Project description Organic photonics and other disruptive photonics technologies Show the project objective Hide the project objective The goal of QuRep is to develop a Quantum Repeater - the elementary building block required to overcome current distance limitations for long-distance quantum communication. Quantum Repeaters are the analogue of classical optical amplifiers that permit the cascading of successive fibre optic communication links. Quantum Repeater technology is centred around quantum light-matter interactions at the quantum level in ensembles of rare earth ions frozen in a crystal that store quantum information by coherent control of the quantum degrees of freedom. A clear and well-defined architecture and protocol for a complete Quantum Repeater can be realised with entangled photon pair sources that couple the Quantum memories to fibre optic communication systems. The proof of principle has been shown for all aspects of this approach and QuRep now aims to bridge the gap between fundamental research and industrial projects. The main technological result of the QuRep project will be a quantum repeater. The outcome of the QuREP project will serve as the basis for an industrial initiative, developing the first quantum repeater products. Considering the state of the art, potential difficulties and the chosen development approach, it is reasonable to assume that this technology could be translated into products in the next 10 years with spin-off technologies emerging in the interim period. We bring together the leading European groups in quantum communication, quantum memories, photonic sources and rare-earth-ion spectroscopy and materials as well as a leading quantum communication technology SME to move what has been fundamental research towards commercial feasibility. There are already niche markets for quantum repeaters, should they exist, and the market is expected to grow significantly in the next 10 years. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsfibre opticsnatural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsphotonsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopy Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2009.3.8 - Organic photonics and other disruptive photonics technologies Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2009-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE Address Rue du general dufour 24 1211 Geneve Switzerland See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Genève Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Robert Thew (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 577 649,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ID QUANTIQUE SA Switzerland EU contribution € 189 200,00 Address Chemin de la marbrerie 3 garouge 1227 Carouge geneve See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Genève Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Grégoire Ribordy (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window UNIVERSITAET PADERBORN Germany EU contribution € 291 200,00 Address Warburger strasse 100 33098 Paderborn See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Detmold Paderborn Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Daniela Gerdes (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 533 599,00 Address Rue michel ange 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Michèle Saumon (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University Sweden EU contribution € 279 120,00 Address Paradisgatan 5c 22100 Lund See on map Region Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Fahlander Claes (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - PARIS 6 France EU contribution € 29 232,00 Address Place jussieu 4 75252 Paris See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Stéphanie ROSSARD (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
