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A laser communications terminal approximately the size of a standard refrigerator sits in a cleanroom.
In the Media

NASA’s space station laser comm terminal achieves first link

December 13, 2023
NASA
A schematic of a laser communications terminal onboard the International Space Station transmitting data over laser signals to a smaller satellite at a higher altitude; this satellite then relays the data to Earth.

ILLUMA-T launches to the International Space Station

November 9, 2023
An up-close of a quantum repeater module mounted on a gold-plated copper assembly and connected to green printed circuit boards, with optical fibers routed up.

Quantum repeaters use defects in diamond to interconnect quantum systems

September 11, 2023
A piece of hardware showing a copper mount with integrated circuit components bonded to it
Awards

Lincoln Laboratory technologies win five R&D World awards

September 7, 2023
Three people examine an optical communications payload at Kennedy Space Center.
In the Media

NASA laser communications terminal delivered for Artemis II moon mission

June 13, 2023
NASA
An illustration of data being sent across a laser from a small satellite to a ground station on Earth.

Communications system achieves fastest laser link from space yet

November 8, 2022
This rendering shows a novel piece of hardware, called a smart transceiver, that uses technology known as silicon photonics to dramatically accelerate one of the most memory-intensive steps of running a machine-learning model.
In the Media

Deep learning with light

October 21, 2022
MIT news
A person with a protective gown and gloves holds a large wafer of integrated circuits. the wafer is vividly multicolored.
Awards

MIT Lincoln Laboratory wins nine R&D 100 Awards

November 2, 2021
This is a photo of a CubeSatpayload application of the TBIRD technology.
Awards

Lincoln Laboratory technologies named 2020 R&D 100 Award winners

October 13, 2020
A photo of three lasers being transmitted from ground modules
In the Media

NASA's Plan to Turn the ISS Into a Quantum Laser Lab

April 22, 2020
WIRED
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