

Advanced Technology
Inventing the technological building blocks of future systems
R&D in advanced technology focuses on inventing new materials, devices, and components to enable revolutionary system capabilities. We pursue innovation in a wide set of areas, including imagers, lasers, quantum computing, microsystems, RF technology, and chemical sensors.

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Diamond Magnetometer
Engineered diamonds show promising capability for use in quantum sensing of magnetic fields.
Self-Healing Materials for Vibration Damping
New materials that are chemically inspired by nature could be tailored at the molecular level to dissipate vibrations in microsystems. Materials that can survive repeated external stresses could enable a next generation of enhanced microsystems.
Microplasma Sputterer
A novel method for manufacturing interconnects could open the door for 3D-printed microelectronic systems.
Video-Rate Standoff Microwave Imaging System
The system can rapidly and discreetly detect threat items concealed under clothes or hidden in bags of people in crowded public spaces.
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Livia Racz
Melissa Smith
Kelsey Yee
Meghan Schuldt
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Featured Publications
Analog coupled oscillator based weighted Ising machine
Design, simulation, and fabrication of three-dimensional microsystem components using grayscale photolithography
Artificial intelligence: short history, present developments, and future outlook, final report
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