Lighthouse Projects
In the framework of the Hightech Agenda Plus the Free State of Bavaria funds so called Lighthouse Projects through Munich Quantum Valley. The Lighthouse Projects complement the research at Munich Quantum Valley towards the goal to develop, operate and provide access to quantum computers in Bavaria.
Bavarian Universities and research institutions as well as industry partners are working together to investigate the entire range of quantum science and technologies. With their research they cover enabling technologies and theoretical foundations in the fields of quantum communication, quantum sensing and metrology, quantum simulation and quantum computing.
Application-driven Benchmarking of Quantum Computers (Bench-QC)
The project Bench-QC is a cooperation between industrial and research partners of different expertise. They aim to develop and implement a universal framework to allow a quantitative comparison of entire solution approaches of industrial problems using quantum computing as the practical usability of quantum computing hardware in industrial applications strongly depends on the combination of case application, used algorithm, mathematical problem formulation and given hardware parameters.
From the scientific side Bench-QC is supported by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (FhG), the Fraunhofer Institutes for Cognitive Systems (IKS) and for Integrated Circuits (IIS). They are working together with various industry partners.
Contact
Dr. Johannes Oberreuter, Machine Learning Reply GmbH
Free-Electron States as Ultrafast Probes for Qubit Dynamics in Solid-State Platforms
The Lighthouse Project "Free-electron states as ultrafast probes for qubit dynamics in solid-state platforms" aims to develop a prototype of an ultrafast transmission electron microscope (UTEM) to investigate the quantum dynamics of singular qubits. The scientist's goal isto establish ultrafast electron microscopy as one of the fundamental characterization techniques for the future quantum industry.
The project is realized by the University of Regensburg.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Evers, University of Regensburg
Prof. Dr. Sascha Schäfer, University of Regensburg
Integrated Spin Systems for Quantum Sensors (IQ-Sense)
The goal of IQ-Sense is to develop and demonstrate integrated quantum sensors that surpass current sensors in terms of precision. The project links researchers from the natural sciences with scientists in the filed of life science and medicine to tailor quantum systems for the detection of different measuring quantities to realize sensors with unprecedented sensitivity. The application scenarios for such sensors are manifold, especially in the life sciences.
IQ-Sense is a joint project by researchers from the Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg (JMU), the Walther-Meißner-Institute (WMI) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
Contact
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Dyakonov, Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg
Networked Quantum Systems (NeQuS)
In this joint project researchers aim to connect different quantum systems to further the ultimate goal networking quantum computers and quantum sensors into a quantum internet. In a first step they develop an interface for the different quantum platforms to transfer quantum information to individual light particles. Subsequently, these light particles can be exchanged via optical fibers to connect different systems.
Scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ), the Walther Meissner Institute (WMI) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW), and the Walter Schottky Institute (WSI) are working together in the NeQuS-Project.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Jonathan Finley, Walter Schottky Institute
Quantenkommunikationsinfrastruktur (QuKomIn)
The project QuKomIn aims to build a real test infrastructure for quantum communication to ensure safe communication in the future. The infrastructure is to be set up in the form of a hybrid fiber-optic network with satellite links and application laboratories in the Erlangen/Nuremberg and Munich/Oberpfaffenhofen areas.
The project is headed by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light. They work together with researchers from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS), the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Contact / Links
Prof. Dr. Gerd Leuchs, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Prof. Dr. Christoph Marquardt, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Quantum circuits with spin qubits and hybrid Josephson junctions
In the project “Quantum circuits with spin qubits and hybrid Josephson junctions” experimental and theoretical researchers join forces to connect different types of qubit circuits to benefit from their specific advantages and integrate them within a compact electronic chip. Their work is a prerequisite for the construction of future quantum computers based on semiconductor spin qubits and superconducting qubits.
The University of Regensburg (UR) is working on the project with four research groups.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Dominique Bougeard, University of Regensburg
Prof. Dr. Christoph Strunk, University of Regensburg
Quantum Measurement and Control for the Enablement of Quantum Computing and Quantum Sensing (QuMeCo)
With interdisciplinary research at the interface between physics and electrical engineering, scientists in the QuMeCo-project address the challenge of controlling individual quantum objects without disturbing the fragile quantum-mechanical coherence. They aim to develop ultrafast photodetectors and sources of single entangles photons as well as to investigate quantum control involving machine learning.
QuMeCo is a project of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU).
Contact
Prof. Christopher Eichler, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg