Project Grant FA95502110039

This Project Grant award, valued at $270,000.00 and funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering (ENG) program (CFDA 47.041), supports research to develop innovative hardware security technologies based on integrated photonic circuits and physical unclonable functions (PUFs). The key objectives of this 3-year project, which runs from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028, are to: 1) investigate the performance and information capacity limits of unclonable photonic circuits, 2) develop...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $135,000 to Clemson University to research integrated photonic physical unclonable functions (PUFs) for optoelectronic hardware security. The key goals of the 3-year project, awarded on May 1, 2025, are to: 1) investigate the performance and information capacity limits of unclonable photonic circuits, 2) develop techniques for extracting digital key material from photonic properties, and 3)...

This two-year, $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant funds research at Washington University in City, Missouri to develop a quantum tunneling-based framework for zero side-channel key generation and distribution. The Engineering Directorate program seeks to advance engineering innovation and excellence. Specifically, the university researchers will investigate using an array of self-powered, phase-locked timers that operate via Fowler-Nordheim quantum tunneling to emulate...

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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program provides $375,000 in funding to Purdue University to investigate entangled states in organic molecules and explore methods for generating high-fidelity quantum states of light. The research aims to enhance photon collection efficiency and zero-phonon line in organic molecules integrated into nanophotonic cavities and waveguides. Additionally, the project will focus on bringing...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) award provides $408,691 to The Regents of the University of Colorado to develop the first deterministic solid-state photonic quantum register capable of storing multiple optical photons. The project aims to utilize germanium vacancy centers in diamond as quantum memory, leveraging the 10-dimensional qudit enabled by the nuclear spin of the 73Ge isotope to store multiple qubits of quantum information. Key goals include...

The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $245,000 Project Grant to The Ohio State University Office of Sponsored Programs to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SECURE AND EFFICIENT POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY: FROM CODING THEORY TO HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE." The three-year grant running from May 2021 through April 2024 will fund research exploring post-quantum cryptography approaches from coding theory to hardware...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $467,930 to Northeastern University to design and implement a novel class of metasurface-based optical neural networks, termed "meta-ONNs". The goal is to develop multiplexed meta-ONNs that can operate at optical frequencies and perform diverse functions like all-optical image recognition and pattern generation. The project consists of three main research thrusts: (1)...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) program aims to develop an integrated, high-performance entangled photon pair source based on a silicon-carbide (SiC) micro-ring resonator platform. The $100,000 award, with a performance period from September 2024 to March 2026, will enable the Carnegie Mellon University research team to: Implement the spontaneous four-wave mixing...