Project Grant FA23862414068

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 awarded a $111,990 project grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to Stony Brook University for research titled "EAGER: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ELECTRICALLY PUMPED MONOLITHIC BI-PHOTON EMITTERS." The award period is from August 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022. The project aims to develop new monolithic bi-photon emitters that can be electrically pumped through engineering research. Stony Brook University will conduct the research,...

This Project Grant award for $425,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a solid-state quantum photon source that can generate high-performance, polarization-entangled photon pairs on demand. The project at William Marsh Rice University in Houston, TX will explore controlling the atomic structures of quantum emitters to support the emission of polarization-entangled photon pairs, which are critical for quantum information transfer...

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 awarded a $255,834 Project Grant to Anello Photonics Inc. under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a silicon photonic optical gyroscope using planar waveguide coil and integrated photonics circuit. This award provides six months of funding from April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021 for Anello Photonics to produce an optical gyroscope that utilizes silicon photonics technology. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $450,000 to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) funds research to develop Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs) with tailored avalanche current profiles, a novel approach to improving the signal-to-noise ratio of integrated single-photon sensors without compromising detection efficiency or resolution. The research aims to overcome key scientific and technological barriers to the widespread adoption of...

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 (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....

This $196,201 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems will support research into single photon emission in lanthanide-doped two-dimensional materials and devices. The University of Texas at Dallas, in partnership with the University of Texas System, will evaluate the impact of incorporating rare-earth elements like cerium and erbium into two-dimensional semiconductors and explore tuning their properties for controllable light...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's $303,000 Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds research at Penn State University from June 2022 to May 2025 related to single photon emission in lanthanide-doped two-dimensional materials and devices. The researchers will evaluate incorporating rare-earth elements like cerium and erbium into two-dimensional semiconductors to enable a quantum optical platform compatible with optical communications. Objectives include controlling doping...