This $197,780 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of a novel quantum magnetometer sensor based on an organic chromophore coupled with a mechanical resonator. The research aims to create an ultra-sensitive and highly efficient magnetometer sensor that can detect variations in magnetic fields through the quantum emission of a single chromophore. This work has potential applications in fields such as robotics,...
This $1,550,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the development of networked quantum sensor systems for a range of scientific and technological applications. The "QUSEC-TAQS: Quantum Sensor Networks for Metrology, Chemistry and Astrophysics" project aims to advance theoretical concepts, conduct proof-of-principle experiments, and adapt quantum sensing approaches to different platforms and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to The Trustees of Princeton University to develop new quantum sensing tools for studying physical phenomena, structure, and composition of materials. The project, titled "QUSEC-TAQS: Nanoscale Covariance Magnetometry with Diamond Quantum Sensors," aims to use nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond as a large-scale quantum sensing platform to...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $136,448 to Arizona State University (ASU) from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2028. The project explores how quantum technology can improve distributed sensing capabilities for applications like monitoring environmental conditions across metropolitan areas. The research team will construct a table-top continuous-variable entangled quantum network using squeezed light and deep learning...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $379,998 to Georgia Tech Research Corporation provides funding to utilize nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers for scanning quantum sensing of unconventional spin behaviors in room-temperature two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (VDW) magnet devices. The project aims to directly visualize "field-free" deterministic magnetization switching and magnetic skyrmions in FE3GaTE2, advancing the design...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program for $200,000.00 to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, with the University of California, Berkeley as a sub-awardee, from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. The grant will fund research to develop scalable quantum gravimeters using large-momentum-transfer atom interferometry. The goal is to create a compact quantum gravimeter that can...
The National Science Foundation awarded $357,323 under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the project "Driving Quantum Systems with Classical Fields." Over a three-year period ending August 2025, the University will develop state-of-the-art simulation software to analyze how electrons in nanoscale devices interact with classical light and sound waves. The University will integrate recent advances in computational electromagnetics...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $450,000 over 3 years to the University of New Mexico to develop an advanced magnetometry sensor based on frequency comb techniques. The proposed sensor will exploit direct phase detection rather than amplitude measurements, enabling enhanced resolution and sensitivity for gradient magnetic field detection. Key technical objectives include theoretical modeling, verification with a...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,550,000 to Northern Arizona University to cultivate new approaches, systems, and training programs for quantum information science. The central research goals aim to prepare, control, and measure quantum states involving electronic, mechanical, microwave, and optical degrees of freedom, enabling the development of "spin-optomechanical" systems. Key milestones include...
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...