£10m project to boost quantum technology

A team of physicists based in S cotland are to lead a £10 million project to take the development of faster, thumbnail-sized quantum technology “to another level”.

Four teen organisations will work on the project led by Fraunhofer’s Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP), based at the University of S t r a t h c l yd e i n Gl a s g ow. The team will use the properties of atoms and subatomic particles to increase the reliability of laser components and systems while reducing their size, weight, power consumption and cost.

Simon Andrews, Fraunhofer UK research execut ive d i r e c t o r, s a i d : “Thi s collaboration will revolutionise quantum technology and take it to another level of practicality.”

Quantum technolog y is already used in navigation, communications, computing and healthcare.