-optical modulation devices enabled by wafer-level processing of reverse-proton-exchange lithium niobate waveguides. The Office of Science aims to deliver transformational scientific tools and discoveries to advance U.S. energy security and...

The Project Grant award of $399,978 from the Department of Energy Office of Science will support METASURFACE-COUPLED AVALANCHE PHOTO DIODE research at Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. in Bolingbrook, IL from June 2022 through June 2023. The award is being made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, the...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Optical Engines, Inc. on February 12, 2024. The funding supports research and development on path length matching and phase control for coherently combined fiber laser arrays. Optical Engines, a manufacturing company specializing in advanced laser technologies, will leverage this grant to advance fiber laser and amplifier technologies for...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded N.p. Photonics, Inc. a $200,000 Project Grant to deliver a high-power ultrashort pulse laser beam delivery system. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the program's mission of transforming understanding of nature and advancing U.S. energy and economic security through scientific discoveries and tools. With this funding, N.p. Photonics will provide their laser beam delivery...