Current projects
eCAUSIS
European, Certifiable, Affordable, User-oriented, Secure, Integration-able, Scalable quantum key distribution solutions
(Funded by EU) Project-ID: 101091564
Duration: March 2023 - August 2025
Partners: Creotech Instruments (Coordinator), Fraunhofer HHI, Austrian Institute of Technology
GATEPOST
The GATEPOST project will develop the first-of-its-kind 2D materials (2DM) based non-linear photonics platform for optical computing.
Duration: October 2023 – September 2026
HiCONNECTs
The EU-funded HiCONNECTs project aims to develop cloud and edge computing platforms that are sustainable, energy-efficient, and bring cloud services closer to end users.
Duration: January 2023 – December 2025
PARALIA
Photonic Multi-beam Beamforming Technology enabling RADAR/LiDAR Multi-sensor Fusion platforms for Aerospace and Automated Driving applications
(Funded by: EU)
Duration: January 2023 - June 2026
PATTERN
PATTERN aims to revolutionize microwave photonics by introducing the world's first PDK for ultra-high frequencies above 100 GHz, incorporating InP, LNOI, and novel materials like YIG to advance PIC capabilities and surmount existing high-frequency packaging challenges.
Duration: September 2022 - August 2026
PHOENICS
Photonic Enabled Petascale IN-memory Computing with femtojoule energy consumption (PHOENICS)
(Funded by the European Union)
Duration: January 2021 - June 2025
PhotonHub Europe
One-Stop-Shop Open Access to Photonics Innovation Support for a Digital Europe
(Funded by the European Union)
Duration: January 2021 – April 2025
PolyChrome Berlin
PolyChrome Berlin - Photonics for Sensing
(Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Duration: September 2022 – August 2025
PoLiSiQ
Establishment of a photonic lithium niobate silicon nitride platform for quantum communication
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: March 15, 2023 - March 14, 2026
POLYNICES
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
Programm-Call Identifier: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01
Projekt ID: 101070549
(Co-funded by the European Commission's under the Horizon Europe programme)
Duration: January 2023 – June 2026
QSNP
Quantum Secure Networks Partnership
Programm Indentification Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-QUANTUM-04-SGA
Project ID: 101114043
(Co-funded by the European Commission)
Duration: March 2023 – August 2026
Qu-Pilot & Qu-Test
Pilot lines, open testing and experimentation for quantum technologies
Programm Indentification Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-QUANTUM-06-SGA & HORIZON-CL4-2022-QUANTUM-06-SGA
Project ID: 101113983 & 101113901
(Co-funded by the European Commission)
Duration: April 2023 – September 2026
QuNET
Demonstration experiment on communication using quantum technologies
(Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Duration: January 21 – December 2025
QuNET+DECODE
optimizeD cohErent reCeiver fOr cv-qkD systEms
Program Indentification Code: QuNet+
(Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Duration: December 2022 – November 2025
QuNET+LORELAY
LOw-noise and REliable LAser sources for continuous-variable quantum keY distribution
Programm Indentifizierungs Code: QuNET+
(Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Duration: December 2022 – November 2025
QuNET+RECONNAITRE
Complexity-Optimised Quantum Receiver with Free Beam Interface
(Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Network Coordinator: Pixel Photonics GmbH
Duration: January 2022 - June 2025
RAINBOW
Hyperspectral photonic integration platform
(Fraunhofer PREPARE Project)
Duration: April 2022 – March 2025
RETINA
Photonic Multi-beam Beamforming Technology enabling RADAR/LiDAR Multi-sensor Fusion platforms for Aerospace and Automated Driving applications
(Förderer EU) Project ID: 101135529
Duration: December 2023 - November 2027
Silhouette
Silicon Photonics for Trusted Electronic System
(Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Duration: May 2021 – June 2025
Space FIT
Research on compact QKD receiver payloads for high-altitude platforms and satellites
(Funded by the state of Berlin - Co-funded by the European Union (EU))
Duration: October 2024 - September 2027
SPRINTER
Low-coSt and energy-efficient hybrid Photonic integrated circuits for fibeR-optic, freespace optical and mmWave commuNication systems supporting Time critical networking in industrial EnviRonments
(Funded by the European Union)
Duration: September 2022 – August 2025
TERA6G
TERAhertz integrated systems enabling 6G Terabit-per-second ultra-massive MIMO wireless networks
Programm-Call Identifier: HORIZON-JU-SNS-2022
Project ID: 101096949
(Co-funded by the European Commission's under the Horizon Europe programme)
Duration: January 2023 – June 2026
VOMBAT
Miniaturised entanglement source in the telecom sector based on AlGaAs Bragg reflection waveguides
Programm Indentification Code: Hochleistungskomponenten und optimierte Materialien für die Quantenkommunikationen
(Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Duration: March 2023 – February 2026