Project Grant FA95501610242

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award of $299,838 to the University of New Mexico (UNM) is funding research to investigate stress-induced birefringence and refractive index changes in glass materials. The goal is to advance the capability of ultrafast laser micromachining techniques to reliably alter material properties and create sub-micron features in glass for fabricating novel optical components like waveguides, waveplates, and...

This $657,685 federal project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research to investigate the connection between tunneling two-level systems, ultrastability, and ideality in vapor-deposited amorphous chalcogenide alloy films. The research team from the University of California, Berkeley will fabricate and characterize these phase change materials that are important for opto-electronic switches,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, titled "US-IRELAND R & D PARTNERSHIP: SCALABLE LOW TEMPERATURE ULTRAFAST LASER MATERIALS MANUFACTURING (STELLAR)", was provided through the NSF Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The $602,638 award will be used by the University of Utah to develop a scalable, laser-driven manufacturing process for printable glass. The research aims to integrate additive and subtractive manufacturing technologies to enable transformative...

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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $261,569 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Arizona (Arizona Board of Regents) to conduct research on developing highly cerium (III)-doped glasses for advanced photonic devices. The research aims to enhance the stability of cerium ions within silicate glass in order to achieve unprecedented doping levels that exceed the current limits of 1 mol.% Ce2O3. This effort focuses on novel...

Lenzner Research LLC received a $199,595 Formula Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the CFDA 81.049 Office of Science Financial Assistance Program. The award supported research from June 2021 through March 2022 to qualify the laser-induced damage resistance of materials through a suite of optical probes. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy...

This $900,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports research to develop and study diffractive plasma optics for spatiotemporal control and contrast improvement of high-power and high-energy laser beams. The primary awardee, The Trustees of Princeton University, will collaborate with two sub-awardees, Stanford University and the University of Rochester, to conduct computational and experimental...

This $640,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports fundamental research into using plasma waves to generate high-intensity, tunable light sources. The primary objectives are to design innovative plasma structures capable of manipulating laser light in both spatial and temporal domains, and to explore the possibility of an all-optical source of extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light in plasma waves. The...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant, under CFDA 47.049, provides $480,000 to Alfred University to conduct a comprehensive study on stress and enthalpy relaxation in borosilicate glasses. The project aims to: 1) develop a database of stress and enthalpy relaxation data for high-homogeneity borosilicate glasses, 2) compare existing relaxation models, and 3) elucidate the atomic mechanisms behind glass relaxation through experiments and simulations. The...