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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 FBO #5788
SPECIAL NOTICE

A -- Robust Exotic and Topological States Out of Equilibrium and Their Applications Request for Information (RFI) - DARPA-SN-17-78

Notice Date

9/26/2017
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
 

Contracting Office

Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 675 North Randolph Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22203-2114, United States
 

ZIP Code

22203-2114
 

Solicitation Number

DARPA-SN-17-78
 

Archive Date

10/12/2017
 

Point of Contact

Ale Lukaszew,
 

E-Mail Address

DARPA-SN-17-78@darpa.mil
(DARPA-SN-17-78@darpa.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

DARPA-SN-17-78 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is requesting information on robust exotic and topological states stabilized in out of equilibrium systems. In recent years, there have been great advances in our understanding of how systems driven out of equilibrium may exhibit new states of matter (such as time crystals) that do not have counterparts in thermodynamic equilibrium. It has been postulated that these states could be leveraged to improve the performance of future generations of sensors and devices. Of particular interest are implementations of these concepts in solid-state systems. The scientific community is exploring several manifestations of these phenomena. One instance is the emergence of Floquet (time) crystals in quantum systems that combine periodic driving, disorder and strong interactions. The topology associated with these quantum states make them robust against imperfections and external perturbations that could be leveraged to extend the coherence times of properly designed quantum memories and improve the sensitivity of magnetic and other field sensors. Another instance is the generation of exotic states of matter enabled by driving strongly correlated materials with electromagnetic (optical or THz) fields. One mechanism through which this can be achieved is dynamically altering the microscopic parameters that define the system Hamiltonian, thereby exploring new areas in the phase space of the original system. One final instance is the generation of topological states in suitably engineered photonic systems that are capable of robust propagation by locking the propagation direction, thereby precluding any backscattering. See DARPA-SN-17-78.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/DARPA-SN-17-78/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: 675 North Randolph Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22203, United States

Zip Code: 22203
 

Record

SN04694638-W 20170928/170926231655-79a99f21bee1f6e40be36e0b86e275bf (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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