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) 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...
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...
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...
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...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $636,210 to Stony Brook University to develop experimental approaches for studying the ultrafast dynamics of electrons and nuclei in small molecules following the absorption of light. The research team will generate and shape ultrafast laser pulses to capture detailed "movies" of the coupled electron-nuclear motions, with the goal of gaining a more comprehensive...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $195,006 to support research on imaging and controlling electronic dynamics in matter, ranging from isolated atoms to nanostructures. The work focuses on numerical modeling of time- and spatially-resolved emission of photoelectrons and high-harmonic radiation from adsorbate-covered metal surfaces and nanoparticles. The goal is to advance the understanding of single-electron...
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 $723,430 supports research into coherent radiative dynamics with matter-wave quantum emitters through September 2025. Funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the award to Stony Brook University will investigate how tunneling and arrays of quantum emitters influence the propagation of guided atomic matter waves. Specifically, the grantee will explore superradiant and subradiant dynamics, resonant scattering...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $763,868 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Colorado State University (CSU). The funding will support high-precision, quantum-enabled laser spectroscopy experiments on trapped, highly charged ions to test fundamental physics at low energy. This project aims to develop an optical atomic clock based on narrow linewidth transitions in highly charged praseodymium ions. The research is expected to provide...