Quantum Interfaces, Sensors and Communication based on Entanglement

Project Information

Q-ESSENCE

Grant agreement ID: 248095

Project closed

Start date 1 February 2010

End date 30 April 2013

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies

Total cost € 6 508 274,00

EU contribution € 4 700 000,00

Coordinated by

UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI
Poland

Project description

FET proactive 2: Quantum Information Foundations and Technologies

Quantum entanglement has the capacity to enable disruptive technologies that solve outstanding issues in: - Trust, privacy protection, and security in two- and multi-party transactions; - Novel or enhanced modes of operation of ICT devices; - Reference standards, sensing, and metrology. The development of entanglement-based strategies addresses these challenges and provides the foundations for quantum technologies of the 21st century. The practical exploitation of entanglement requires groundbreaking levels of robustness and flexibility for deployment in real-world environments. This ambitious goal can be reached only through radically new designs of protocols, architectures, interfaces, and components. Q-ESSENCE will achieve this by a concerted application-driven effort covering relevant experimental, phenomenological, and fundamental aspects. Our consortium will target three main outcomes: 1) Development of entanglement-enabled and entanglement-enhanced ICT devices: atomic clocks, quantum sensors, and quantum random-number generators; 2) Novel physical-layer architectures for long-distance quantum communication that surpass current distance limitations through the deployment of next-generation components; 3) Distributed quantum information protocols that provide disruptive solutions to multiuser trust, privacy-protection, and security scenarios based on multipartite entanglement. These outcomes will be reached through the underpinning science and enabling technologies of: light-matter interfaces providing faithful interconversion between different physical realizations of qubits; entanglement engineering at new scales and distances; robust architectures protecting quantum information from decoherence; quantum information concepts that solve problems of limited trust and privacy intrusion. The project builds on the outstanding expertise of the consortium demonstrated by pioneering works over the past decades, enhanced by a strong industrial perspective.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › computer hardware › quantum computers

Programme(s)

• FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies

Topic(s)

• ICT-2009.8.2 - FET proactive 2: Quantum Information Foundations and Technologies

Call for proposal

FP7-ICT-2009-4
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Funding Scheme

CP - Collaborative project (generic)

Coordinator

UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI

• EU contribution: € 657 100,00
• Address: KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIESCIE 26/28 ; 00-927 Warszawa ; Poland
• Region: Makroregion województwo mazowieckie › Warszawski stołeczny › Miasto Warszawa
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Konrad Banaszek (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (24)

OESTERREICHISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN

Austria

• EU contribution: € 259 600,00
• Address: DR. IGNAZ SEIPEL-PLATZ 2 ; 1010 Wien
• Region: Ostösterreich › Wien › Wien
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Caslav Brukner (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY

Australia

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: BALACLAVA ROAD NORTH RYDE ; 2109 Sydney
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Jennifer Newton (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 264 600,00
• Address: RUE DU GENERAL DUFOUR 24 ; 1211 Geneve
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Région lémanique › Genève
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Rob Thew (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

ID QUANTIQUE SA

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 176 400,00
• Address: CHEMIN DE LA MARBRERIE 3 GAROUGE ; 1227 CAROUGE GENEVE
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Région lémanique › Genève
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Gregoire Ribordy (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN

Germany

• EU contribution: € 50 836,00
• Address: KAISERSWERTHER STRASSE 16-18 ; 14195 Berlin
• Region: Berlin › Berlin › Berlin
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Tanja Binder
• Total cost: No data

GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER

Germany

• EU contribution: € 261 600,00
• Address: WELFENGARTEN 1 ; 30167 Hannover
• Region: Niedersachsen › Hannover › Region Hannover
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Roman Schnabel (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAET POTSDAM

Participation ended

Germany

• EU contribution: € 122 564,00
• Address: AM NEUEN PALAIS 10 ; 14469 Potsdam
• Region: Brandenburg › Brandenburg › Potsdam
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Regina Gerber (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN

Germany

• EU contribution: € 264 600,00
• Address: GESCHWISTER SCHOLL PLATZ 1 ; 80539 MUNCHEN
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Harald Weinfurter (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAET PADERBORN

Germany

• EU contribution: € 132 300,00
• Address: WARBURGER STRASSE 100 ; 33098 Paderborn
• Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen › Detmold › Paderborn
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Daniela Gerdes (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN

Germany

• EU contribution: € 117 600,00
• Address: Arcisstrasse 21 ; 80333 Muenchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Ulrike RONCHETTI (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV

Germany

• EU contribution: € 132 300,00
• Address: HOFGARTENSTRASSE 8 ; 80539 Munchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Gerd Leuchs (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAET ULM

Germany

• EU contribution: € 231 200,00
• Address: HELMHOLTZSTRASSE 16 ; 89081 Ulm
• Region: Baden-Württemberg › Tübingen › Ulm, Stadtkreis
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Rainer Jerg (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET

Denmark

• EU contribution: € 264 600,00
• Address: NORREGADE 10 ; 1165 Kobenhavn
• Region: Danmark › Hovedstaden › Byen København
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Ivan Kristoffersen (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES

Spain

• EU contribution: € 115 100,00
• Address: AVINGUDA CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS 3 ; 08860 Castelldefels
• Region: Este › Cataluña › Barcelona
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Francesca Arcara (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

MICRO PHOTON DEVICES SRL

Italy

• EU contribution: € 98 000,00
• Address: VIA WALTRAUD GEBERT DEEG 3/F ; 39100 Bolzano
• Region: Nord-Est › Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen › Bolzano-Bozen
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Andrea Giudice (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

POLITECNICO DI MILANO

Italy

• EU contribution: € 97 900,00
• Address: PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32 ; 20133 Milano
• Region: Nord-Ovest › Lombardia › Milano
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Fabio Conti (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 176 400,00
• Address: GROENE LOPER 3 ; 5612 AE Eindhoven
• Region: Zuid-Nederland › Noord-Brabant › Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Andrea Fiore (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIWERSYTET GDANSKI

Poland

• EU contribution: € 172 900,00
• Address: UL. JANA BAZYNSKIEGO 8 ; 80-309 GDANSK
• Region: Makroregion północny › Pomorskie › Trójmiejski
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Marek Zukowski (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

FYZIKALNY USTAV SLOVENSKEJ AKADEMIE VIED

Slovakia

• EU contribution: € 172 400,00
• Address: DUBRAVSKA CESTA 5807/9 ; 845 11 BRATISLAVA
• Region: Slovensko › Bratislavský kraj › Bratislavský kraj
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Vladimir Buzek (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 238 080,00
• Address: BEACON HOUSE QUEENS ROAD ; BS8 1QU Bristol
• Region: South West (England) › Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area › Bristol, City of
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Johanna Rule (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

TOSHIBA EUROPE LIMITED

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 176 400,00
• Address: 1 PINE TREES CHERTSEY LANE ; TW18 3DU STAINES UPON THAMES
• Region: South East (England) › Surrey, East and West Sussex › West Surrey
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Andrew Shields (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 289 600,00
• Address: WELLINGTON SQUARE UNIVERSITY OFFICES ; OX1 2JD Oxford
• Region: South East (England) › Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire › Oxfordshire
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Kamna Pruvost (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 51 520,00
• Address: TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS ; CB2 1TN Cambridge
• Region: East of England › East Anglia › Cambridgeshire CC
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Renata Schaeffer (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 176 400,00
• Address: WOODHOUSE LANE ; LS2 9JT Leeds
• Region: Yorkshire and the Humber › West Yorkshire › Leeds
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Kathy Brownridge (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data