Project Grant FA95502410119

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 $559,919 to The Washington University in University City, Missouri, aims to develop "ultra-low threshold all-optical nonlinear image processing with high-quality factor metasurfaces." The project will produce nonlinear image processors that can operate using low-power light sources like LEDs and laser diodes, enabling economical object sensing capabilities for applications such as medical...

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...

The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded the University of Colorado Boulder a $425,000 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year award will support the development of a chip-scale, chalcogenide-based nonlinear optical gyroscope with enhanced performance. The gyroscope aims to provide ultrasensitive rotation sensing without moving parts for applications requiring precise navigation where GPS is...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will provide $402,134 from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to support research and development of a novel class of semiconductor nanostructures called non-Hermitian topological photonic crystals. The key products and services to be delivered include: Designing, fabricating, and characterizing the optical properties and optoelectronic device applications of these photonic crystal slabs,...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, focuses on the development of a nonlinear eigenmode expansion simulation tool for modeling nonlinear optical interactions in complex waveguide structures. The $305,000 award to Emode Photonix LLC, a woman-owned small business in Boulder, Colorado, aims to create a new computer program that will enhance...

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 National Science Foundation Project Grant of $399,083 will support research at the University of Illinois from August 2022 to July 2025 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award will fund development of single-photon quantum information processing using nonlinear photonic integrated circuits. Specifically, the university researchers will work to generate and manipulate few-photon quantum correlations and entanglement through an integrated photonic system with record-high...

This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the NSF Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program, will fund research by Duke University on "Magnetic Resonances in Nonlinear Dielectric Nanostructures: New Light-Matter Interactions and Machine Learning Enhanced Design." The project aims to discover new light-matter interactions originating from the effect of magnetic field enhancement in low-loss...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program project grant award provides $300,000 to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) to conduct research on integrated photonic platforms leveraging solution-processed wide-bandgap cesium lead halide perovskites. The 2-year project, starting January 1, 2025, aims to advance the understanding of perovskite crystal growth and patterning synthesis, as well as develop cost-effective integrated photonic devices that can enable...