Descripción del proyecto
Mayor funcionalidad cuántica en un circuito transceptor integrado
La potencia de cálculo ilimitada es la principal característica de los ordenadores cuánticos del futuro. Disponer de este poder pondría en peligro la seguridad de la información que se comparte en nuestra vida cotidiana. La tecnología de distribución cuántica de claves (QKD, por sus siglas en inglés) proporciona seguridad teórica de la información incluso con una potencia de cálculo ilimitada. Sin embargo, los sistemas de QKD actuales son voluminosos y están destinados principalmente a aplicaciones gubernamentales y de defensa. La empresa PHOTON IP, con sede en los Países Bajos, desarrolla un motor miniaturizado de cien gramos de alto rendimiento en un solo chip. Este sistema cuántico en chip (QSoC, por sus siglas en inglés) es compatible con los formatos más pequeños para transceptores enchufables utilizados en redes de acceso. Con el apoyo del proyecto NARWHAL, financiado con fondos europeos, PHOTON IP trabaja en la comercialización de su tecnología de QSoC.
Objetivo
Quantum computing, forecasted to happen within 10 years, will bring unprecedented computing power, rendering obsolete current data security protocols based on public keys, affecting our open society, our business and basic individual rights. Quantum key distribution (QKD) technology can solve this strategic data security problem by providing information-theoretic security, making systems unbreakable even with unlimited computing power. However, until now, technology development for QKD has been focused on government and defence applications, with solutions made of discrete components in big boxes only a few can afford. With equal access to secure communications at stake, what is missing is a solution fit for mass-market industrialization to embed QKD technology in the fixed and mobile networks we rely on every day. PhotonIP offers such a solution: a quantum ready, high-performance, dual polarization 100G miniaturized engine on a single chip, Quantum System on Chip (QSoC), compatible with the smallest form factors for pluggable transceivers deployed in access networks and using the same wavelength channel for classic and quantum operations. The project aims to develop a technology demonstrator of a QSoC that is ready for pilot production and offers breakthrough performance at low cost and full compatibility with current and future optical communications infrastructure. This proposal builds on the UniQorn FET project on Quantum Technologies (GA820474), where PhotonIP's founders developed a differential phase shift transmitter on a photonic integrated circuit fit for secure quantum key distribution and leverage PhotonIP proprietary and patented Hip_ technology, a high-performance integration platform that allows a unique hybridization of the Photonics Integrated Circuit (PIC), which integrates best-in-class best in class InP based materials for all active functionality with best-in-class Silicon on Insulator for the optical passive functionality on-chip.
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer securitydata protection
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesquantum physics
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer securitycryptography
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcomputer hardwarequantum computers
Programa(s)
- HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme
Convocatoria de propuestas
HORIZON-EIC-2022-TRANSITION-01
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaRégimen de financiación
HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-BasedCoordinador
5612AJ EINDHOVEN
Países Bajos
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.