Conference Agenda

ARTEMIS proposes fundamental research toward the development of integrable single and entangled photon sources based on metallorganic molecular compounds. The project is motivated by the urgent need for novel quantum sources with unprecedented versatility, flexibility and performance. This goal will be pursued by resorting to molecular materials, based on transition metal and/or lanthanide ions with organic moieties, characterized by tunable linear downshifted emission as well as non-linear optical properties enabling on-demand single photons and entangled photon pairs/triplets generation. Such flexible and processable metallorganic materials will replace traditional quantum photon sources based on bulk inorganic crystals allowing for the direct integration of wavelength-tunable quantum sources on current devices. The molecular quantum sources will be combined with suitable designed plasmonic supernanostructured cavities to achieve the highest optical enhancement. The

proposed progress will be gained through cutting-edge synthesis techniques and advanced characterization methods integrated with nano-photonics engineering strategies. The devices and methods developed in this project will lead to photon sources with competitive performance in terms of coherence, e iciency, scalability, and cost. This will lead to a fundamental breakthrough in the development of quantum technologies, paving the way to bring them out of the laboratory into the real world.

Project website: https://www.artemis-quantumproject.eu

Ultrashort laser pulses are prominent enabling tools in countless advanced applications, ranging from fundamental research to medical and industrial use. However, despite a number of established techniques, straightforward characterization of ultrashort laser pulses has remained a nontrivial task. The project SISHOT, funded by the European Innovation Council, focuses on the development of advanced ultrashort laser pulse characterization based on the dispersion scan (d-scan) technique. In particular, two d-scan implementations, capable of characterizing ultrashort laser pulses in single-shot operation, are being further developed to meet the needs in academy and industry. SISHOT builds on the outcome of previous proof-of-concept projects, funded by the European Research Council. It is driven collaboratively between the research group for attosecond physics at Lund University in Sweden and the deep-tech company, Sphere Ultrafast Photonics, located in Porto, Portugal.

A cornerstone for the future of experimentation, simulators allow real-world scenarios and conditions to be explored without the associated risks, costs, or time restrictions imposed by the real world. Integrating the nature and behavior of matter and energy on atomic scales creates a more authentic virtual world in which simulations can run following the rules of quantum mechanics to model new smart materials, predict chemical reactions, or solve high-energy physics problems. However, the ways to access quantum behaviors are often hampered by the need for complex conditions and costly solutions. The EPIQUS project, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 – FET initiative, is creating a lab-accessible and affordable quantum simulator (QS) operable at room temperature. Such a QS has the potential to provide many advantages including supporting rapid and widespread innovation.

2DNeuralVision is an EU project that brings together 7 European research centres, leading universities, and innovative companies from 4 different countries to develop the enabling components for a low-power consumption, computer vision system that could be used for adverse weather and low light conditions.

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a key imaging technology, especially for ophthalmology, allowing noncontact high resolution 3D imaging which has helped to save the sight of millions of people across the world. OCT developed rapidly since its invention in 1991 but has stalled since reaching the practical axial resolution (∆z) limit of ~1 μm (>5 μm for most commercial systems). Quantum OCT (QOCT) offers a potential factor of two improvement in ∆z together with greatly reduced sensitivity to dispersion. By employing the orbital angular momentum (OAM) as an additional quantum degree of freedom in QOCT, the project aims to protect the system from environmental noise and furthermore to deliver improved edge definition and surface profile.

QSNP is a European Quantum Flagship project that aims to develop quantum cryptography technology to secure the transmission of information over the internet.

QSNP will contribute to the European sovereignty in quantum technology for cybersecurity protecting the privacy and the sensitive information of European citizens transmitted over the internet.