Project Grant FA9550261B250

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 $388,536 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports fundamental research at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to study the propagation of randomness in nonlinear wave phenomena. The key objectives of the 3-year project are to: Analyze the long-term dynamics and stability of dispersive flows from a probabilistic perspective in energy subcritical regimes....

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,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $416,059 Project Grant titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FIRST-PRINCIPLE CONTROL OF NOVEL RESONANCES IN NON-HERMITIAN PHOTONIC MEDIA" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This grant supports integrated research, education, and outreach focused on studying a novel behavior of light within solid materials. The researchers aim to establish a complex non-Hermitian photonic environment through first-principle...

This $390,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop pre-patterned freestanding single-crystalline lithium niobate (LN) photonic components for advanced quantum photonic integrated circuits. The award supports research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to address limitations of conventional LN fabrication techniques, such as poor optical confinement and limited modulation capabilities. The project will...

This $320,779 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at the University of California, Riverside to demonstrate discrete time crystals in photonic chip-scale systems. The researchers will realize and study time crystals in silicon nitride microring resonators pumped by polychromatic lasers. They will control the state of created time crystals and enable transitions between different phases using frequency modulation and sweeps....

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 three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $299,292 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to support research into complex methods in spectral and scattering problems. Specifically, the award will fund investigations into the non-linear Fourier transform and its relationship to scattering theory for Dirac systems of differential equations, which model spin-1/2 particles. Researchers will study questions of...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $308,145 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) on September 1, 2023. The 3-year collaborative research project, "First-Principle Control of Novel Resonances in Non-Hermitian Photonic Media," explores a novel behavior of light within solid materials. The research aims to establish a complex non-Hermitian photonic environment...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $209,000 to the University of Pittsburgh to support research investigating nonlinear waves in lattices and metamaterials from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The award aims to advance fundamental understanding of energy transfer phenomena associated with wave propagation in spatially discrete systems, which is important for...