Sakharov TechnologiesLLC

Independent R&D · Founded 2026

Measurement-first R&D for plasma and electrochemical systems.

Sakharov Technologies builds calibrated test cells, benchtop plasma instruments, and the simulation tooling around them, so that efficiency claims in energy conversion can be measured, reproduced, and published in standard units.

Work with us How we work
Hβ 486.13 nm
Ba⁺ 493.41 nm
Hα 656.28 nm
400 nm700 nm
Three lines we calibrate against: the hydrogen Balmer pair that reports on electrolysis and plasma chemistry, and the barium-ion transition used for trapped-ion diagnostics.

What we build

Three programs, one standard of evidence.

Electrochemical efficiency measurement

Calibrated benchmarking of pulsed-waveform and RF-assisted electrolysis cells against PEM and alkaline baselines, with an uncertainty budget on every reported number.

Reported as kWh / kg H₂ against the 39.4 LHV and 42.2 HHV references · Faradaic efficiency · cell temperature · input power from a traceable power analyser

Benchtop plasma diagnostics

Radio-frequency ion traps and low-density plasma cells for heating-rate, electric-field-noise, and charge-state measurements, designed from the start for university facility partnerships.

Operating range 0.1 – 3 MHz drive · millitesla fields · single-shot charge collection · Cs⁺ and Ba⁺ species

Simulation and process tooling

Open-source-first simulation workflows and first-principles process models that tie bench data to prediction, with versioned inputs and reproducible pipelines.

Our analysis layer is built on Claude. We use it as the agentic core for literature retrieval over an indexed technical library, for generating and cross-checking simulation inputs against analytic reference values, and for automating the data pipelines that turn bench measurements into reviewable results.

WarpX (particle-in-cell) · OpenFOAM (CFD) · Claude (Anthropic) agentic tooling · indexed technical library with retrieval-augmented analysis · every run checked against one analytic observable before any conclusion is quoted

We are an early-stage company. Our first programs are measurement campaigns and the instruments needed to run them, not products.

How we work

Derive first, then measure, then correlate.

Measure to falsify
Every build starts with a written null result and the discriminating test that would produce it. A device that cannot fail a test cannot pass one.
Calibrated instruments, stated uncertainty
Power, temperature, and gas-rate measurements come from traceable instruments, and every figure is reported with its uncertainty and method.
Conventional benchmarks
Results are expressed in standard units against peer-reviewed baselines, so that a program officer or a reviewer can compare them without translation.
Open methods
Methods, raw data, and analysis code are shared with collaborators and reviewers. Independent witnesses are recruited before a result is announced.

Why the name

In 1967 Andrei Sakharov proposed that gravitation might not be fundamental but emergent, arising from the behaviour of the vacuum at a deeper level. The paper is a model of how we want to work in engineering: start from first principles, derive what should be observable, and only then fit to data. Empirical correlation is the last step, not the first.

About

A small, instrument-driven research company.

Sakharov Technologies is an early-stage research and development company founded in 2026. We design and run measurement campaigns in energy conversion, build the instruments and test cells they require, and report methods and results in standard units so that others can check them.

We work with university and national-laboratory facilities for measurements that need equipment beyond a benchtop, and with reviewers and collaborators who want a claim tested rather than argued.

Contact

Talk to us about a measurement.

Facility partners, reviewers, and collaborators are welcome. Write to the address below and include what you would like measured and against which baseline.