Short Project Overview
| Project title: | Enabling QUAntum Information by Scalability of Engineered quantum materials |
| Acronym: | EQUAISE |
| Call identifier: | QUANTERA Call 2021 |
| Topic: | Applied Quantum Science |
| EC funding: | € 1 824 622 |
| Project Status: | Execution |
| Duration: | 36 months |
| Start Date: | June 2022 |
| End Date: | May 2025 |
Objectives
We will combine mechanics and electrochemistry to deform and shape two-dimensional membranes made of TMDs at the nanoscale and transform them into site-controlled single photon sources.
The fabrication of our source arrays in TMD membranes will be accomplished following two complementary procedures:
- mechanical nano-indentation
- hydrogen-assisted formation of nanobubbles.
How we do it?
In both instances, the sources will be created spatially and spectrally resonant with the electromagnetic field of a circular Bragg-grating microcavity to ensure efficient light extraction and single-mode fiber coupling. These hybrid structures will be integrated onto micro-machined piezoelectric devices for controlling their emission properties independently by strain engineering. A single chip hosting several non-classical light sources will be fabricated in scalable manner with each source being independently addressable by external bias. This will permit to perform photon processing involving two or more quantum emitters integrated in a single compact device reducing the operating costs dramatically and enhancing the opportunities to test complex arrangements within quantum communications and simulation.
