About QuSpin
Advanced atomic technology, built for the real world.
Advanced atomic technology, built for the real world.
QuSpin develops and manufactures high-performance atomic magnetometers for biomedical research, geophysical surveying, and other demanding measurement applications.
Our work combines fundamental atomic physics with practical engineering. The goal is not simply to demonstrate exceptional sensitivity in the laboratory, but to turn advanced measurement technology into compact, reliable instruments that researchers and operators can use in the real world.
QuSpin was founded in 2012 with research funding from the National Institutes of Health. What began as a small research effort has grown into an independent technology company with capabilities spanning physics, electronics, firmware, mechanical design, testing, and manufacturing.
Over the years, we have taken atomic magnetometers from laboratory prototypes to commercial products used by universities, research institutions, companies, and government organizations around the world.
This transition has shaped how we work. We understand both the science required to achieve high performance and the engineering discipline required to reproduce that performance consistently across many instruments.
QuSpin remains a relatively small and highly technical company. Our physicists and engineers work closely across disciplines, allowing ideas to move quickly from experimental development through electronics, software, mechanical design, testing, and production.
Research and manufacturing are closely connected. The people developing new technology remain involved in understanding how it is built, tested, and used by customers. This helps us continuously improve both the underlying devices and the complete systems around them.
QuSpin’s development has been supported by research programs from multiple United States federal agencies, together with revenue from our commercial products.
Federal research support has allowed us to pursue technically difficult problems and develop new generations of atomic sensors. At the same time, manufacturing instruments for real users provides a different and equally important form of feedback: products must perform reliably, integrate into larger systems, and solve practical measurement problems.
The combination of long-term research and real-world deployment continues to guide our work.
Our current focus is atomic magnetometry, including zero-field sensors for biomagnetic measurements and total-field instruments for geophysical and field applications.
More broadly, QuSpin was founded to develop high-performance atomic devices and make them genuinely useful. We intend to continue advancing the underlying physics while steadily improving robustness, manufacturability, and integration.
Our focus is on making sophisticated technology simpler to use without hiding or compromising the physics behind it.