Cooperative Agreement W911NF2120229

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program), is developing a high-precision time-to-digital converter (TDC) capable of picosecond accuracy. The $305,000 award to Main Engineering LLC will enable the research and development of a semiconductor chip-based TDC that can operate in harsh environments and provide enhanced performance features such as zero...

This $320,779 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at the University of California, Riverside to demonstrate discrete time crystals in photonic chip-scale systems. The researchers will realize and study time crystals in silicon nitride microring resonators pumped by polychromatic lasers. They will control the state of created time crystals and enable transitions between different phases using frequency modulation and sweeps....

This one-year, $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, will support research into real-time strategies and synchronized time distribution mechanisms to improve exascale performance, portability, and predictability in high performance computing. The grantee, Trustees of Boston University, will conduct five tasks: demonstrating accurate clock distribution...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award of $956,313, granted under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, funds the development of compact, stable, and accurate optical frequency standards using chip-scale iodine vapor cells. The research aims to produce fundamentally accurate and stable optical frequencies in the form of laser light for applications in telecommunications, aerospace, semiconductor inspection, and chemical measurement...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports theoretical research on the Th-229 nuclear isomer transition and its application in developing compact, highly accurate nuclear clocks. The $567,152 award to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, operating through the University of Nevada, Reno, will fund an interdisciplinary effort combining materials science, quantum chemistry,...

Prixarc LLC was awarded a $199,899 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop a high-channel count, picosecond timing resolution and extreme radiation hardness time to digital converter. The project is being conducted in Beavercreek Township, Ohio under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness....

Carnegie Mellon University was awarded a $154,221 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. The award will support research to realize and investigate time crystals in non-isolated systems using photons in miniaturized nonlinear optical devices. Specifically, the awardee will demonstrate discrete time crystals in dissipative...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development of compact, deployable, and self-reliant navigation and timekeeping systems using quantum emitters in group IV materials. The key research thrusts include: Engineering broadband and stable vector magnetometry using color centers in diamond for magnetic navigation, by enhancing sensitivity through photonic device integration and conducting simultaneous...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $150,000 cooperative agreement to The Pennsylvania State University under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program to develop a platform for manufacturing miniature atomic vapor cells compatible with CMOS and integrated photonic elements. Over the one-year period from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023, Penn State researchers will develop a novel microfabrication process to encapsulate atomic vapors inside...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Cooperative Agreement award of $1,184,000 to Sangtera Inc. in Lexington, MA aims to develop a small form-factor precision stage to enable high-volume manufacturing of next-generation high-performance computing devices utilizing 3D stacked chiplets. The project focuses on designing, fabricating, and characterizing a prototype precision stage that can achieve 100 nm positioning precision and 1 mm motion...