Current projects

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+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

RAINBOW
Hyperspectral photonic integration platform
(Fraunhofer PREPARE Project)
Duration: April 2022 – March 2025

Silhouette
Silicon Photonics for Trusted Electronic System
(Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Duration: May 2021 – June 2025

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