Integrated quantum correlation counter

Project Information

IQCC

Grant agreement ID: 641280

DOI

10.3030/641280

Project closed

EC signature date 5 November 2014

Start date 1 April 2015

End date 31 March 2016

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 150 000,00

EU contribution

€ 150 000,00

Coordinated by

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT
Netherlands

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - IQCC (Integrated quantum correlation counter)

Reporting period: 2015-04-01 to 2016-03-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

In the ERC proof-of-concept project Integrated Quantum Correlation Counter, a new architecture for a quantum correlation counter was developed where the detectors are all integrated on one single chip to offer the user a compact and robust device to measure quantum correlations up to orders as high as 4 and also able to resolve photon numbers with high fidelity. Four contiguous superconducting single photon detectors coupled to an optical fiber were used to achieve high detection efficiencies and unprecedented time resolution. The final system now forms the starting point for a commercialization effort led by Single Quantum BV, a spin-off from my research group that produces single photon detectors.