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Steady-state entanglement with superconducting qubits (Suptango)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Quantum entanglement is the key resource that makes quantum information-processing machines more powerful than classical ones. In this project in quantum-mechanical engineering with superconducting qubits – electronic circuits that are engineered “artificial atoms” – I will create quantum-entangled steady states that never decay, as long as the qubits are subject to external microwave drive fields ...
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Study of Novel Low Noise Superconducting Mixers for Terahertz Radio Astronomy (TERAMIX)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

"Terahertz heterodyne receivers are valuable tools for molecular gas spectroscopy both for space (radioastronomy, planetary science) and terrestrial applications. They provide both high resolution spectral data, as well as broad bandwidth line survey data. Due to the progress in device physics, such receivers can now reach several THz. At such high radio frequencies, neither electronic nor photoni ...
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Ultrafast electro-optic dual-comb multi-point vibrometer for microscopy applications (FAST-TEMPO)

Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

"In the past few years, impressive advances in optical microscopy have overcome the fundamental diffraction-limited barrier. Notwithstanding, many complex phenomena of industrial and biological relevance evolve not only in space but also in the time domain. However, an overlooked aspect in previous microscopy modalities relates to the temporal resolution.The goal of this project is to develop a no ...
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Phase-sensitive optical parametric amplifiers (PSOPA)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

"Optical amplifiers are essential in optical communication systems as they compensate loss induced by the transmission fiber ensuring signal integrity of the information being transmitted, as well as in other applications such as spectroscopy.This research proposal deals with phase-sensitive optical parametric amplifiers (PSA) that have unique and superior properties compared with all other optica ...
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Ultrafast dual-comb multidimensional lidar (ULTRA-COMELI)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,

Since its inception in 2000, the femtosecond frequency comb has revolutionized the field of optical synthesis and metrology, leading to an expanding range of applications. However, the ideal characteristics of an optical frequency comb are application dependent.The scientific goal of this project is to realize a distance-resolved laser ranging system by combining frequency comb technology operatin ...
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CARBON BASED SMART SYSTEMS FOR WIRELESS APPLICATIONS (NANO RF)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2016,

Description New technologies and new wireless architectures identified as Beyond CMOS and More than Moore From the strategic agendas of ENIAC,EPoSS and ITRS it is evident that wireless applications are gaining more and more importance that results to new requirements in terms of miniaturization an ...
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Innovative Nano and Micro Technologies for Advanced Thermo and Mechanical Interfaces (NANOTHERM)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Future electronic power devices and packages will need to demonstrate more performance and functionality at reduced cost, size, weight, energy consumption and thermal budget. Further, increasing reliability demands have also to be met by industry to be competitive in this growing multi-billion Euro market of heterogeneously integrated systems.To respond to these challenges, new innovative nano- an ...
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Sensors Towards Advanced Monitoring and Control of Gas Turbine Engines (STARGATE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

The headline objective of this project is to develop a suite of advanced sensors, instrumentation and related systems in order to contribute to the development of the next generation of green and efficient gas turbine engines (AAT.2012.1.1-3&4).Sensors are a vital enabling technology for gas turbines and are critical to validation of design tools, new products, engine control, and health monitorin ...
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Quantum Technologies for Europe (QUTE-EUROPE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Research in Quantum Information and Communication Technologies (QICT) has since many years gained an important European dimension. The number of research groups active in the field as well as the number of publications testify to the vigorous and scientifically proliferate state of the community and show that QIPC research in Europe is well on par and highly competitive with comparable activities ...
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Spin Transport in Silicon Nanodevices (SiliconSpin)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Spintronics is the vision of using the spin of the electrons instead of its charge to perform information storage and processing. These spin based devices has the potential to make the future computers non-volatile, faster, with memory and processing integrated into a single chip, all with reduced energy consumption. A profound impact on the development of spintronics could come from exploiting sp ...
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Quantum Propagating Microwaves in Strongly Coupled Environments (PROMISCE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

The aim of PROMISCE is to provide the foundations for a novel research field: propagating quantum microwave technologies in strongly and ultrastrongly coupled environments. In particular, its potential for scalable quantum information and communication technology (Q-ICT) applications will be demonstrated. PROMISCE is born from a challenging and controversial idea, which is that microwave photons c ...
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Artificial sniffer using linear ion trap technology (SNIFFLES)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

The research will develop a universal gas sensor using modular technologies to function as an artificial sniffer. It will detect a range of substances, including but not limited to people, drugs, explosives (including weapons) and CBRNe. The technology will complement trained sniffer dogs. The technology proposed is based on linear ion trap (LIT) mass spectrometry (MS). MS techniques have been in ...
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Photonic Advanced Research And Development for Integrated Generic Manufacturing (PARADIGM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2015,

The objective of PARADIGM is to effect a fundamental change in the way photonic integrated circuits (PICs) based on indium phosphide (InP) are designed and manufactured in Europe, with the aim of reducing the costs of design, development and manufacture by more than an order of magnitude and making more complex and capable designs possible than ever before.The key step is to develop a generic plat ...
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Quantum Nano-Electronics Training (Q-NET)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

Q-NET will provide initial training in the general field of Quantum Nano-Electronics, in particular spintronics, molecular electronics, single-electronics, quantum dots and nanowires, nano-cooling. The recruited researchers will be trained to state-of-the-art technologies of nanofabrication, near-field microscopies, transport measurement under extreme conditions (low temperatures, magnetic field, ...
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Quantum optics with microwave photons building a tool-box based on superconducting technology (QuOMP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

The research proposed in this application has grown out of the research on solid-state qubits, where a superconducting circuit including Josephson junctions can be made into a quantum-coherent, two-level system, an artificial atom. It has recently been shown that these artificial atoms can be integrated with microwave cavities in such a way that the states of the "atom" can communicate in a quantu ...
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ELectric Field control Over Spin molecules (ELFOS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Information technology is partly based on magnetism (memory) and partly on electricity (processors). Increasing control over individual electron charges and spins provides new device functionality. For both charges and spins, molecular devices provide ideal test beds, which have witnessed increased interest over the last decade but the understanding and control of which is still in an infant state ...
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New Electronics Concept: Wafer-Scale Epitaxial Graphene (ConceptGraphene)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

The concept of this project is to unlock the potential of epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide (SiC) for development of scalable electronics with the view to develop graphene-based devices & circuits with a non-conventional functionality. Our strategy is to explore two promising directions of graphene-based technology: (i) the development of large-scale graphene wafers for manufacturing high-dens ...
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Solid State Systems for Quantum Information Processing (SOLID)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

The SOLID concept is to develop small solid-state hybrid systems capable of performing elementary processing and communication of quantum information. This involves design, fabrication and investigation of combinations of qubits, oscillators, cavities, and transmission lines, creating hybrid devices interfacing different types of qubits for quantum data storage, qubit interconversion, and communic ...
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Semiconductor Nanodevices for Room temperature THz Emission and Detection (ROOTHz)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

ROOTHz project addresses the bottleneck of Terahertz Science and Technology, where the fabrica-tion of room temperature, continuous wave, compact, tunable and powerful sources (at low cost, if possible) is the prime challenge.THz radiation (also called T-rays), whose frequency range lies between microwaves and infrared light in the electromagnetic spectrum, opens the possibility for a new imaging ...
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ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY and DESIGN for NANOELECTRONICS (NANO-TEC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

NANO-TEC seeks to build a community of academic researchers in nanoelectronics, addressing specifically research in Beyond CMOS from the combined technology and design perspectives. A methodology for continued consultation and analysis of research needs and trends will be developed. The main activity will be a workshop series with invited experts, preceded by a methodology-contents preparation pha ...
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Thermal management with carbon nanotube architectures (THEMA-CNT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

To overcome the difficulties in the contemporary thermal management of Si components and packages made of ceramics and organic laminates, in this project we propose novel and scaleable cooling technologies that utilize carbon nanotubes and their architectures integrated on various electrical components to achieve cooling efficiency of 100 W/m2 on large area Si chips, 10 W/cm2 on ceramics/polymer p ...
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"An Innovative, Ultra Low Cost, High Performance, Monolithic Millimeter Wave Imager Module to Increase the Safety of European Citizens" (IMAGINE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2012,

"Protecting its citizens from terrorism remains a high priority for the EC. Current SOA security procedures for air travel have significantly improved airport security. The need is now to protect the softer, unprotected areas such as mass transportation systems and hubs which are being targeted with devastating effect (London, Madrid). They are largely unprotected since current security systems ar ...
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Hybrid MEG-MRI Imaging System (MEGMRI)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"We will develop and validate hybrid magnetoencephalography (MEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology that will allow simultaneous structural (MRI) and functional (MEG) imaging of the human brain. MEG is a non-invasive 3D functional imaging with a high temporal resolution compared to other functional imaging but often suffers from a precise structural localization which will be solved ...
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Pan-European Photonics Task Force: Integrating Europe's Expertise on Photonic Subsystems (EURO-FOS)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

EURO-FOS aims at creating a powerful pan-European network on photonic subsystems by clustering top European systems groups with proven track record in the design, development and evaluation of photonic subsystems. EURO-FOS aims at bridging the gap between research on device-level physics and new architectures from the network-level. The first objective of the project is the integration of research ...
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Single Cooper Pair Electronics (SCOPE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

The quantum physics of superconducting circuits will be applied in new ways to realize circuits where the single charge quantum plays the dual role of the flux quantum in classical Josephson junction circuits. Building on the recent advances in superconducting quantum bit circuits, we will theoretically model, design, fabricate and measure a specific set of circuits which probe the little-explore ...
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Widely Tunable VCSEL using Sub Wavelength Gratings (SUBTUNE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

Wavelength-tunable lasers are key components for future reconfigurable optical networks and for cost-effective and compact telecommunication infrastructures. Moreover, a broadband and continuously tunable laser with high purity emission spectrum is a versatile tool for many sensing applications, e.g. for greenhouse gases (laser absorption spectroscopy) or deformations of buildings (fiber Bragg gra ...
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VISIT - Vertically Integrated Systems for Information Transfer (VISIT)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

The proposed STREP focuses on strategic, high-value photonic components and subsystems for scalable economic broadband access and local area networks. The central objective is research on, development, test and exploitation of system-enabling optical transmitters having a completely novel design and/or largely improved functionality as compared to the state of the art.Three key design and performa ...
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Macroscopic Interference Devices for Atomic and Solid-State Systems: Quantum Control of Supercurrents (MIDAS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

The quantum technologies that are coming to fruition are narrow, isolated niches separated by vast domains of technologies still ruled by classical physics. The formidable challenge of creating a broad quantum-technological base calls for bridging and integrating these niches. In this spirit, we wish to capitalize on the remarkable analogies that have recently emerged between two previously unrela ...
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Nano Packaging Technology for Interconnect and Heat Dissipation (NANOPACK)

Start date: Nov 1, 2007, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

One of the major limitations to continued performance increases in the semiconductor and power electronics industries is integration density and thermal management. Continued transistor downscaling is quickly reaching its limits forcing a new focus on heterogeneous integration and 3D packaging technologies to continue performance improvements by reducing interconnect length between memory and mult ...
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European platform for low-power applications on Silicon-on-Insulator Technology (EUROSOI+)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

Description EUROSOI+ is a CSA project that upgrade the European network on silicon-on-insulator technology set up by the EUROSOI project.     In the framework of FP6, the European Commission supported the formation of a European Network on Silicon on Insulator Technology, Devices and Circuits, whose main goal was to create a discussion fo ...
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PHase sensitive Amplifier Systems and Optical RegeneratorS and their applications (PHASORS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

The PHASORS project targets the development and applications of fibre based Phase Sensitive Amplifier (PSA) technology in 40Gbit/s broadband core networks, and seeks to provide Europe with a lead in this important yet relatively unexplored area. PSAs have the potential to be a disruptive technology within future optical communications, enabling ultra-low noise amplifiers and a host of important ul ...
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Silicon-based nanostructures and nanodevices for long term nanoelectronics applications (NANOSIL)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2011,

NANOSIL Network of Excellence aims to integrate at the European level the excellent European research laboratories and capabilities in order to strengthen scientific and technological excellence in the field of nanoelectronic materials and devices for terascale integrated circuits (ICs) and disseminate the results in a wide scientific and industrial community.NANOSIL will explore and assess the sc ...
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NAnocomputing Building blocks with Acquired Behaviour (NABAB)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2011,

Targeting the development of computing solutions complementing logic functions based on CMOS, the main objective of the NABAB project consists of "demonstrating that it is possible to obtain useful computing functions as the result of a post-fabrication learning/adaptation process taking advantage of the rich functionality provided by interconnected nano devices".The NABAB project will explore the ...
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Coupling charge transport to internal degrees of freedom at the single molecule level (SINGLE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

By exploiting the internal degrees of freedom of molecules the idea underlying the present proposal is to project electronic function resembling transistors, diodes, switches, or memory onto a single molecule prepared by chemical synthesis. The scientific aim is to understand transmolecular conductance at a single molecule level and how it is affected by the strength of the electronic coupling to ...
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Shrink-Path of Ultra-Low Power Superconducting Electronics (S-PULSE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2010,

Description The project supported joint efforts of European academic and industrial groups in the superconductive technologies field The Support Action S-PULSE aims to prepare Superconducting Electronics (SE) for the technology generation beyond the CMOS scaling limits ("beyond CMOS"). Scaling law ...
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