This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports a research project led by the University of Central Florida (UCF) focused on studying ultrafast electron-nuclear dynamics in molecules. The $187,696 grant, awarded on May 1, 2024 for a 5-year period, will enable UCF researchers to utilize advanced laser and photon sources to investigate the evolution of electronic coherences and their coupling to nuclear...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $1,715,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) to conduct research on ultrafast strong-field control of coherence and entanglement in atoms and molecules. The research focuses on investigating and controlling the rapid motion of electrons and atoms within molecules using precise external forces from high-intensity, ultrafast laser...
This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling $150,000 aims to advance understanding of strong-field and ultrafast processes in atomic systems through theoretical and computational modeling. Funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the award supports research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to describe interactions between intense coherent radiation and large quantum systems. Specific investigations include...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods Program awarded a $529,482 Project Grant to the University of Rochester to support the theory and simulation of laser-dressed molecules and materials under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049). The research, led by Dr. Ignacio Franco, aims to develop general schemes for the laser control of electrons in matter, enabling the creation of a novel class of laser-dressed...
This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), totaling $300,000, will support theoretical research to develop short-pulsed ultraviolet laser sources. Funded through NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the award will promote progress in the generation and characterization of ultraviolet laser pulses. Specifically, the awardee will conduct numerical simulations of high harmonic generation in a gas jet experiment to analyze the impact of...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $277,897 to the University of Central Florida (UCF) to develop theoretical and numerical methods for computing cross sections and branching ratios in photoionization of air molecules including N2, O2, and H2O. The goal is to produce photoionization spectra and branching ratio data to support modeling applications in areas such as intense/ultraviolet laser propagation,...
This $557,686 National Science Foundation award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) funds research at Temple University from September 2022 through August 2025 related to molecular quantum control and spectroscopy using light-dressed states. The principal investigators will utilize laser interactions with diatomic molecules to study transition strengths between energy states, investigate the electronic structure of dysprosium and erbium dimer molecules, and control...
This $350,546 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program supports fundamental research on quantum stereodynamics of cold molecular collisions. The project, led by researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), aims to gain a deeper understanding of atomic and molecular collision processes and explore methods to control the outcomes of chemical reactions through quantum mechanical techniques. Key focus...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $493,565 awarded on July 15, 2022 will support research into coherent control and analysis of atomic multi-photon processes at the Missouri University of Science and Technology through June 30, 2025. The research aims to advance established coherent control schemes and develop new methods to manipulate electron dynamics in photo-absorption processes using lithium atoms. Investigators will shape both the microscopic properties of femtosecond laser...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to The Ohio State University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research on strong field physics with light-matter interaction. The award will fund the development of semiclassical methods to address open problems involving strong field ionization using vortex beams. Specifically, the university will develop a theory treating the initial ionization quantum mechanically followed by...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $360,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Central Florida (UCF) for a 3-year project entitled "Coherent Attosecond Ionization Dynamics in Laser-Dressed Atomic and Molecular Systems". The project will theoretically study the statistical properties and time evolution of localized charges created in organic molecules by the absorption of short pulses of ionizing radiation, exploring how infrared pulses can be used to enhance the purity of quantum states produced. The research aims to advance ultrafast science, develop researchers from undergraduate to post-graduate levels, enable synergistic collaborations, and provide outreach and education programs. Key methodological components include implementing a non-Hermitian Floquet solver, calculating the ensemble of molecular ions emerging from photoionization events, and reconstructing photoelectron distributions from laser-dressed helium ionization. This work seeks to identify exceptional points between autoionizing states in laser-dressed atoms/molecules, characterize hole localization and state purity in photoions, and explain coincidence measurements in FEL-based helium ionization experiments.