Project Grant FA86551212106

Advalue Photonics Inc. received a $198,880 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a compact, high-power, fiber-based laser system at 257.5nm and 1030nm wavelengths. The project supports 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. Under this one-year award concluding on...

This $420,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports the development of a cutting-edge materials system consisting of rare-earth doped functional transition metal oxides for advanced optical and electro-optical applications. The key objectives are to unlock the full potential of optical transitions of rare-earth erbium ions in the perovskite oxide barium titanate...

This $380,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under CFDA Program 47.041 (Engineering) will fund the development of new types of on-chip "topological photodetectors" that can detect and differentiate between different modes and properties of light, such as its phase, polarization, and orbital angular momentum. These novel photodetectors, based on emerging quantum materials like Weyl semimetals,...

This $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports the development of new composite materials with applications in optical devices. Professor Rob Macfarlane and his research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will synthesize polymer-grafted nanoparticles containing large volumes of high refractive index nanoparticles embedded in a mechanically robust...

The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded $320,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a collaborative research project on combinatorial solution processing of optical phase change materials. The researchers will develop a high-throughput synthesis and characterization paradigm for accelerated discovery and customization of multi-component phase change alloy thin films tailored for...

Freedom Photonics LLC received a $249,987 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to support the Quantum All-Optical Transponder (QOAT) project. 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. Through this funding, Freedom Photonics will develop a QOAT prototype to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $750,000 to Northeastern University to develop innovative engineered photonic materials using a data-driven deep learning approach. The research aims to accelerate the discovery, design, and implementation of new photonic metamaterials with tailored optical properties for applications in areas such as lasers, optical communications, quantum computing, and...

Raytum Photonics LLC was awarded a $199,992 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop a tunable fiber laser system in the visible wavelength range for photocathode drive. The funding supports Raytum Photonics' work under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) through November 13, 2022. The Office of Science aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economics through scientific...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) provides $945,926 to Norfolk State University (NSU) and Jackson State University (JSU) to design and fabricate tunable hybrid nanostructures for photonic materials research. The project aims to achieve precise control of light-matter interactions in nanoscale environments, enabling the development of novel photonic technologies. Key activities include experimental studies and...

This Project Grant award, valued at $555,000.00 and awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) focused on developing advanced hybrid J-aggregate nanostructures. The primary objectives are to: Investigate how silica matrices influence the brightness, stability, and excitonic behavior of J-aggregate fluorophores, and explore solvent tunability through surface...