Project Grant DESC0018705

This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) supports research led by Carnegie Mellon University to develop a novel paradigm for single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) imaging technologies. The research aims to establish a scientific framework for "avalanche confinement" in SPADs, enabling improved signal-to-noise performance at room temperature without compromising detection efficiency and resolution. This will involve...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Photonlab of Fairfield, CA for its "NOVEL POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOSENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR RARE DECAY AND RARE PARTICLE DETECTION" project. The one-year project period runs from February 14, 2022 to February 13, 2023. Under this award, Photonlab will develop novel position sensitive photosensor technology to support rare decay and rare particle detection, in alignment with the Office of Science Financial...

Impact Photonics LLC received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible single photon avalanche diode. The SBIR program is intended to support scientific research and development that has the potential for commercialization. Under this Phase I award made on November 1, 2021 for a one-year period ending December 31, 2022, Impact Photonics...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $1,482,618 Project Grant to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop a next-generation charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor optimized for astronomical spectroscopy. The project aims to demonstrate the ability to readout a 4096x4096 pixel CCD image in a few minutes instead of hours, which will significantly improve the...

Advanced Hcmos Systems LLC was awarded a $398,258 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of nanosecond burst-mode HCMOS readout integrated circuits (ROICs) for high repetition-rate heterodyne detection laser polarimeter experiments. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. This...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $430,000 Project Grant to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to develop scalable single photon detection systems. The 3-year project seeks to adapt existing perimeter gated single photon avalanche diode (PGSPAD) technology to other semiconductor platforms, create a scalable detection architecture with wireless integration, and test the new devices through fabrication and simulation....

OAM Photonics LLC will develop a high-performance, compact, and lightweight 3D light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor under a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The LIDAR sensor aims to enable more affordable drone-based, high-precision mapping applications by leveraging coherent LIDAR detection and silicon photonics technology in an innovative design. The compact form factor sensor...

The Portland State University was awarded a $199,244 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems Engineering program to develop bandwidth-efficient photon data capture and processing techniques for single-photon avalanche diode cameras. The goal is to enable megapixel and higher resolution SPAD cameras by addressing the data bandwidth challenge through hardware and algorithmic reconfigurability of the SPAD pixel array. The...

The Project Grant award of $399,978 from the Department of Energy Office of Science will support METASURFACE-COUPLED AVALANCHE PHOTO DIODE research at Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. in Bolingbrook, IL from June 2022 through June 2023. The award is being made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, the...

This $479,925 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research into improving the performance and noise reduction of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) at the University of Virginia. The goal is to explore techniques to deterministically correlate the impact ionization events in APDs in order to reduce the inherent random noise that arises from the gain mechanism. The research will combine advanced material and transport...