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    QT Assemble: Integrate Quantum Technology Programme

    A three-year Fraunhofer CAP-led consortium to make quantum technology components smaller, more robust and easier to build.

    Project data last updated 11 October 2026

    About this project

    QT Assemble began in September 2020 as a three-year project. Fraunhofer CAP in Glasgow led 13 UK partners from industry and academia. It was funded by the UK Quantum Technologies Challenge, led by UKRI.

    The project tackled size, weight, power and reliability. It used assembly methods such as waveguide writing, nanoscale alignment and monolithic integration to make small integrated lasers, photon sources, detectors and cold-atom sources.

    Lead organisation

    Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics

    Research organisation · Glasgow

    Glasgow's Fraunhofer centre for applied photonics, which led the QT Assemble consortium on compact quantum components and won £8m from DSIT in 2025.

    Partners (13)

    Funders

    In the news

    Quantum Zeitgeist articles about QT Assemble, then ones naming its lead or partners.

    • Infleqtion and Thorlabs Partner to Advance Quantum Technology Components

      · UK

      Infleqtion, Thorlabs Advance Quantum Components, read on Quantum Zeitgeist

      A significant milestone has been reached in the development of quantum technology, with Infleqtion and Thorlabs announcing a new partnership to commercialize Infleqtion’s highly integrated optical fiber collimation package. This breakthrough is expected to accelerate innovation in quantum applicatio

      Image © Quantum Zeitgeist

    • Researchers Simulate Fermions with Improved Qubit Mapping

      Researchers Simulate Fermions with Improved Qubit Mapping, read on Quantum Zeitgeist

      Previously intractable simulations are now within reach thanks to a new approach which dramatically reduces computational demands. By minimising operator ‘nonlocality’, the spread of interactions across qubits, this method overcomes limitations inherent in conventional qubit encoding schemes like Jo

      Image © Quantum Zeitgeist

    All news for this project and its partners

    Sources

    1. Fraunhofer CAP: QT Assemble (cap.fraunhofer.co.uk)
    2. Quantum Insider: Fraunhofer in Scotland leads £10 million drive (thequantuminsider.com)
    3. DIGIT: UniKLasers secures £800k funding for quantum technology research drive (digit.fyi)