Project Grant 1621729

This STTR Phase I grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program supports the development of a compact, multi-wavelength interferometric system for real-time, in-situ metrology in high-precision optical manufacturing. The $274,524 project aims to deliver a market-ready, on-machine metrology system that can improve efficiency and accuracy in diamond tool alignment, surface metrology, and overall manufacturing throughput by...

The National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $499,999 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to demonstrate an on-chip infrared spectroscopy system. The goal is to develop a miniaturized, ultra-sensitive, and low-noise infrared sensing platform that can compete with conventional Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) technologies while operating at room temperature. The key technical approach involves fabricating an...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award to Perceptra Technologies, Inc. is focused on designing, optimizing, and validating a high-sensitivity integrated photonic Raman spectrometer. The $275,000 award aims to demonstrate the technical feasibility of developing compact, cost-effective optical sensors that can provide on-demand and real-time chemical analysis, addressing the need for accessible chemical screening...

This $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program supports the development of a label-free, high-resolution, high-throughput protein screening platform called Vibrational Spectroscopy with Metasurface Optics (VISMO). The technology aims to enable simultaneous, minute-scale measurement of millions of protein samples, which would dramatically improve the lengthy and costly cycles...

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop a groundbreaking architecture for thermal imaging lenses that are smaller, lighter, less expensive, and use abundant semiconductor materials like silicon. The primary research objectives are to determine whether the proposed Zernike double-metalens Cooke triplet can simultaneously eliminate image noise and chromatic...

This $274,786 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the development of a cutting-edge scanning magnetometer microscope by Femtosenselabs, LLC. This new microscope technology will enable high-resolution imaging of novel magnetic materials with unprecedented sensitivity at the nanoscale, supporting the advancement of spintronics and the development of...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program totaling $256,000 will fund the development of an optimized ion mobility spectrometry system for distributed chemical sensing without the use of radioactive ionization sources. The awardee, Sensit Ventures Inc. of Davis, California, will establish an experimental and theoretical framework to miniaturize differential mobility spectrometry technology for analytical-quality chemical...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $425,000 to Carnegie Mellon University to develop a chip-scale quantum spectroscopy solution for mid-infrared gas sensing. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: (a) Optimization of a silicon-carbide-on-aluminum-nitride integrated photonics platform for low-loss performance from visible to mid-infrared spectra; (b) Development of silicon carbide...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, supports the development of a novel, miniaturized ion trap mass spectrometer technology by Ionicscale LLC, a small technology company. The $1,000,000 project aims to create an ultra-compact, remotely programmable chemical analyzer that can greatly expand the accessibility and affordability of mass spectrometry-based chemical detection and...

This $287,836 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund the development of a highly compact mid-infrared spectrometer based on a single, tunable van der Waals heterostructure photodetector at Yale University from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The research aims to advance on-chip mid-infrared spectroscopy through investigating light-matter interactions in emerging...