Project Grant 2522897
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $469,772 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for a collaborative research project titled "DMREF: NSF-DFG: ATOMS-TO-DEVICE CLOSED-LOOP PREDICTIVE DESIGN OF ELECTRO-OPTIC MATERIALS FOR QUANTUM PHOTONIC CIRCUITS." This 4-year project aims to develop fundamental knowledge and predictive capabilities to deploy the next generation of...
- The Pennsylvania State University was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct research related to quantum computing with cesium atoms in a three-dimensional optical lattice from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. This award falls under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise. Specifically, the university will use the funding to...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), aims to push the boundaries of quantum computing by creating a highly robust 3D cluster state of neutral atoms, a unique form of quantum entanglement. The $650,000 award to The Pennsylvania State University, with a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, will support research to develop a computational imaging technique called Point Spread Function (PSF)...
- This $275,000 NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) project grant to The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, supports theoretical research and educational activities focused on understanding quantum phenomena in condensed matter systems. The key products and services to be delivered include: Exploring novel quantum critical phenomena and gapless phases in many-body quantum systems, going beyond traditional Landau symmetry-breaking paradigms. This...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,998,806 project grant to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support an ambitious cross-institutional research effort. The goal of the project, titled "NSF-AFRL REFLEQTS: FLOQUET-ENGINEERED POLARITONIC QUANTUM STATES FOR INFRARED SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION AND SENSING", is to advance quantum science and engineering research by developing a new class of devices based on...
- This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $485,000 to Penn State University to develop new nonlinear optical single crystal materials and an open-source modeling package for classical and quantum light generation applications. Specifically, the University will synthesize and characterize promising new nonlinear optical single crystals identified through theoretical modeling and literature reviews. An...
- 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 $236,727 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports theoretical and computational research on quantum phases of matter. The awardee, The Pennsylvania State University, will conduct numerical simulations and develop new computational algorithms to study magnetism and strongly correlated electron systems. Additional projects include investigating quantum phase transitions in two-dimensional spin models and quantum...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $592,663 to Penn State University to conduct research on developing atomic-scale quantum light sources in two-dimensional semiconductor/metal hybrid platforms. The goal is to address a critical need for new light sources to advance quantum information science by examining how atoms embedded in ultra-thin semiconductors emit light, which can enable faster, more...
- This $360,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research on the quantum dynamics of near-one-dimensional systems at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). The PI will develop theoretical tools to quantitatively model and analyze experiments on ultracold atomic gases confined to one dimension, with a focus on understanding the far-from-equilibrium dynamics and emergent hydrodynamic...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,380,218 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) for the collaborative research project "DMREF: NSF-DFG: ATOMS-TO-DEVICE CLOSED-LOOP PREDICTIVE DESIGN OF ELECTRO-OPTIC MATERIALS FOR QUANTUM PHOTONIC CIRCUITS." The project aims to develop fundamental knowledge and deploy the next generation of cryogenic electro-optic materials integrated on silicon for chip-scale quantum integrated circuits. Key research focus areas include improving the understanding of the "mesoscale cliff" challenge in translating promising nanoscale material properties to high-performance devices, as well as advancing electro-optic modulator materials that can operate at cryogenic temperatures, high frequencies, and with low power and optical loss. The project will run from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.4m | 9/5/25 |