Current projects
eCAUSIS
European, Certifiable, Affordable, User-oriented, Secure, Integration-able, Scalable quantum key distribution solutions
(Funded by EU) Project-ID: 101091564
Duration: March 2023 - August 2025
Partners: Creotech Instruments (Coordinator), Fraunhofer HHI, Austrian Institute of Technology
GATEPOST
The GATEPOST project will develop the first-of-its-kind 2D materials (2DM) based non-linear photonics platform for optical computing.
Duration: October 2023 – September 2026
GreenICT@FMD
Within the scope of GreenICT, the Photonic Networks department will upgrade the optical system laboratory in the hub "energy-saving communication infrastructures" so that it can determine or optimize the energy requirements of optical transmission systems. Furthermore, network operators, system suppliers and component manufacturers will be enabled to minimize energy and resource requirements through load-adaptive system control.
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: August 2022 - January 2026
HiCONNECTs
The EU-funded HiCONNECTs project aims to develop cloud and edge computing platforms that are sustainable, energy-efficient, and bring cloud services closer to end users.
Duration: January 2023 – December 2025
PARALIA
Photonic Multi-beam Beamforming Technology enabling RADAR/LiDAR Multi-sensor Fusion platforms for Aerospace and Automated Driving applications
(Funded by: EU)
Duration: January 2023 - June 2026
PATTERN
PATTERN aims to revolutionize microwave photonics by introducing the world's first PDK for ultra-high frequencies above 100 GHz, incorporating InP, LNOI, and novel materials like YIG to advance PIC capabilities and surmount existing high-frequency packaging challenges.
Duration: September 2022 - August 2026
PHACTORY
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
Duration: January 2025 – December 2028
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 - March 14, 2026
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
QuNET+LORELAY
LOw-noise and REliable LAser sources for continuous-variable quantum keY distribution
Programm Indentifizierungs Code: QuNET+
(Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Duration: December 2022 – Februar 2026
RETINA
Photonic Multi-beam Beamforming Technology enabling RADAR/LiDAR Multi-sensor Fusion platforms for Aerospace and Automated Driving applications
EU Project-ID: 101135529
Duration: December 2023 - November 2027
Space FIT
Research on compact QKD receiver payloads for high-altitude platforms and satellites
(Funded by the state of Berlin - Co-funded by the European Union (EU))
Duration: October 2024 - September 2027
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 – June 2026