The National Science Foundation awarded San Jose State University Research Foundation $180,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct theoretical research on quantum state control for ultracold atoms from June 2023 through May 2026. The Foundation will advance scientific understanding of quantum sensing, communications, and simulation technologies by exploring new weak measurement models and feedback control protocols in spinor Bose-Einstein...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $472,639 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports research exploring open channel operations using atomic qubits as processing and measurement resources. Specifically, the university will study how dissipation and thermal light sources can be leveraged to cool and control single atoms for quantum information applications. Researchers will address...
This $360,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Physics supports fundamental research and graduate student training in the frontiers of cold atom theory and ultracold gases. The three-year award, effective August 1, 2024, is designed to expand the range of quantum mechanics that can be studied through cold gas experiments, with the goal of applying this knowledge to develop new quantum materials and technologies. The research program, organized around...
This $610,000 Project Grant award, made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), will support experimental and theoretical research to investigate the use of quantum sensors to address unsolved mysteries in fundamental physics. The research team at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) will collaborate with researchers at Laboratoire Aime Cotton in Orsay, France to generate and study the properties of nonclassical...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant of $239,999 to George Mason University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on ultracold atoms in optical tweezer arrays. The research aims to develop novel numerical algorithms to understand the correlations and dynamics of interacting atoms in these arrays, with the goal of realizing new correlated quantum phases and generating entangled states for quantum information applications....
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, with CFDA number 47.049, provides $549,419 to Lehigh University to study non-equilibrium Fermi gases in a multi-region trap. The goal is to better understand the physics of quantum materials, such as high-temperature superconductors and materials for potential applications in quantum computing, more efficient power transmission, and improved thermoelectric cooling. The research...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $596,083 Project Grant to the Kennesaw State University Research And Service Foundation, Inc. (KSU R&SF) for the "EXPANDQISE: TRACK 1: EXCEPTIONAL ENTANGLEMENT TRANSITION AND SUPERSENSITIVE QUANTUM SENSING EMPOWERED BY ANTI-HERMITICITY AND SYMMETRIES" project. The grant, funded from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026, supports research into preserving and enhancing quantum...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $580,000 in funding to Rowan University to develop comprehensive quantum methodologies for modeling and designing molecular-scale quantum sensors with ultra-high sensitivity and long-lived electronic coherence. The key objectives are to: 1) Create new time-dependent nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) methods that incorporate multiconfigurational molecular electronic...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $472,476 provides funding from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025 to support research into variational questions in mathematics and physics. The award is made under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems. The principal investigator will pursue research questions related to optimal states and equilibrium conditions in quantum mechanical...
This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA #47.049) program supports research and development of new quantum sensors to study open quantum systems. The project at The Washington University in St. Louis aims to leverage quantum entanglement to characterize the role of memory in quantum environments, develop quantum-entanglement-enhanced metrology techniques, and investigate the transition between quantum and classical...