This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command, under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), provides $158,500.00 to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to acquire a wavelength-division multiplexing laser source for integrated high-dimensional reconfigurable optical networking and computing. The award supports fundamental research aimed at expanding scientific knowledge and technological...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Office of the Secretary of Defense, under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), provides $800,000.00 to The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF, to develop an ultra-high-speed burst-mode laser for use in hypersonics and space detonation research. The award period runs from September 3, 2024 to September 2, 2025....
This Project Grant award, provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), is funding the development of a High Power Coherent Breadboard Blue Diode Laser System for Underwater Applications. The total award value is $231,000.00, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The principal recipient for this award is the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, which has extensive experience...
This Project Grant award of $149,215.00 was provided by the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The funding will support research on "Diffractive Near-Field Optical Processors: Universal Linear Transformations Below the Diffraction Limit of Light" over a period from February 28, 2025 to February 27, 2028. The goal of this high-risk, high-payoff basic research is to expand...
This Project Grant award, valued at $481,778.00, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The funding supports research on "PHOTONIC LANTERN IMAGING AND WAVEFRONT SENSING" at the University of Central Florida (UCF), a prominent public research university. The objective of the research is to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF, has been awarded a $284,313 Project Grant by the Department of the Air Force under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant is for the project titled "HIGH POWER PWIR USP INTERACTION STUDIES" with a period of performance from February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program funds fundamental research across a range...
This federal Project Grant award of $140,341, provided by the U.S. Air Force under the Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), supports the development of high-power interband cascade lasers and arrays for free space communication technology. The award was granted to Institut Mines Telecom, a prominent non-profit educational institution in Palaiseau, France, in October 2024. This research project aims to advance cutting-edge laser and communications technologies critical to...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Air Force's Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $156,000.00 in funding to the Université de Montpellier in France to conduct R&D on high-power interband cascade lasers and arrays for free-space communication. The project aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific understanding and developing new capabilities in quantum technologies, materials science, and aerospace...
This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) is supporting the development of critical technologies for a coherent and scalable phase locking of high-power, blue diode arrays for directed energy applications. The $357,190.00 award to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, a prominent public research university, will fund this research effort from Jan 1, 2025 through the ultimate...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Optical Engines, Inc. on February 12, 2024. The funding supports research and development on path length matching and phase control for coherently combined fiber laser arrays. Optical Engines, a manufacturing company specializing in advanced laser technologies, will leverage this grant to advance fiber laser and amplifier technologies for...