Defence and Security

We work across various innovative projects that improve defence technologies.

Projects include:

Project	Key contact
Cryogenic sapphire clock	Prof Andre Luiten A/Prof Martin O’Connor
High power durability of soft glasses for laser applications	Prof Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem A/Prof Martin O’Connor
Fibre-based quantum memory for secure communications	Dr Ben Sparkes
Quantum magnetometry for submarine detection	Dr Chris Perrella
Upconversion fluorescence for real-time stand-off detection and identification of explosives	Prof Nigel Spooner