National Security Photonics Center

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The mother of all motion sensors

August 13, 2024 • Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have used silicon photonic microchip components to perform a quantum sensing technique called atom interferometry, the latest milestone toward developing a kind of quantum compass for navigation when GPS signals are unavailable.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: atom interferometry, National Security Photonics Center, navigation, quantum sensing, silicon photonics

What do you do with a shrunken laser?

August 1, 2023, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The laser is so small you need a microscope to see it properly. But it’s not just the size that scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are excited about. The buzz is that the laser can now be combined with other microscale optical devices to make self-driving cars...

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: CHIPS and Science Act, DARPA, Integrated photonics, Laboratory Directed Research and Development, Microsystems Engineering Science and Applications, National Security Photonics Center, partnerships

Seeing infrared: Sandia’s nanoantennas help detectors see more heat, less noise

September 16, 2019 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers have developed tiny, gold antennas to help cameras and sensors that “see” heat deliver clearer pictures of thermal infrared radiation for everything from stars and galaxies to people, buildings and items requiring security. In a Laboratory Directed Research and Development project, a team...

Categories: Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy

Topics: infrared, LDRD, nanoantenna, National Security Photonics Center