Project Grant DESC0025450

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $433,986 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to advance the development of novel x-ray photonics technologies. The project aims to revolutionize x-ray science by producing highly directional, monochromatic x-rays with energies up to tens of keV through the quantum interference of electrons. This will enable the creation of extremely bright attosecond-duration x-ray pulses...

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $199,815 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of a hybrid structure-wakefield accelerator with a plasma photocathode through March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic...

This $274,158 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) is funding the development of a novel high-brightness rotating envelope micro-focus transmission X-ray source by Reva X-Ray Systems Corporation. The goal is to significantly enhance the throughput, resolution, and sensitivity of X-ray metrology systems, with applications in semiconductor manufacturing, battery production, and...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will fund the University of Maryland, College Park to upgrade its existing 100 terawatt laser system to increase output pulse energy by a factor of four. Totaling $155,249, the award under the NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support relativistic physics experiments in plasma, nonlinear optics, and laboratory astrophysics through July 2025. Specifically, the upgraded laser will enable tabletop...

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will support the development of a comprehensive computational framework to accurately model and optimize the performance of inverse Compton x-ray sources. These sources have the potential to enable more economical and widely accessible hard x-ray generation compared to existing technology, which could lead to substantial advances in materials science,...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Radiabeam Systems, LLC $399,110 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a Cold Plasma Cathode for High Resolution Condensed Matter Electron Spectroscopy. The project aims to deliver a new type of electron source for microscopy and spectroscopy that offers improved resolution over traditional thermionic electron sources. Work will be conducted between June 2022 through March 2023 in Santa Monica,...

Sydor Instruments, LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a high voltage pulse generator for next generation light sources and colliders. The award was made 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 U.S. energy and economic security. Sydor Technologies will utilize the...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $199,883 to Radiabeam Technologies, LLC to develop a "Reflection-Free Microwave Plasma Current Driver Based on Virtual Critical Coupling". The project aims to advance particle accelerator technologies through research and development in areas such as microwave engineering and beam physics. Radiabeam Technologies, a small business specializing in...

Radiasoft LLC was awarded a $204,297 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support work titled "RAPID ELECTRON BEAM MODELING AT UNPRECEDENTED PHASE SPACE DENSITIES" from June 27, 2022 through June 26, 2023. The grant funding will allow Radiasoft LLC to deliver products and services focused on modeling electron beam dynamics at extremely high phase space densities, a priority research...

Radiabeam Systems, LLC received a $199,597 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support development of a tunable electronic brachytherapy system. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. The grant funded Radiabeam Systems to develop a brachytherapy device that...