Project: Optical metrology for quantum enhanced secure telecommunication
With increasing amounts of data being sent and stored across networks, there is a pressing need to ensure data security. Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) provides two parties with a perfectly secure random key which can be used to encrypt and decrypt messages, offering a level of security beyond that possible with current systems. QKD technology could be used to support the competitiveness of European industry and provide improved data security in banking, commerce, government, and the transmission of personal data, such as medical records. However, to achieve this, measurement infrastructure and standards for quantum optical technologies, such as QKD, are needed. This project aims to accelerate the development and commercial success of QKD technologies, through the development of metrological capacity in quantum optical technologies. The project will provide efficient, cost-effective measurement techniques for the development of counter-measures to hacking attacks on existing QKD systems, as well as the foundational metrology needed for next-generation entanglement-based QKD systems.
| Acronym | 14IND05 MIQC2 (Reference Number: 14IND05) |
| Duration | 01/06/2015 - 31/05/2018 |
| Project Topic | Metrology |
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Project Results (after finalisation) |
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| Website | visit project website |
| Network | EMPIR |
| Call | EMPIR CALL 2014 |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica | Coordinator | Italy |
| 2 | Aalto-korkeakoulusäätiö | Partner | Finland |
| 3 | Cesky Metrologicky Institut | Partner | Czech Republic |
| 4 | AS Metrosert | Partner | Estonia |
| 5 | NPL Management Limited | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 6 | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt | Partner | Germany |
| 7 | Politecnico di Milano | Partner | Italy |
| 8 | Toshiba Research Europe Limited | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 9 | Technische Universität Berlin | Partner | Germany |
| 10 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Partner | Germany |
| 11 | ID Quantique SA | Observer | Switzerland |
| 12 | Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science | Observer | Korea, Republic of |
| 13 | Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie METAS | Observer | Switzerland |
| 14 | Micro Photon Devices S.R.L. | Observer | Italy |
| 15 | Universite de Geneve | Observer | Switzerland |