On October 6th, 2025, Photonics Foundry hosted the second in-person meeting of the Trilateral FIT4Q project at their facilities in Bremen.
The project’s goal is to reduce fiber-to-PIC coupling loss by improving the alignment accuracy between fiber and waveguide, a key step toward advancing scalable photonic integration for quantum technologies.
Each partner contributes their expertise to a specific stage of the process:
• MicroAlign – improving the pitch accuracy of the fiber in an array.
• Aixemtec – advancing fiber-array to PIC alignment accuracy.
• Photonics Foundry – optimizing the fiber-array fixation method for improved alignment accuracy.
• QuiX Quantum – setting performance targets, as in their quantum computers every photon matters.
• Fraunhofer IZM – supporting the consortium with novel packaging technologies and measurement methods.
As part of the meeting, participants toured Photonics Foundry’s cleanrooms to experience their state-of-the-art photonic packaging capabilities firsthand.
Learn more about the project:
About the Trilateral Programme with France and Germany: https://quantumdelta.nl/trilateral-programme-with-france-and-germany
Explore the Cross-Border Projects for Europe: https://www.quantumwithoutborders.org/cross-border-projects-for-europe
