Project Grant DESC0025295

This $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Human Resource Development supports research exploring strongly coupled spin-photon systems with dense ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy and silicon-divacancy color centers in diamond. Funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the two-year award aims to reach the strong coupling regime between defect-excitations, cavities, and photons in diamond. Analytical and numerical methods will be used to inverse design...

This $299,861 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of diamond-based heterogeneous quantum materials platforms through direct bonding of diamond membranes at the University of Chicago from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2025. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), this Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research aims to optimize the direct bonding process to preserve the surfaces of diamond and other materials while preventing degradation of...

The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded the University of Southern California a $460,000 project grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year project will investigate single photon emission from diamond using high voltage nanosecond pulse discharge. Researchers will study the charge state conversion, dynamics, and single photon emission properties of diamond when exposed to high voltage pulses over 5kV...

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...

This $220,000 EAGER grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems supports research into the creation of atom-like defects in semiconductor materials for the development of single-photon emitters at telecommunications wavelengths. The project aims to implant elements such as vanadium and erbium into silicon carbide and aluminum gallium nitride films to form optically active defects that emit at 1.3 and 1.55 micron wavelengths....

The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $400,000 under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program to The Leland Stanford Junior University, also known as Stanford University, for a project grant titled "Scalable Diamond Quantum Systems." Over a three-year period from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025, Stanford University will develop optically accessible spin qubit systems using tin-vacancy color centers in diamond photonic...

The National Science Foundation awarded Duke University a $299,668 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a robust, scalable process for creating diamond nitrogen-vacancy center quantum bits. This Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research will support innovative research demonstrating a new approach using diamond growth techniques coupled with carbon nanotube electron beam irradiation to create the defects needed for quantum bit implementation. The goal is to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $124,802 Project Grant to the University of Oklahoma (OU) to study the growth of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals at the single-particle level. This research aims to advance the development of low-cost single photon emitters (SPEs) necessary for building future quantum photonic networks that enable secure quantum communications. Under this 2-year grant, starting September 1, 2023, Professor Yitong Dong and his...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $275,000, 2-year Project Grant to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) under the NSF's Engineering funding program (CFDA 47.041). The objective of this "Quantum Manufacturing" project is to develop vanadium-based color centers in silicon carbide (SiC) that can function as high-quality, telecommunication-band single-photon emitters. Specifically, the project aims to deterministically...

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...