This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $1,198,092 will support research at Northwestern University from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The university will design photonic lattices and multilayer structures that can confine light in small spaces near metal nanostructures and support electrically-driven excitation. Researchers will fabricate new architectures based on multilayer nanoparticle arrays and realize...
This $375,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to accelerate the discovery, design, and implementation of new engineered photonic materials, particularly photonic metamaterials, through a data-driven deep learning approach. The project, led by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will establish deep learning frameworks to construct photonic metamaterials, integrate information on tailorable optical...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $200,000 in funding to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027. The project aims to develop a photonic optimization framework for freeform metasurfaces that can create strong chiral near-fields at specific molecular positions. This will enable enhanced chiral sensing and imaging with ultrahigh sensitivity, advancing the field of...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $567,000 supports research from April 2023 through March 2026 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will develop new ultrathin dielectric helical metamaterials to strongly enhance and tune their chiroptical response across the visible spectrum. The research aims to unlock novel ways to efficiently manipulate the broadband chirality, spin angular momentum, and transverse spin of...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $457,500 to Trustees of Boston University from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding supports research to develop new classes of photodetectors based on metasurface nanophotonics technology. This aims to enable advanced computational imaging capabilities beyond traditional sensors, such as producing focused...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to support research that develops a novel approach to metamaterials engineering and manufacturing for emerging optoelectronics. The project at the University of Michigan will utilize a combination of advanced manufacturing tools and focused-ion-beam-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy to pattern and integrate high-purity non-precious metals with high-quality semiconductors. The...
This $2,125,000 federal Project Grant award under CFDA 12.431 Basic Scientific Research program, managed by the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command, supports a multi-institution research collaboration to explore self-assembling metamaterials and non-Hermitian photonic devices. The lead institution, New York University, coordinates efforts with Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Illinois to...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award of $299,838 to the University of New Mexico (UNM) is funding research to investigate stress-induced birefringence and refractive index changes in glass materials. The goal is to advance the capability of ultrafast laser micromachining techniques to reliably alter material properties and create sub-micron features in glass for fabricating novel optical components like waveguides, waveplates, and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $750,000 to Northeastern University to develop innovative engineered photonic materials using a data-driven deep learning approach. The research aims to accelerate the discovery, design, and implementation of new photonic metamaterials with tailored optical properties for applications in areas such as lasers, optical communications, quantum computing, and...
This $305,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of innovative metasurface optical waveguiding devices (MOWGs) by Coherent Photonics, LLC. The project aims to create novel optical devices that can replace conventional optical systems, such as lenses and mirrors, to enable more compact, scalable, and cost-effective optical solutions for applications like smartphones,...