Quantum and PICs in Valencia!
After closing its first development year, the Qu-PIC – Horizon Europe project enters 2025 with a productive consortium meeting hosted by VLC Photonics (Hitachi Group) in the marvelous city of Valencia.
With motivation and enthusiasm, the 12 partner institutions of the Qu-PIC project shared their latest advancements toward providing Europe with a supply chain of quantum building blocks for photonic integrated circuits (PICs), a technology with the potential to transform computing 💻 , communications 📡 , and a wide variety of sensing systems 🔎.
In Qu-PIC, the Al₂O₃ integrated photonics platform was chosen for its excellent low propagation loss and wide spectral range from ultraviolet (200 nm) to mid-infrared, serving as the backbone for quantum PIC development.
Key building blocks include multiwavelength tunable lasers operating at 399 nm, 411 nm, and 935 nm, UVC external cavity lasers emitting at 280 nm, squeezed photon sources, and singlephoton detectors. Additional elements include programmable ASICs, advanced packaging and assembly techniques, and an open PDK that integrates these components, fostering rapid innovation and ensuring a robust European supply chain for quantum photonics.
Do not miss Qu-PIC’s developments and stay tuned to our social media and website (https://www.qu-pic.eu/).
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