Current projects
INTOPTEO
Integrated Optoelectronic Oscillators for Earth Observation and Satellite Communications
Funding: European Union – Horizon Europe
Project-ID: 101296281
Duration: June 2026 – May 2029
PhotonHub PHACTORY
PhotonHub PHACTORY builds on the successful PhotonHub model and, as a “one-stop shop”, offers a scalable innovation platform that helps companies bring photonics-based solutions to market faster by providing bundled expertise, infrastructure, funding, and services across the entire value chain (TRL 3–8).
Funding: European Union
Project-ID: 101189537
project page PhotonHub PHACTORY
Duration: January 2025 – December 2028
PHIONA
Photonic microring sensor for ion and biomarker detection at the point of care
Funding: Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM)
Duration: January 2026 - December 2027
PoLiSiQ
Establishment of a photonic lithium niobate silicon nitride platform for quantum communication
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: March 15, 2023 - November 2026
POINTER
Photonic integrated coherent LIDAR with range and rate adaptability for early detection and precise locking on fast moving objects
Funded by the European Defence Fund (EDF)
Duration: February 2026 – July 2029
POLYNICES
POLYmer based electro-optic PCB motherboard integration with Si3N4 Chiplets, InP Components and Electronic ICs enabling affordable photonic modules for THz Sensing and quantum computing applications
Programm-Call Identifier: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01
Projekt ID: 101070549
(Co-funded by the European Commission's under the Horizon Europe programme)
Duration: January 2023 – March 2027
Q-PLANET
Quantum Pilot Line for Production of Advanced Chips for Neutral Atom European Technologies – Building Europe’s Future Quantum Chip Infrastructure
Funded by: the European Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) under the Chips for Europe Initiative
Co-funded by: the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Duration: Mai 2026 - April 2029
QSNP
Quantum Secure Networks Partnership
Programm Indentification Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-QUANTUM-04-SGA
Project ID: 101114043
(Co-funded by the European Commission)
Duration: March 2023 – August 2026
Qu-Pilot & Qu-Test
Pilot lines, open testing and experimentation for quantum technologies
Programm Indentification Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-QUANTUM-06-SGA & HORIZON-CL4-2022-QUANTUM-06-SGA
Project ID: 101113983 & 101113901
(Co-funded by the European Commission)
Duration: April 2023 – September 2026
QuNET
Demonstration experiment on communication using quantum technologies
(Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Duration: January 21 – December 2026
SPRINTER
Low-coSt and energy-efficient hybrid Photonic integrated circuits for fibeR-optic, freespace optical and mmWave commuNication systems supporting Time critical networking in industrial EnviRonments
(Funded by the European Union)
Duration: September 2022 – August 2026
TERA6G
TERAhertz integrated systems enabling 6G Terabit-per-second ultra-massive MIMO wireless networks
Programm-Call Identifier: HORIZON-JU-SNS-2022
Project ID: 101096949
(Co-funded by the European Commission's under the Horizon Europe programme)
Duration: January 2023 – December 2026
VOMBAT
Miniaturised entanglement source in the telecom sector based on AlGaAs Bragg reflection waveguides
Programm Indentification Code: Hochleistungskomponenten und optimierte Materialien für die Quantenkommunikationen
(Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Duration: March 2023 – June 2026