Project Grant 2344659
- This $220,807 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of a transformative approach to access quantum states and encode quantum information using atomically-engineered heterostructures consisting of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers and plasmonic nanoantennas. The key technical objectives are to: 1) Leverage the ultrafast decay of plasmons to electronically readout spin-valley quantum states, 2) Fabricate...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) in the amount of $1,998,806.00 supports an ambitious cross-institutional research effort to advance quantum science and engineering. The project, titled "NSF-AFRL REFLEQTS: FLOQUET-ENGINEERED POLARITONIC QUANTUM STATES FOR INFRARED SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION AND SENSING," aims to conceive, explore, design, and realize a new class of devices based on the emergent quantum physics of...
- This $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research by Baylor University to develop a novel method for generating quantum-entangled light. The project aims to demonstrate the modulation of an optical cavity using integrated phase change materials to produce quantum-entangled photons compatible with silicon photonics technology. This work exists at the intersection of quantum field theory, ultrafast optics, and...
- This $550,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program will support the University of Maryland, College Park in developing nanophotonic synthetic dimensions for analog quantum Hamiltonian simulators and sensing. The project aims to leverage low-loss nanophotonics to integrate synthetic dimensions on-chip using frequency and Floquet modes of driven microring resonators, extending this capability to the quantum regime. The research will focus on...
- This Project Grant award of $300,000 was made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award supports the development of a novel computational framework for simulating non-equilibrium excitonic phenomena using the real-time evolution of the two-body Green's function. The project aims to advance the understanding of how quantum materials respond to extreme conditions, such as intense laser pulses, by modeling excitons - bound...
- This Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Maryland, College Park will explore a new class of low-loss phase change materials to control light propagation and enable "synthetic dimensions" for advanced optical information processing and computing. The project aims to develop reconfigurable modal control and topological nanophotonics for next-generation communications and quantum computing...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $700,000 from August 2024 to July 2027 to The Leland Stanford Junior University for research on quantum phenomena in ultrafast optical circuits. The primary aims are to develop deeper insights into the transition regime where quantum effects become significant as optical circuits are miniaturized, including both theoretical and experimental components. This work...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant, awarded under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), provides $299,237 in funding to the University of Delaware from February 1, 2026 to January 31, 2028. The project focuses on exploring how the interplay of light and controlled energy flow can be used to manipulate the properties of advanced quantum materials. Key objectives include developing a hybrid theoretical framework to simulate the non-equilibrium behavior of these...
- This Project Grant award for $258,887, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports the development of a transformative approach to access and utilize quantum states in atomically-engineered heterostructures. The project aims to harness the decay of plasmons to convert spin-valley quantum information into electrical currents, enabling electronic readout of quantum states. Key activities include fabricating ultra-thin, high-mobility Schottky...
- This Project Grant award, titled "CAREER: REALIZING ULTRAHIGH MOBILITY SEMICONDUCTORS THROUGH LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS," is funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The $283,100 award, effective from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2030, supports research at Columbia University to leverage novel light-matter interactions to minimize carrier scattering and enable high-speed, low-resistance transport of energy and information...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $250,000 to the University of Washington to develop a hybrid device that couples excitons in a semiconducting moiré superlattice to nanophotonic resonators, forming a moiré exciton-polariton platform. The project aims to study the resulting strong light-matter interaction to enable analog quantum simulations and advance quantum nano-optoelectronics. Key deliverables include demonstrating the moiré exciton-polariton device, investigating correlated excitonic physics, and realizing nonlinear phonon-phonon interactions at the single-photon level. The award will also fund the creation of new educational materials and hands-on workshops on optics and nanofabrication for K-12 and underrepresented minority students. The project is active from April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $250.0k | 3/25/24 |