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EUROPEAN FUNDING PROGRAM QUANTERA

2.8 million euros for research into quantum technologies

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Graphical representation of a quantum memory node © Leon Zaporski
Graphical representation of a quantum memory node being investigated in the MEEDGARD project.

Science and industry expect new quantum technologies to have promising applications - from communication and sensor technology to computing. The EU, together with the national research funding organizations in the "QuantERA" network, is therefore funding transnational projects for the research and application of quantum technologies. In the current round, 24 projects were successful across Europe, two of which involve physicists from TU Dortmund University. The two projects are being funded with a total of 2.8 million euros over three years.

Dr. Doris Reiter, who conducts research in the field of condensed matter theory with her working group at the Department of Physics, is leading the MEEDGARD project. Together with eight partners from Germany, the UK, Austria and Poland, she is researching a storage node for quantum networks. The aim is to store information in the nuclear spin of atoms in a quantum dot, a nanoscopic semiconductor structure. In order to be able to extract the stored information again, it must be converted into light quanta, which are then distributed in various nodes of the network. Dr. Doris Reiter's group is providing the relevant theory of the associated light-matter interaction for the project.

About the MEEDGARD project

Prof. Marc Aßmann, who holds the Chair of Solid State Physics, is involved in the QuCABOoSE project together with partners from Germany, Poland, Italy and the Czech Republic. The team wants to establish a new approach to the realization of quantum technologies: Quantum states are very fragile and can be altered or even destroyed by interactions with their environment. Until now, they have therefore usually been isolated from the outside world at great expense. Prof. Marc Aßmann's group is now investigating how, in contrast, the environment can be tailored in such a way that it does not affect the quantum states and can even take on useful functions. The aim of the project is to exploit these interactions between a quantum system and its environment in order to increase the efficiency of quantum algorithms.

About the QuCADOoSE project

About QuantERA

QuantERA is a European research network for quantum science and technology, funded by Horizon 2020, which aims to strengthen European cooperation in this field and promote cutting-edge research. Germany is involved in QuantERA through the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH.

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