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Applications

One diamond platform. Navigation first.

Nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamond measure magnetic fields at room temperature. We are developing that capability for navigation first. The same diamond, readout and software reach other fields, and each one below says where we stand.

First application

Navigation you can trust without GPS.

Where satellite positioning fails, nobody can say how wrong the position is. Our instrument reads the Earth's magnetic field, matches it against a map to correct the inertial unit, and returns each fix with its error bound. Navigation is the first application we are developing.

Situations

Where we stand

Our first mobile prototype is designed; assembly starts once funding is confirmed.

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The field read on board, matched against a magnetic map, gives a position fix.

Beyond navigation

One diamond platform, other measurements.

NV centres respond to magnetic fields and to the spins of nearby atoms. The diamond, the optical readout and the software we develop carry over to scientific instruments and non-destructive testing, markets that come after navigation. Quantum information is a longer-horizon research interest.

The diamond

The material sets the limit of every instrument made with it. We work on it with research laboratories in diamond growth and nanofabrication.

The readout

The NV spin is read with light: green in, red out, with microwaves to find the resonance. The same reading serves every application.

The software

Every value comes with its uncertainty, and our designs are tried in simulation before they are made.

Life sciences

Diamond sensors for molecules and living cells.

Chip-scale NMR of molecules, and the magnetic noise of free radicals in living cells.

Research direction

No product today. Work here would start with research partners, after navigation.

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Semiconductors & industry

See the current inside the chip.

Magnetic imaging of buried current paths and defects, at room temperature.

Adjacent market

The same physics as navigation, used for imaging. No instrument offered today.

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Quantum computing

Spin control at room temperature.

The NV spin as a building block for quantum information, controlled at room temperature.

Longer horizon

A research direction we follow. No product today.

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Working on one of these measurements?

We are looking for programme partners in navigation, and for research laboratories interested in the other applications. Tell us what you need to measure.

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