HRL Laboratories, LLC. : Laboratories : Applied Electromagnetics

Antennas
HRL has developed a range of innovative antenna technologies and capabilities to solve the system and integration problems of our LLC Members and external customers. In addition to our Antenna team's unique knowledge of electromagnetic theory, our close interaction with the Computational Physics, Photonics and RF Analog groups at HRL allows us to tackle a wide variety of problems and offer unique solutions.

Computational Physics
HRL'S computational physics team maintains world-class expertise in computational electromagnetics, computational materials and device physics, nonlinear science, and quantum information science. The team develops unique theory and modeling capabilities that are used throughout the four laboratories at HRL, as well as new concepts and designs for hardware that is developed by experimental groups within HRL. Because one of the primary values of theory and modeling is determining the limits of the physically possible before resources are committed to experimental investigations, the Computational Physics team is also leveraged in the exploration of new scientific areas that may potentially impact HRL and our LLC Members.

Photonics
Photonics is the science of generating and manipulating photons, elementary particles of light. It began with the 1960 construction of the laser by HRL scientists. Our current photonics thrust is applying state-of-the-art optoelectronics technologies to the development of new capabilities in microwave signal distribution, wave form generation, and signal processing. Using a multidisciplinary approach, HRL is leveraging knowledge in photonics, RF technology, and signal processing to create discriminators for future defense systems and commercial applications. To achieve our technical goals, we are combining our expertise in fiber optic link design and sub-system integration with selected capabilities for optoelectronic device design and fabrication.