The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry is providing a $522,354 Project Grant to Cornell University to conduct research on "Vibrational Coherence Probes of Polariton Photochemistry." The project, which runs from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028, will use cutting-edge ultrafast laser-based techniques to study how light-matter interactions can alter the properties and dynamics of molecules in photonic structures. The goal is to develop a better understanding of...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant, funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), aims to leverage novel light-matter interactions to minimize scattering and resistance in two-dimensional semiconductor materials. The $283,100 award, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2030, supports research to suppress charge carrier-defect scattering through strong light-electronic excitation coupling, and to accelerate exciton and charge transport across...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) program (CFDA 47.079) provides $450,000 in funding to Cornell University from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The objective is to develop integrated photonic devices that enable efficient modulation and routing of visible and ultraviolet laser light for trapped-ion quantum computing and simulation systems. The project explores two complementary approaches -...
The National Science Foundation awarded Cornell University a $446,175 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research from June 2021 to May 2024 to exploit excitons in atomic monolayers for dielectric sensing. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise by increasing knowledge and understanding of major problems. This award will further those goals by advancing the use of...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program is providing $449,457 in funding to the University of Delaware to develop new computational methods for modeling molecular polaritons - hybrid states arising from the interaction between molecules and confined light inside optical cavities. The project aims to advance the theoretical modeling of polariton chemistry and provide powerful computational tools for...
This $523,635 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research at Colgate University to explore techniques for creating novel three-dimensional light patterns that have potential applications in biomedical imaging, communications, and quantum metrology. The principal investigator and undergraduate research team will investigate how manipulating the degrees of freedom in light, such as polarization and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $398,500 in funding to develop new principles for the ultrafast and energy-efficient operation of lasers and optical interconnects. The goal is to leverage the polarization of emitted light, rather than just intensity changes, to enable faster and more efficient data transfer. The award dates are June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2028. The research will combine first-principles studies, rate-equation...
This federal Project Grant award of $360,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports fundamental research on quantum mechanics and its applications in new quantum materials and technologies. The research program, led by Cornell University, aims to expand the range of physics that can be studied through cold gas experiments, with a focus on three key questions: (1) how to controllably create highly entangled quantum states...
This $638,987 federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund research by Cornell University to investigate superfluid 3He and explore new quantum states that could enable precision measurement and quantum computation applications. The project aims to design and fabricate nanoscale silicon structures to confine superfluid helium films just a few atoms thick, with the goal of observing exotic...
This $495,782 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of innovative integrated photonic devices and systems at the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY). The project aims to (1) create high-power, chip-scale femtosecond mode-locked lasers on thin-film lithium niobate, and (2) integrate these lasers with other nonlinear photonic components to enable advanced applications in areas like...