FOR 2863 - Traceable Terahertz Transceivers (B2)

The B2 project of Meteracom focuses on the signal traceability in electronic THz analog transmit and receive frontends, including their functional building blocks for wideband THz signal generation, translation, amplification and sampling. The main objectives in phase II are to expand the transceiver functionalities towards the traceability of ...

Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2024

Funded by: DFG

Contact: Meysam Bahmanian

TRR 142 - Compact high performance photon pair source using ultrafast hybrid modulators based on CMOS and LNOI (C11*)

The project aims to study and demonstrate miniaturized sources of decorrelated photon pairs with high repetition rate. The goal will be achieved by jointly integrating high-bandwidth electro-optic modulators, and a specifically tailored parametric down-conversion (PDC) section, both in a lithium-niobate-on-insulator (LNOI) platform. To obtain ...

Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2025

Funded by: DFG

Contact: Christian Kress, M.Sc.

PhoQuant: Photonic Quantum Computing - Quantum computing evaluation platform

When a sufficient number of quantum particles are interconnected, quantum computers can handle tasks that are unsolvable for classical computers. This – among other unique selling points – is a major advantage of photonic platforms: Integrated architectures and sophisticated manufacturing processes offer an enormous scaling potential. The aim of ...

Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2026

Funded by: BMBF

Contact: Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn, Dr. Benjamin Brecht

Quantum Photonic Technology Education – Professional training for platform-independent and photonic quantum computing

qp-tech.edu started in 2022. It is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Its goal is to develop a learning program for the industry to get familiar with quantum science. At the department of Computer Science of Paderborn University, we develop the related part to computer science. More information on the project is to be ...

Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2024

Funded by: BMBF

Photonic Quantum Systems Network (PhoQSNET) - Quantum communication infrastructure

Data security is critical to modern society. From personal data and identity fraud to cyber-attacks threatening the integrity of sovereign nations, the need for secure communication and data processing has never been greater. While quantum networks address some of these issues, in that they can be provably secure for many cryptographic ...

Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2027

Funded by: DFG

PhoQC: Photonic Quantum Computing

Photonic Quantum Computing (PhoQC): The aim is to research the fundamentals for the realization of photonic quantum computers. For this purpose, an internationally leading research center is to be created at the University of Paderborn in perspective, in which the fields of physics, mathematics, engineering sciences, computer science and electrical ...

Duration: 11/2021 - 12/2024

Funded by: MKW NRW, EIN Quantum NRW

Scale4Edge: Scalable infrastructure for edge computing

Scale4Edge is a joint project funded by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research), which aims to significantly reduce the currently relatively long development times and high development costs of application-specific edge components (platform concept). The approach pursued in the project is based on providing a commercial ecosystem for ...

Duration: 05/2020 - 12/2025

Funded by: BMBF

Contact: apl. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Müller

Automotive VLC - Open Hardware Project Kommunikation mit sichtbarem Licht (2. Projektphase)

Licht emittierende Dioden (LEDs) werden immer häufiger als primäre Lichtquelle im Innen- wie auch im Außenbereich eingesetzt. Neben ihrer Funktion als Lichtquelle können LEDs, dank ihrer hohen Schaltgeschwindigkeit, auch für das neue Einsatzgebiet der Kommunikation mit sichtbarem Licht (VLC) verwendet werden. VLC nutzt dabei mehrere THz lizenzfreie ...

Duration: 01/2020 - 12/2024

Contact: Stephan Kruse, M.Sc.

For 2863 - Ultrawideband Sampling

The metrology of wireless communication has to properly represent the complex interaction of the digital and analog signal domains. The high bandwidth at THz frequencies allows for extreme radio frequency (RF) bandwidth and hence also very large baseband bandwidth. In the baseband the broadband analog signals are digitized by broadband ...

Duration: 08/2019 - 12/2023

Funded by: DFG

FOR 2863 - Active THz Transceiver Components

Compared to radios operating at purely optical wavelengths or RF/microwave frequencies, the combination of extremely high absolute bandwidths and high relative bandwidths in the THz frequency regime, paired with the severe performance limitations of technologies operating in the so-called "THz-gap", imposes unique challenges on modern digital ...

Duration: 08/2019 - 12/2023

Funded by: DFG