Formula Grant DESC0017822

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...

The U.S. Department of Energy, through its Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded a $482,000 Project Grant to The Ohio State University for the development of a "Hybrid Platform for Ultrafast Waveform-Controlled 2 Micron Laser Amplifier Front-End". The project aims to advance ultrafast laser technologies and their applications, with a focus on creating a low-noise, high-power femtosecond laser amplifier system. The grant supports The Ohio State...

This $495,782 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of chip-scale, fully-integrated mode-locked lasers (MLLs) on thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) that can generate femtosecond optical pulses at high peak power exceeding 10 watts. The goal is to realize fully integrated ultrafast photonic systems, such as integrated supercontinuum lasers and self-referenced frequency combs, by seamlessly integrating the...

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...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) award of $398,500 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) aims to develop new principles for the ultrafast and energy-efficient operation of lasers and optical interconnects. The transformative research seeks to take advantage of changes in the polarization of emitted light, rather than conventional intensity changes, to enable faster and more efficient data transfer for applications like...

This $850,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Colorado Boulder to advance understanding of particle acceleration in plasmas driven by lasers. Specifically, the three-year award will fund simulation and experimental studies of optical field ionization-generated plasma channels for particle acceleration using laser wakefield acceleration. Researchers will conduct accurate simulations of plasma channel formation, characterize generated...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will fund the University of Maryland, College Park to upgrade its existing 100 terawatt laser system to increase output pulse energy by a factor of four. Totaling $155,249, the award under the NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support relativistic physics experiments in plasma, nonlinear optics, and laboratory astrophysics through July 2025. Specifically, the upgraded laser will enable tabletop...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $689,717 to Stanford University and Tel Aviv University to study ion acceleration using high-intensity lasers. The goal is to develop a compact, meter-scale accelerator that could revolutionize ion beam cancer therapy by making it more widely accessible. The project will test predictions from recent simulations of the proposed accelerator concept at Tel Aviv...

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $199,815 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of a hybrid structure-wakefield accelerator with a plasma photocathode through March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under 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 security and economic...

The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $360,000 to President and Fellows of Harvard College through July 31, 2025 to develop mid-infrared reconfigurable pulse generators under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The award supports research to realize a new type of laser that emits multiple wavelengths of light simultaneously as precise trains of ultrashort light pulses. This multi-wavelength pulsed laser output would enable...