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European Funding Program QuantERA

2.8 Million Euros for Quantum Technology Research Projects

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Graphical representation of a memory node within a grid that is stimulated by a laser beam. © Leon Zaporski
Diagram of a quantum storage node under study in the MEEDGARD project.
Science and industry expect promising applications from new quantum technologies – from communication and sensor technologies to computing. That is why the EU, together with the national Research Funding Organizations (RFOs) in the QuantERA network, is funding transnational projects for the study and application of quantum technologies. In the current round, 24 projects across Europe were successful, of which physicists from TU Dortmund University are participating in two. The two projects have been awarded funding of €2.8m for three years.

Dr. Doris Reiter, who is conducting research on the theory of condensed matter at the Department of Physics together with her group, heads the MEEDGARD project. Together with eight partners from Germany, the UK, Austria and Poland, they are looking at a storage node for quantum networks. The goal is to store information in the nuclear spin of atoms in a quantum dot, a nanoscopic semiconductor structure. To be able to extract the stored information again, it has to be converted into light quanta, which are then distributed in various nodes of the network. Within the project, Dr. Doris Reiter’s group is responsible for delivering the theory of the light-matter interaction associated with this process.

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Together with partners from Germany, Poland, Italy and the Czech Republic, Marc Aßmann, Professor of Solid State Physics, is participating in the QuCABOoSE project. The team wants to introduce a new way of thinking to the implementation of quantum technologies: Quantum states are very fragile and can be altered or even impaired through interactions with their environment. That is why they have so far mostly been isolated from the outside world – a very complex process. The group led by Professor Aßmann is now adopting a different perspective and looking at how the environment can be tailored in such a way that it does not affect the quantum states and can even assume useful functions. The goal of the project is to enhance the efficiency of quantum algorithms by utilizing these interactions between a quantum system and its environment.

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About QuantERA

Funded under Horizon 2020, QuantERA is a European research network for quantum sciences and technologies. Its aim is to strengthen European collaboration in this field and support cutting-edge research. The German Research Foundation (DFG), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH are the German partners in the QuantERA consortium.

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