Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
292 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (142180)
Principal Investigator: Ramezani,Hamidreza
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 800,000
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 9/1/22 - 8/31/25
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Physics and Astronomy
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Physics and Astronomy
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: ExpandQISE:Track 1: Photonic Lattices for Robust All-Optical Quantum Devices
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
National Science Foundation
CFDA Link: NSF
47.049
Program Title:
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
CFDA Linked: Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Note:
SAMs 1.1.1--Quantum information science and its related technologies have the potential to generate breakthrough technologies. Despite a tremendous interest of students in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) in South Texas in quantum information science and engineering (QISE), and high demand in the QISE-related workforce nationwide, a dedicated, interdisciplinary research program in QISE in RGV region is currently lacking. This ExpandQISE proposal will address this need by building up sustainable research and educational program in QISE at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), the second-largest Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in the country. The research proposal will introduce and experimentally characterize a new paradigm of robust quantum photonic devices allowing exquisite control of decoherence, utilizing the intriguing behavior of non-Hermitian photonic lattices at exceptional points. The team of researchers at UTRGV led by PI Dr. Ramezani, one of the pioneers of non-Hermitian and parity-time symmetric photonic systems, has formed collaborations with co-PI Dr. Magana at Louisiana State University (LSU) and co-PI Dr. Narang at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), both renowned experts in QISE with strong QISE research infrastructure at their respective institutions. The educational program will leverage these external collaborations as well as existing undergraduate and graduate-level outreach programs at UTRGV to develop unique opportunities for the education of underrepresented groups in QISE. This research proposal will serve as a nucleus to establish a sustainable QISE research and educational program at UTRGV beyond the duration of this grant and contribute to a cultural change in graduate STEM education in the RGV region. Due to its geographic location, UTRGV will dramatically expand the project’s reach in an underrepresented community and contribute to diversified highly skilled workforce in the U.S.
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