Cooperative Agreement DESC0021670

The National Science Foundation awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to The University of Texas at Arlington under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a fast 2D optical beam steering device integrated directly onto high power vertical cavity surface-emitting laser arrays. Over a three-year period ending September 2025, the university will investigate fundamental challenges toward achieving a high-speed beam steering optical phased array structure capable of full phase...

Euclid Beamlabs LLC was awarded a $199,893 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop integrated high efficiency bunch shaping techniques for short wavelength free electron lasers (SWFELs). The award is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Under the grant, Euclid...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $449,999 Project Grant to the University of Rochester to develop a navigation-grade, chip-scale gyroscope enabled by weak value amplification. This 3-year award under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to create a highly sensitive and stable gyroscope that can meet navigation performance metrics and improve upon the state-of-the-art by 100-fold. The proposed effort will develop...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research to develop a miniaturized Sagnac gyroscope using integrated photonics on a lithium tantalate platform. The $472,120 award to Carnegie Mellon University aims to enhance the sensitivity and stability of these compact optical gyroscopes, which have applications in navigation systems, drones, and virtual/augmented reality. The project explores the use of...

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) provides $274,769 to Fringe Metrology LLC to develop an optical metrology system capable of rapidly and accurately measuring large antenna dishes up to 18 meters in diameter. The goal is to revolutionize how high-precision antenna dishes for satellite communications and radio astronomy are constructed by addressing a critical bottleneck in producing...

Optical Engines, Inc. received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of fiber amplifier technology for ultra-large-mode-area ultrafast laser arrays. The project will be completed by March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance...

Radiabeam Systems, LLC received a $199,511 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support work through March 26, 2023. The grant funds the development of an Integrated Offset Monitor for a Sub-THz Structure Wakefield Accelerator. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049) aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. This...

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $199,708 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop a ferrite-free circulator for precise measurements of SRF cavities with high Q-factor. The work will be performed in Santa Monica, CA through November 13, 2022. This award supports the Office of Science's Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research to address a fundamental trade-off between control bandwidth and achievable acceleration in precision motion systems for integrated circuit manufacturing equipment. The $607,412 award, spanning July 2025 to June 2030, will support the development of a new mechatronic hardware and control co-design approach to overcome this acceleration-bandwidth limitation and enable...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $600,000.00 to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) to develop semiconductor technologies for electrically controlled collimation of electromagnetic waves in the sub-terahertz frequency bands. The goal is to achieve a "needle beam" for wireless communication systems capable of high data rates up to 120 Gbps over distances greater than 1 km, as well as high-resolution...