Project Grant 2410198
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $140,044 CAREER grant to Northwestern University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. This 1-year project, running from February 2025 to February 2026, supports basic research into developing a novel quantum reservoir engineering framework and leveraging it for entanglement generation in noisy quantum systems. The goal is to produce desired entangled states of qubits, which are critical for scalable and robust quantum...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant under CFDA 47.041 Engineering program, titled "Developing a High-Dimensional Photonic Quantum Register for the Quantum Internet," was awarded to The Regents of the University of Colorado in the amount of $408,691. The project aims to create the first scalable solid-state photonic quantum register capable of simultaneously storing multiple photons within a single nuclear spin. The research will advance quantum networking...
- 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 National Science Foundation Project Grant of $399,083 will support research at the University of Illinois from August 2022 to July 2025 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award will fund development of single-photon quantum information processing using nonlinear photonic integrated circuits. Specifically, the university researchers will work to generate and manipulate few-photon quantum correlations and entanglement through an integrated photonic system with record-high...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $250,000 EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) Project Grant to the University of Illinois - Urbana to develop a blueprint for a manufacturing process to assemble ultrafast quantum photonic devices using nanoparticle-based quantum emitters. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year grant include: Producing an in-situ monitored synthesis process for...
- This $390,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop pre-patterned freestanding single-crystalline lithium niobate (LN) photonic components for advanced quantum photonic integrated circuits. The award supports research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to address limitations of conventional LN fabrication techniques, such as poor optical confinement and limited modulation capabilities. The project will...
- 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 $800,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) funds the development of new quantum communication technologies at The University of Texas at Arlington and Northwestern University through August 2025. The award supports research to increase quantum communication capacity by exploiting the spatial degrees of freedom of optical fibers. The universities will develop several types of high-capacity quantum communication links...
- This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the University of Maryland, College Park to develop optically active quantum bits (qubits) in silicon. The goal is to create scalable quantum devices by integrating these silicon-based qubits with nanophotonic engineering and microwave control. The research will focus on a silicon color center called the "T center" which can exhibit efficient optical...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $150,000 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Central Florida (UCF) to explore a novel type of compact, all-solid-state entangled photon-emitting diode source. The project aims to develop an advanced entangled light source that can generate quantum photon pairs in a compact, low-cost, and maintenance-free form, much like conventional light-emitting diodes. This research has the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 4-year, $417,985 CAREER grant to Northwestern University to study novel solid-state quantum photonic devices and take initial steps towards multiplexed quantum communication. The grant, under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will support the principal investigator's research on nonlinear interaction of electromagnetic fields with engineered materials like lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) for quantum network applications. Key focus areas include exploring the use of thulium ions in LNOI crystals for controlling quantum optical information, developing integrated photonic platforms for multimode quantum information processing, and investigating coherent and reversible absorption near 800nm wavelength. The research aims to address challenges in building large-scale, low-loss quantum networks by advancing the capabilities of quantum optical sources, memories, and signal processing devices. No sub-awards are planned under this grant.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $418.0k | 12/13/23 |