Project Grant FA95502510068

The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded $780,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to the California Institute of Technology for the project "Quantum Control of Vanadium Nuclear Spin Registers Surrounding a Single Yttrium Ion in a Crystal." The funding will support research exploring and controlling the quantum interaction between a single ytterbium qubit and the nearby vanadium nuclear spins in a yttrium...

This Project Grant award for $570,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at William Marsh Rice University to develop design principles for creating spin-active quantum defects in one-dimensional host materials and explore their potential for use as spin qubits in quantum information systems. The 3-year project, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, aims to deepen the understanding of electron...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Northwestern University $603,682 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to develop photogenerated multi-spin systems as qubits for quantum information science applications. Professor Michael Wasielewski of Northwestern University's Department of Chemistry and his research group will work to control charge and spin transport through organic molecules, tailoring their quantum properties using...

This project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), funds research to develop hybrid quantum spintronic platforms by integrating nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers—optically active spin defects in diamonds—with on-chip magnetic nanodevices. The primary deliverables include advanced quantum information science (QIS) technologies designed to enhance the scalability, electromagnetic...

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 $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the University of Maryland, College Park to develop optically active quantum bits (qubits) in silicon. The goal is to create scalable quantum devices by integrating these silicon-based qubits with nanophotonic engineering and microwave control. The research will focus on a silicon color center called the "T center" which can exhibit efficient optical...

The National Science Foundation awarded Duke University a $299,668 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a robust, scalable process for creating diamond nitrogen-vacancy center quantum bits. This Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research will support innovative research demonstrating a new approach using diamond growth techniques coupled with carbon nanotube electron beam irradiation to create the defects needed for quantum bit implementation. The goal is to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to The Trustees of Princeton University to develop new quantum sensing tools for studying physical phenomena, structure, and composition of materials. The project, titled "QUSEC-TAQS: Nanoscale Covariance Magnetometry with Diamond Quantum Sensors," aims to use nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond as a large-scale quantum sensing platform to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $310,520 to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to develop a new class of quantum emitters based on in-plane two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) quantum dots embedded within wafer-scale continuous monolayer sheets. The research encompasses studies to tune the size, shape, density, and uniformity of the TMD quantum dots, as well as...

This $413,851 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 research by Case Western Reserve University to develop magnetic nanostructures for addressing and coupling nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center spin qubits. The goal is to understand how to engineer magnetic materials and structures to provide strong, local, and controllable magnetic fields for manipulating NV center...