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For more than six decades, Sandia has provided the critical science and technology to address the nation’s most challenging issues. Our original nuclear weapons mission has been complemented with work in defense systems, energy and climate, as well as international and homeland security. Our vision is to be a premier science and engineering laboratory for technology solutions to the most challenging problems that threaten peace and freedom for our nation and the globe.
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Sandia National Laboratories is a world-class research and development organization that delivers on these national security missions while advancing the frontiers of science and engineering. A key component of Sandia’s success is our foundational scientific research, which provides us with knowledge and capabilities that are essential for solving the most pressing and difficult issues facing the world today. The guiding principle that underlies all of our research endeavors is to ensure that Sandia’s fundamental science and engineering core is vibrant, continually pushing the forefront of knowledge.
The articles in this issue provide a small sampling of the many areas within Sandia that are impacted by optics research and provide some insight to the diversity of problems we address.
- • Cooper’s work highlights the need for advanced optical metrology methods for understanding the high-speed dynamics inherent in energetic materials research, which is critical for Sandia’s primary mission.
- • Kouri and Shield’s work on improved super-resolution through the use of optimized image registration bears directly on Sandia’s expertise in remote imaging systems.
- • Reichardt et al. report on the use of spectroradiometric monitoring of algae to enable large scale production of new biofuels as Sandia addresses future energy needs.
- • Schrader et al. provide a description of an advanced ray-tracing technique with the potential to fully couple thermal analyses for high-precision imaging systems.
This work exemplifies the commitment of our staff to keeping Sandia at the leading edge of science and technology and always providing “exceptional service in the national interest.” (President Harry Truman to Leroy Wilson, Washington, DC, 13 May 1949 (copy), SNL Corporate Files.)
Manager, Physics-Based Microsystems
Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000.