Research | Future Photon Initiative

Astronomical instrumentation

Ninkov, Zoran, NASA, Development of Digital Micromirror Devices for Far-UV Applications
Ninkov, Zoran, NASA, Hadamard Transform Spectral Imaging with a Digital Micromirror Device based Multi-object Spectrometer
Ninkov, Zoran, STScI, Analysis of the optical properties of digital micromirror devices in the ultraviolet wavelength regime
Zemcov, Michael, NASA, Multi-Color Anisotropy Measurements of Cosmic Near-Infrared Extragalactic Background Light with CIBER-2
Zemcov, Michael, NASA, Studies of the Diffuse Optical Background with New Horizons
Zemcov, Michael, NASA, Diagnosing, Addressing, and Forecasting CIB Contamination in Spectral Measurements of the Sunyaev Zel'dovich Effect
Zemcov, Michael, NASA/CALTECH, SPHEREx: An All-Sky Spectral Survey, Phase B
Zemcov, Michael, NSF/CALTECH, Measuring Reionization and the Growth of Molecular Gas with TIME

Figer, Don, NSF, Phase II: New Infrared Detectors for Astrophysics
Figer, Don, NASA, A Single Photon Sensing and Photon Number Resolving Detector for NASA Missions
Kurinec, Santosh, NSF/Owl Autonomous Imaging, Thin Film Detector Stack Design and Focal Plane Array Validation
Linte, Cristian, NIH, Biomedical Computing and Visualization Tools for Computer-integrated Diagnostic and Therapeutic Data Science
Linte, Cristian, NSF, CDS&E: Collaborative Research: A Computational Framework for Reconstructing and Visualizing Myocardial Active Stresses
Ninkov, Zoran, ThermoFisher, Development of High Dynamic Range (HDR) Capabilities of CID Sensors
Preble, Stefan, IC-USG/FFRDC-ORNL, On-chip quantum photonic sensors using entangled photons and squeezed states
Zemcov, Michael, NASA/UIUC, Development of an On-Chip Integrated Spectrometer for Far-IR Astrophysics

Preble, Stefan, L3Harris, Artificial Intelligence RF Photonic Signal Classifier
Preble, Stefan, NSF, PIC: Hybrid Silicon Electronic Photonic Integrated Neuromorphic Networks
Preble, Stefan, USAF/Phase Sensitive Innovations Inc., Air Force STTR Phase II AF16-AT01: "Wafer-Level Electronic-Photonic Co-Packaging"
Preble, Stefan, USAF/AdvR, Inc., AFRL STTR Phase II: Wideband Quantum PICs (QPICs) for Conditioning, Routing and Gate Operations of Highly Non-degenerate Entangled Photons
Preble, Stefan, NYSESD/SUNYRF, TAP Hub 2019 Development
Preble, Stefan, USAF, USAF - CRADA
Preble, Stefan, NYSDED/UR, Artificial Intelligence RF Photonic Signal Classifier

Hirschman, Karl, Corning Incorporated, Annex #19: Amorphous Oxide Semiconductor (AOS), Flash Lamp Anneal Polysilicon (FLAPS), and hybrid device technology development towards high manufacturability on a variety of glass substrate materials
Hubbard, Seth, IC-USG/Magnolia Optical Technologies, Highly Resilient Multi-junction Solar Cell Devices for Space Power
Hubbard, Seth, DOD, MOCVD Growth of Multijunction Laser Power Converter
Hubbard, Seth, USAF/Dynamic Radiation Solutions, Development & Commercialization of a High Fidelity Proton Defect Simulation for Large Format Focal Plane Arrays
Hubbard, Seth, USAF/ATA, Improving efficiency and radiation hardness in multijunction solar cells using back surface reflectors
Hubbard, Seth, SunDensity, Photonic Smart Coating R&D for SunDensity Inc.
Hubbard, Seth, DOE/ASU, Sonic Wafering of III-V substrates for High Efficiency Cells: A path to <$0.50/W
Hubbard, Seth, USAF/Microlink, Device Simulation and Modeling - Dual Junction InGaP/GaAs solar cells with wavelength selective photonic structures (WSPS)
Kurinec, Santosh, SRC, HfO2 Based Ferroelectric FET and Tunnel Junctions for Non-Volatile Logic-in-Memory and Neuromorphic Computing
Kurinec, Santosh, NSF, Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Micro Ferroelectronics for Devices and Systems: microFeDS

Maywar, Drew, RAM Photonics, Optical-Fiber Welds & Optically Bonded Plates
Maywar, Drew, L3Harris, Fiber-Optic-Enabled RF Propagation Delay Testbed
Qiao, Jie, NSF, GOALI: Optical Differentiation Wavefront Sensing for High-Dynmaic-Range High-Sensitivity Freeform Metrology
Qiao, Jie, NASA/Aktiwave LLC, USA, Phase 2: Ultrafast Laser for 3D fabrication of waveguide lasers
Qiao, Jie, NSF/UR, Ultrafast-laser-based polishing for freeform optics and additive manufacturing
Qie, Jie, Fuzehub, Prototype Development for a Femtosecond Laser-based Welding System
Zhang, Jing, Leonardo DRS, Development of 400 nm GaN laser diode

DeMartino, Richard, NSF, Type II: Advancing RIT's Early Stage Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Eco-System: Integrating Educational and Commercial Outcomes
DeMartino, Richard, Waldron Rise Foundation, IdeaLab In Access Technology Phase III
DeMartino, Richard, Waldron Rise Foundation, IdeaLab In Access Technology
Preble, Stefan, NYSESD/SUNYRF, NYS AIM Photonics Test, Assembly and Packaging (TAP) and Education & Workforce Development
Zwickl, Ben, NSF, Collaborative: Exploring the factors shaping whether education and workplace training focuses on essential 21st century competencies: A translational study in four high-STEM job regions
Zwickl, Ben, NSF, CAREER: Learning to solve problems in context-rich environments: A naturalistic study in STEM workplaces, research labs, project-based courses and lab courses

Bhattacharya, Mishkatul, ONR/UR, Mesoscopic quantum science and metrology with leviated mechanical systems
Hirschman, Karl, Micron Technology Foundation, Project-AID: Inclusive AI Solutions for Hard-of-Hearing Users
Hubbard, Seth, ISRO/Magnolia Optical Technologies, High Efficiency Quantum Structured Solar Cells for ISRO Applications
Hubbard, Seth, NASA/Blacksky Aerospace LLC, DataCell: A Solar Cell Integrated Retroreflector Phase 2
Preble, Stefan, USAF, Integrated Quantum Photonics for Photon-Ion Entaglement
Preble, Stefan, L3HT/3M/Colibri System/SpA/TT Trading Co Ltd/Creative Memories, RIT/L3Harris Quantum Information Collaboration
Preble, Stefan, USAF, Quantum Integrated Photonics

Hirschman, Karl, Corning Incorporated, MicroLED Display
Hirschman, Karl, NSF, MRI: Acquisition of a Micro-Transfer Printer for Heterogeneous Integration of Electronic/Photonic Microsystems
Hubbard, Seth, Facebook, Epitaxial Overgrowth for Optoelectronic Devices
Katal Mohseni, Parsian, NSF, EAGER: TDM solar cells: Bifacial III-V nanowire array on Si tandem junctions solar cells
Kurinec, Santosh, NSF, EAGER: Self Assembled Monolayer Doping for Advanced 3D Nano & Flexible Semiconductor Structures
Smith, Bruce, Mentor Graphics Corporation/Silicon Valley Headquarters, Applications of Modelling to Extend Nanolithography
Zhang, Jing, NSF, CAREER: Development of HighEfficiency Ultraviolet Optoelectronics: Physics and Novel Device Concepts