The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $240,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Arizona to engineer quantum fluctuation phenomena in nanoscale quantum optical systems. The key goals of this 3-year effort are to: 1) realize well-controlled and coherent atomic systems near surfaces, 2) extend the framework of Casimir physics to study fluctuation phenomena, 3) guide experiments on high-precision measurements of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded a $137,548 Project Grant to the University of New Mexico (UNM) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The 3-year grant, running from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, will fund research to deepen the understanding of quantum computational advantage. Specifically, the project seeks to explore the interplay between entanglement, measurement, and quantum many-body physics in the context of "noisy...
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...
This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports fundamental research on how light interacts with cold, dense gases of atoms. The principal investigator and graduate students will use computer simulations to study "many-body" quantum effects that emerge when light simultaneously interacts with multiple atoms in close proximity. The research aims to advance understanding of quantum...
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...
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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $240,000 Project Grant to Lebanon Valley College under the agency's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to study theoretical problems in physics and mathematics related to quantum advantage. The 3-year grant supports implementation of a resource theory framework to analyze invertible free operations, including local unitary transformations, permutations of subsystems, and matchgates, in order to probe multiparticle quantum...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a $387,177 Project Grant to Florida State University (FSU) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) to support theoretical research and education on exotic quantum phases of many-particle systems with strong interactions. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant include: Theoretical studies of the physical properties of the edges and interfaces separating...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $215,000.00 in funding from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The award supports the research activities of Professors John Donoghue, Ben Heidenreich, and Lorenzo Sorbo on theoretical aspects of quantum gravity and its potential observable effects during the early universe. Key products and services to be...
The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded Florida State University a $483,006 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research on quantum transport in self-assembled hybrid superlattices. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and...