Project Grant W911NF1710565

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $636,210 to Stony Brook University to develop experimental approaches for studying the ultrafast dynamics of electrons and nuclei in small molecules following the absorption of light. The research team will generate and shape ultrafast laser pulses to capture detailed "movies" of the coupled electron-nuclear motions, with the goal of gaining a more comprehensive...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) provides $300,000 to support the Extreme Light in Intensity, Time and Space (X-LITES) Network. The X-LITES Network builds international collaboration at the frontiers of laser science and applications, leveraging prior U.S. and European investments in extreme light research facilities. Key activities include hosting virtual seminars and workshops, conducting...

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...

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...

Euclid Beamlabs LLC was awarded a $199,893 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop integrated high efficiency bunch shaping techniques for short wavelength free electron lasers (SWFELs). The award is part of 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 U.S. energy and economic security. Under the grant, Euclid...

Raytum Photonics LLC was awarded a $199,995 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a broadband low aberration composite magnet sextupole lens. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Under this February 2022 award concluding in November...

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...

Raytum Photonics LLC was awarded a $199,992 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop a tunable fiber laser system in the visible wavelength range for photocathode drive. The funding supports Raytum Photonics' work under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) through November 13, 2022. The Office of Science aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economics through scientific...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Brimrose Technology Corporation a $1,349,577 project grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop cadmium magnesium telluride for picosecond response x-ray optical laser photodetectors. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform our understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security. Under this award...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $529,482 to the University of Rochester to develop the theory and simulation of the emergent properties of matter when driven or "dressed" by lasers. The project aims to: (a) Develop a Floquet theory and simulation scheme to model the optical absorption properties of realistic laser-dressed solids, in order to make experimentally testable predictions...