Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) finances project within the funding line "Quantum Futur 2" for five years
Dr. Michael Zopf, group of Prof. Fei Ding at the Institute of Solid State Physics, has received a grant to establish the research group "SemIQON" within the funding line "Quantum Futur 2". Within five years, Dr. Zopf plans to build a semiconductor-integrated quantum optical network for scalable applications in optical quantum repeaters and computers. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the project at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics with 4.3 million euros.
Based on semiconductor nanostructures and microelectromechanical systems, a (hybrid) quantum photonic integrated circuit (qPIC) will be developed that will enable the assembly of a nano-photonic network of quasi-identical, entangled semiconductor quantum dots. This will enable efficient generation of large entangled states between quantum bits (photons) and/or matter quantum bits (quantum dots).
In close collaboration with the Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering and Prof. Fei Ding at the Institute of Solid State Physics, advanced fabrication and quantum optical characterization techniques will be used to achieve this goal. The development of such integrated devices enables the operation of many parallel semiconductor systems on one chip. The new research group will therefore lay the foundation for high data rates of entangled multiphoton states, which are widely used in quantum communication and quantum computing.
Further information:
https://www.quantentechnologien.de/forschung/foerderung/nachwuchswettbewerb-quantum-futur-runde-2/semiqon.html