Projects
QUICOV
project name: Quantum Information with Continuous Variables
initiating country: The European Union
Framework Programme: FP5 programme area: IST – User-Friendly Information Society
contract/proposal/call number: IST-1999-13071
status: completed
start date: January 2000 duration: 42 months projected finish date: July 2003
Project Budget
total budget: € 2,612,090
Participants
Note that the follow people may not represent the full extent of the consortium. FEAST has tried to identify the Australian participants, and their collaborators (or coordinator), within the project. Also note that Australian participation may not necessarily be on a formal level.
| name | organisation | state or country |
|---|---|---|
| Prof Hans Bachor | ANU | ACT, Australia |
Further information
summary:
The project is focused on the realisation of quantum communication with continuous variables such as the quadrature amplitudes of the quantised electromagnetic field.? The advantage of using these highly excited quantum systems, involving many photons in a light field, over single particle quantum systems is the prospect for high optical data rates and simple processing tools, based upon techniques used in telecommunication.? The main objectives of the project are transfer and storage of continuous quantum information encoded on light and on matter systems, and the implementation of quantum cryptography using quantum continuous variables.?This project addresses objective 3 “Long distance and secure communication” of the QIPC work programme.?The specific items of the workplan will be the development and assessment of many-photon entangled state sources, of quantum repeaters and memories, and the implementation of quantum teleportation and quantum cryptography.
Objective:
The general goal of the project is the realisation of quantum communication with continuous variables. More specifically, the project will focus on three key objectives:
transmission of quantum continuous variables, i.e. “quantum teleportation of quantum continuous variables”
storage of quantum continuous variables
quantum cryptography, i.e. provably secure information transfer involving continuous variables.
