The Polyus Research Institute named after M.F. Stelmakh

The Polyus Research Institute was established in 1962 on the initiative of the scientist, a specialist in the field of microwave technology, Mitrofan Fedorovich Stelmakh. The name of the scientist scientific research institute "Pole" bears since 2001. The tasks of the institute were the development of quantum electronics devices for military purposes, medical equipment, etc.

In the 70s, the association Polyus NPO was created, which, in addition to the head institute of the Polyus Research Institute, included the Ulyanovsk Radio-Voltage Plant, the Vladykinsky Mechanical Plant, the Mother of God Plant of Techno-Chemical Products, the Ozersk Mechanical Plant. About 20 thousand people worked at NPO Polyus during these years.

Contributions to the development and production of high-tech products of quantum electronics were made by the staff of the institute: Yu. L. Bessonov, M. G. Vasiliev, I. V. Voskoboinikova, A. A. Borodkin, V. A. Gorbylev, I. S. Goldobin, Yu V. Kurniavko, M. M. Nazarenko, S. M. Sapozhnikov, N. V. Sinitsyna, V. A. Shishkin, A. V. Lobintsov, A. I. Petrov, V. N. Penkin, E. I. Davydova, T.N. Pushkina, A.A. Shelyakin, E.G. Faynboym, M. B. Uspensky, E. A. Belanovsky, N. A. Wagner, E. A. Andreeva, etc.

JSC "Research Institute" Polyus "them. MF Stelmacha is part of the Shvabe holding of Rostec State Corporation and is Russia's largest research and production center in the field of quantum electronics, and has many unique basic technologies:

• growing active and nonlinear special crystals for lasers;
• nanotechnology for the formation of multilayer structures of compounds A _III B _V for semiconductor heterolasers and photodetectors;
• the formation of multilayer dielectric coatings.

Currently, the institute employs about 1,200 employees, including 15 doctors, more than 70 candidates of science, 20 graduate students and applicants. Works postgraduate. The institutes of MIPT, MIREA have basic departments at the Polyus Research Institute. Until the mid-2000s, it was also the base department for MIEM.

The institute develops and manufactures military and civil products: solid-state activated laser lasers, laser range finders, target indicators for high-precision weapons, laser gyros on gas lasers of an aircraft navigation system, electro-optical and non-linear crystals for the production of lasers, semiconductor structures for lasers and photo-receivers, laser medical and technological installations, laser speed and range meters LISD-2, laser gyros, video recording devices car movements, analyzers of narcotic and explosive substances having a sensitivity of 10–13 g / cm3.

Products that include quantum electronics developed at the Institute:

• laser-guided high-precision artillery weapons systems;
• range finder target indicators (LCD);
• onboard space rubidium and cesium frequency standards for the GLONASS system;
• laser guided precision weapons;
• anti-tank system "Cornet";
• devices for treating oncological diseases.

• Research Institute "Pole" them. MF Stelmakh - 50 years. Moscow: Technosphere, 2012 ISBN 978-5-94836-322-6
• Pashkov V., Danilchenko V., Sapozhnikov A. Modern laser range finders: accuracy, mobility, safety (rus.) // Military Parade: Journal. - 2004. - May-June ( vol. 63 , No. 03 ). - p . 16-17 . - ISSN 1029-4678 .

• General Director of the Institute - Evgeny Kuznetsov

• Holding shvabe

• Journal "Electronics: NTB". Interview with the director of the Polyus Research Institute
• Information portal under the auspices of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The article of JSC "Research Institute" Polyus "them. Mf Stelmakh "
• Polyus Research Institute "them. M.F. Stelmakh