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，例如位置、导航和定时(PNT)技术，这对保护和面向未来的国家安全、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吸收、市场渗透和商业化目前受到作为量子技术核心的强大、可靠和低尺寸、低重量和低功耗(SWAP)激光器和激光系统的缺乏的限制。Talent汇集了一个英国公司财团，开发创新的强大、可靠和低交换激光，以使量子技术能够在恶劣和动态的环境中部署-打开新的市场和机会。Talent将生产性能、可靠性、互换性和易集成性前所未有的激光器，以打破下一代PNT商业化的障碍。该财团在激光开发、小型化和精密对准方面的专业知识将确保可靠性和交换能力得到改善，以适应市场需求。已经确定了新的、实质性的商业机会，需要在下一代量子增强的PNT和SSA技术的量子传感和时钟方面进行可靠和强大的操作。

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.