Company · Ilminster
Gooch & Housego's main quantum products are acousto-optic deflectors and fibre-coupled modulators, sold for neutral-atom quantum computing, sensing and atomic clocks. The company says its AODF 4085 deflectors were cited in Nature papers on systems of 3,000 and 6,100 qubits, and it makes them in its Photonics division, which has UK sites in Torquay and Ashford. In 2020 it joined QT Assemble, a £10m Quantum Technologies Challenge consortium led by Fraunhofer CAP in Glasgow, to develop fibre-coupled acousto-optic and waveguide parts for compact quantum laser systems. It exhibited its quantum range at Optica Quantum 2.0 in Glasgow in June 2026.
Gooch & Housego is a company in Ilminster. It appears as a partner in QEPNT, QT Assemble and QCS.
Sources: G&H: Quantum-enabling photonics at Optica Quantum 2026 · Fraunhofer CAP: QT Assemble · The Quantum Insider: Fraunhofer in Scotland leads £10 million drive to take quantum technology to another level
QEPNT
A national research hub for quantum position, navigation and timing, led by the University of Glasgow. It aims to reduce reliance on satellite signals such as GPS.
Role: Partner
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Timing and navigation, Sensing, Defence and security
QT Assemble
A three-year Fraunhofer CAP-led consortium to make quantum technology components smaller, more robust and easier to build.
Role: Partner
Themes: Materials and components, Sensing
QCS
The phase 2 national hub for quantum computing and simulation, led by the University of Oxford. It ran from 2019 to 2024.
Role: Partner
Funding: £27.3m
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
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