The PQI Cluster brings together 11 EU-funded projects focused on advancing photonics and quantum technologies, united by a strong spirit of cooperation and shared vision. By leveraging complementary capabilities across research, industry, and innovation ecosystems, the cluster maximizes the dissemination and cross-fertilization of results. Through coordinated action and structured knowledge exchange, it amplifies impact beyond individual projects. Together, we strengthen Europe’s technological leadership in next-generation photonics and quantum solutions.
The 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭 (Qu-PIC) platform has selected the Al2O3 integrated photonics platform as the backbone technology for the development of quantum PICs thanks to its excellent low propagation loss performance and wide operating spectral region from the ultraviolet (200 nm) until the mid-infrared… AQuRA, the 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, is a European consortium of five industry leaders, two national measurement institutes, and three universities. The AQuRA clock will be the first industry-led clock prototype aiming for instability and uncertainty at around a second over the age of the universe… 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 (CLUSTEC) is a groundbreaking EU Horizon Europe initiative to unlock the potential of optical cluster states for scalable quantum technologies. While quantum computing is evolving rapidly, scalability remains a key hurdle. CLUSTEC is addressing the key challenges… 𝐃𝐘𝐍𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 (DYNAMOS) develops fast (1 ns) and widely tunable (>110 nm) lasers, energy-efficient (~ fJ/bit), broadband (100 GHz) electro-optic modulators, and high-speed (1 ns) broadcast-and-select packet switches as photonic integrated circuits (PICs)… 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 (EPIQUE) focuses on universal and sub-universal quantum computing schemes. Measurement-based quantum computation scheme (MBQC) has been shown to represent a promising solution for an architecture capable of universal quantum computation… 𝐈𝐍𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐝-𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 (INPHOMIR) aims to develop complex photonic integrated control-units and devices enabling innovative EU technologies in the domains of inertial navigation and… 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐈𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐬𝐩𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 (LaiQa) comes as a technology intensive research and innovation action aiming to develop and advance critical components and technologies necessary to build a global spaced-based quantum network. LaiQa envisions realizing unconditionally… 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐘𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨-𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐂𝐁 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐢𝟑𝐍𝟒 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐈𝐧𝐏 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐂𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐇𝐳 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (POLYNICES) is a research and innovation action that aims to provide a general-purpose photonic… 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬 (QLASS) brings together experts from top research groups, up-and-coming SMEs, and industry to achieve the ambitious goal of producing a quantum photonic integrated circuit (QPIC) utilizing the extremely versatile technique of femtosecond laser writing… 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬 (𝐐𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐬) 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝟏𝟓𝟓𝟎 𝐧𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 (QPIC1550) aims to merge the realms of quantum mechanics and photonics technology on a single, scalable platform. This ambitious initiative, funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe program, brings together… 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 (QUANTIFY)’s overall objective consists in bringing photonic quantum enhanced sensors at the next level of integration and usability. Specifically, the project wants to develop the essential building blocks and novel quantum enhanced techniques for…
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