TALENT – Tapered AmpLifiErs for quaNtum Technologies

基于冷原子的量子传感器和时钟将通过提高对攻击/中断的弹性和改善空间态势感知（SSA）来彻底改变许多应用，如位置，导航和定时（PNT）技术-这对保护和未来的国家安全，金融和技术基础设施和能力至关重要。下一代量子系统的商业化、市场渗透和商业化目前受到缺乏强大、可靠和低尺寸、重量和功耗（SWaP）激光器和激光系统的限制，这些激光器和激光系统是量子技术的核心。TALENT汇集了一个由英国公司组成的财团，旨在开发创新的强大，可靠和低SWaP激光器，以便在恶劣和动态的环境中部署量子技术-开辟新市场和机遇。TALENT将生产具有前所未有的性能、可靠性、SWaP和易于集成的激光器，以打破下一代PNT商业化的障碍。该财团在激光开发、激光化和精密对准方面的专业知识将确保可靠性和SWaP的市场准备。已经确定了新的、大量的商业机会，这些机会需要在下一代量子增强PNT和SSA技术的量子传感和时钟中进行可靠和稳健的操作。

Cold atom-based quantum sensors and clocks will revolutionise many applications such as Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technologies by increasing the resilience against attacks/outages and improving Space Situational Awareness (SSA) -- critical to protecting and future-proofing national security, financial and technological infrastructure and capabilities. Commercial uptake, market penetration and commercialisation of next-generation quantum systems is currently limited by the lack of robust, reliable and low size, weight and power consumption (SWaP) lasers and laser systems that lie at the heart of quantum technologies. TALENT brings together a consortium of UK companies to develop innovative robust, reliable and low-SWaP lasers to enable the deployment of quantum technologies in harsh and dynamic environments - opening new markets and opportunities. TALENT will produce lasers with an unprecedented combination of performance, reliability, SWaP and ease of integration to break the barriers to commercialisation of next-generation PNT. The consortium's expertise in laser development, miniaturisation and precision alignment will ensure reliability and SWaP are improved to market-readiness. New, substantial commercial opportunities have been identified that require reliable and robust operation in quantum sensing and clocks for next-generation quantum-enhanced PNT and SSA technologies.