Project Grant W911NF2510238

This $150,280 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development of new plasmonic nanodevices for mid-infrared photodetection at Wayne State University from September 2022 through August 2025. Specifically, the university researchers will work to establish multiphoton-assisted tunneling in metal-insulator-metal structures as a new mechanism for mid-infrared detection. They will model, characterize and study the optical...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $330,000 to Northeastern University aims to develop high-temperature, highly efficient near-to-mid-infrared nanowire single-photon detectors through the integration of superconducting, optical, and thermal metamaterials. The research project seeks to increase the operational temperature of these detectors beyond the sub-Kelvin constraints of current superconducting nanowire technology, enabling broader...

This STTR Phase I project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop highly sensitive optical detectors capable of sensing single photons at room temperature. The $304,987 award to Clearview Optics LLC, a small disadvantaged business, will support the development of a plasmonic metasurface coherent optical detection technology that can enable faster, more secure, and reliable satellite-based optical...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $400,000 in funding to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside for the period of November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2028. The research aims to develop an advanced imaging method to precisely map and distinguish the competing photovoltaic (PV) and photothermoelectric (PTE) effects at nanoscale in optoelectronic devices. The goal is to improve the efficiency of photodetectors,...

This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA #47.070) program supports research at Boston University to develop new capabilities for long-wave infrared (LWIR) sensing. The project aims to formulate and solve inverse problems in radiative transport to enable advanced 3D imaging, remote air composition and temperature sensing, which could contribute to improved security, navigation, pollution monitoring, and...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Photonlab of Fairfield, CA for its "NOVEL POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOSENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR RARE DECAY AND RARE PARTICLE DETECTION" project. The one-year project period runs from February 14, 2022 to February 13, 2023. Under this award, Photonlab will develop novel position sensitive photosensor technology to support rare decay and rare particle detection, in alignment with the Office of Science Financial...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate (NSF ENG) totaling $161,597 will support research at Troy University from February 2022 to January 2024 to develop a new all-optical plasmonic switch for data processing. The proposed switch utilizes thermo-opto-electronic control of propagating surface plasmon modes at metal-doped semiconductor interfaces via localized surface plasmon resonances excited at plasmonic structures. The research will employ...

The Project Grant award of $399,978 from the Department of Energy Office of Science will support METASURFACE-COUPLED AVALANCHE PHOTO DIODE research at Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. in Bolingbrook, IL from June 2022 through June 2023. The award is being made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, the...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000 project grant to the University of Illinois under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) on September 15, 2022. The three-year award will support research to develop new plasmonic nanodevices for mid-infrared photodetection. Specifically, the university researchers will study multiphoton-assisted tunneling in nanoscale metal-insulator-metal structures as a potential mechanism for ultrafast, efficient, room-temperature mid-infrared...

This $419,379 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop innovative gallium nitride (GaN)-based terahertz (THz) photoconductive emitters with an optical-to-THz energy conversion efficiency approaching or exceeding 100%. The research project will focus on three core areas: (1) designing GaN photoconductive switches with high breakdown electrical fields, (2) investigating ultrafast carrier dynamics and THz generation in...