Project description FET-Open Xtrack Show the project objective Hide the project objective Finding an approach to actuate nonlinear optical effects at ultra-low powers and on chip-scale devices is one of the outstanding challenges in optics. The ultimate limit is the quantum regime where individual light quanta strongly interact with each other. This limit has so far been technologically impossible, but if achieved would have far-reaching consequences in information technologies. In particular, it would enable the best possible performance and wide deployment of classical nonlinear devices, and facilitate disruptive quantum information protocols that fundamentally cannot be realized on classical platforms. The primary obstacle is the weak nonlinear response of available optical materials, which necessitates high intensities and long interaction times to induce nonlinear effects.In this proposal, we will theoretically and experimentally pursue a fundamentally new paradigm – graphene-based single-photon nonlinear optics – that eliminates all of the current barriers. Our approach builds upon remarkable properties of graphene, which cause surface plasmons to be confined to scales millions of times smaller than the diffraction limit, and also induce exceptional nonlinear interaction strengths. We will show that in this unconventional nonlinear medium, even single quanta attain the requisite intensities to actuate nonlinear processes. Significantly, we aim for the first demonstration of the deterministic generation of non-classical light, which is based on "bulk" nonlinear materials rather than individual quantum emitters.The partners of GRASP are internationally recognized in the fields of graphene, nano-photonics, quantum optics, and quantum information science, and have a strong history of launching innovative multi-disciplinary research directions. This team is uniquely suited to establish graphene as the first viable route to widely deployable, chip-scale classical and quantum nonlinear optical technologies. Fields of science engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialstwo-dimensional nanostructuresgraphenehumanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorynatural sciencesphysical sciencesquantum physicsquantum opticsengineering and technologynanotechnologynanophotonicsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsnonlinear optics Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2013.9.5 - FET-Open Xtrack Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2013-X See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES EU contribution € 997 250,00 Address AVINGUDA CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS 3 08860 Castelldefels Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Dolors Mateu (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITAT WIEN Austria EU contribution € 403 009,00 Address UNIVERSITATSRING 1 1010 Wien See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Lukas Theussl (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAET ZU BERLIN Germany EU contribution € 218 000,00 Address UNTER DEN LINDEN 6 10117 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Renate Ubachs (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER United Kingdom EU contribution € 385 592,00 Address THE QUEEN'S DRIVE NORTHCOTE HOUSE EX4 4QJ Exeter See on map Region South West (England) Devon Devon CC Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Samantha Irish (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
