Project Grant 1549668

This STTR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to transition the Ti:Sapphire-on-Insulator (Ti:SaOI) platform from an academic demonstration to a wafer-scale, CMOS-foundry compatible process. The $275,000 award, with a performance period from February 15, 2025 to October 31, 2025, will enable the scalable production of integrated Ti:Sapphire lasers and amplifiers in the wavelength range...

Impact Photonics LLC received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible single photon avalanche diode. The SBIR program is intended to support scientific research and development that has the potential for commercialization. Under this Phase I award made on November 1, 2021 for a one-year period ending December 31, 2022, Impact Photonics...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant, under CFDA program 47.084 "NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships," provides $272,771 in funding to Thintronics Inc. for the development of novel synthetic polymer-based dielectric materials for printed circuit boards (PCBs). The key objectives of this project are to develop low dielectric constant (≤2.8) and low dissipation factor (≤0.0026) materials that are inherently...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems provides $213,879 to support research understanding and exploiting non-linear behavior of phase-change materials for millimeter-wave applications. The award period is from September 1, 2021 through January 31, 2024. The grantee, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will conduct research on behalf of the principal investigator to analyze phase-change materials' non-linear properties...

This $335,345 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports research to develop a scalable manufacturing process for phase-pure ferroelectric hafnium oxide and hafnium zirconium oxide through plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition. The University of Virginia will lead a multi-disciplinary, multi-national team in characterizing the impact of atomic layer deposition parameters on amorphous film structure and resulting material phases using advanced microscopy techniques. The research aims to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project award to OSO Semiconductor Inc., a minority-owned small business, will develop a new phased array communication technology to achieve lower power consumption, smaller form factors, and more affordable price targets. The $274,992 grant, awarded on December 15, 2023, will fund the development and testing of an ultra-low loss beamforming circuit that can be integrated into a unique low-power phased...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $305,000 to Elektrum Technologies, Inc. to develop an additive manufacturing process for producing low-cost, flexible, and transparent conductive electrodes. The goal is to create a more cost-effective alternative to indium tin oxide, which is a brittle material currently used in many optoelectronic applications. The Phase I project will focus on two key...

This $410,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Dartmouth College from September 2022 through August 2025 to develop a new paradigm of two-dimensional metal oxide transistors enhanced through quantum modulation doping. The researchers will develop a fundamental understanding of how heterointerfaces can be engineered to enhance electronic transport in channels consisting of heterostructures of 2-3 nm thick two-dimensional wide bandgap oxide semiconductors. This work...

This $305,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, is developing innovative metasurface optical waveguiding devices (MOWGs) that control light on a sub-wavelength level. The goal is to overcome the limitations of traditional optical systems, such as weight, size, scalability, and cost, by replacing conventional optical components like lenses and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant of $275,000 awarded to Lumoniq Inc. supports research and development of a nanoscale hybrid optical interconnect platform to revolutionize internal computer chip connections. The project aims to commercialize a new approach called Coupled Hybrid Plasmonics (CHP) that uses the interaction of light and metals to enable high-bandwidth, low-power,...