General info
Quantum discoveries at ICFO are at the very forefront of today’s research on quantum technologies. While some have marketable applications right now, or are clearly being fine-tuned for next generation applications, many more are laying the foundations for disruptive applications that will have transformational effects on society which are only now starting to be fathomed.
Quantum Communications
Quantum Computers
Quantum Sensors
Quantum Encryption
Quantum Simulators
High performance / Cloud computing and experiments
Applications |
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High Performance/ Cloud Computer simulations |
Data-Centre security |
q-Encryption for Secure point to point classical links |
High end quantum experiments |
QKD in point to point links |
Mobile security |
DI-QKD systems |
Quantum sensors |
Q-secure links between distant cities |
Development and design of new complex materials |
Simulators of real life challenges in quantum dynamics or drug design |
General-purpose q-sensors |
Quantum internet |
Universal quantum computers |
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Made @ICFO |
Application ready technologies | Ultrafast QRNG modules |
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Ultra low latency QRNG modules |
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Entangled photon sources |
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| Technological breakthroughs for the next generation quantum applications | Sub-shot noise atomic sensors |
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Nano-optoelectronics systems |
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Nano-optomechanical systems |
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Nano-photonic for future quantum devices |
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DI protocols |
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q-memories |
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q-Frequency converters |
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| Foundations and building blocks of the future quantum solutions | Theory and experiment of simulators |
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Foundations of quantum computing |
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The theory of quantum mechanics was developed at the beginning of the XX century. Since, then, quantum mechanics has radically changed our understanding of Nature, forcing scientists to adopt a new approach to describe the physical world at a more fundamental level.
Quantum mechanics changes our vision of the world, by introducing principles such as superposition and entanglement that may seem weird and paradoxical at first sight yet promise revolutionary advances for new quantum industries. ICFO researchers are at the forefront of a growing scientific community that is working to understand and harness the power of these paradoxes to transform them into new quantum technologies and applications with far reaching benefits for society.
Some of ICFO’s landmark discoveries are in today’s cutting edge applications in fields as diverse as secure communications, health, material processing and personal devices. ICFO is at the forefront of advances that will bring Next-Generation applications, such as hacker proof communication, more powerful simulation devices, and storage of data and ultra-sensitive sensors to society. The disruptive technologies of the future remain to be fully conceptualized, but will be built on ICFO researchers’ groundbreaking advances in quantum theory and quantum protocols.
The ongoing research in quantum technologies provides society with key ideas and results that are contributing to building safer, faster, more sensitive and smarter devices, products and protocols.