Project Grant FA95502410066

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $500,000 to the University of Maryland, College Park to develop techniques for directly measuring the intensity of ultra-high power laser light. The project aims to enable real-time, minimally intrusive measurement of laser focal spot characteristics, a critical capability for advancing high-powered laser research. This includes developing methodologies...

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 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,...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded N.p. Photonics, Inc. a $200,000 Project Grant to deliver a high-power ultrashort pulse laser beam delivery system. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the program's mission of transforming understanding of nature and advancing U.S. energy and economic security through scientific discoveries and tools. With this funding, N.p. Photonics will provide their laser beam delivery...

The Project Grant award of $399,978 from the Department of Energy Office of Science will support METASURFACE-COUPLED AVALANCHE PHOTO DIODE research at Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. in Bolingbrook, IL from June 2022 through June 2023. The award is being made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, the...

This $850,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Colorado Boulder to advance understanding of particle acceleration in plasmas driven by lasers. Specifically, the three-year award will fund simulation and experimental studies of optical field ionization-generated plasma channels for particle acceleration using laser wakefield acceleration. Researchers will conduct accurate simulations of plasma channel formation, characterize generated...

The University of California Irvine was awarded a $636,981 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to support research into extreme ultraviolet generation and spectroscopy using laser wakefield accelerators. The three-year award beginning June 1, 2023 will fund experiments at petawatt laser facilities to characterize plasma conditions and investigate the potential of laser wakefield acceleration as an extreme ultraviolet light source. The...

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...

Optical Engines, Inc. received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of fiber amplifier technology for ultra-large-mode-area ultrafast laser arrays. The project will be completed by March 26, 2023. The award is being administered 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...

This $399,924 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will support research to study the wavelength dependence of plasma collision dynamics and ionization mechanisms in laser-solid matter interactions. The primary awardee, The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, will experimentally and theoretically investigate how the driving laser's wavelength, intensity, and pulse duration impact...