News & Results
FBK AT THE EUROPEAN QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE 2024
Conference: ANNOUNCEMENT – FBK gives a talk on „A CMOS 472×456 SPAD Array Chip Using In-Pixel Temporal Correlation and Address-Based Readout for Quantum Ghost Imaging“ (S.R. Aghazadeh, M. Gandola, E. Manuzzato, L. Gasparini) at the EQTC 2024 in Lisbon / Portugal.
FBK AT THE QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2024
Conference: ANNOUNCEMENT – Massimo Gandola gives a talk on „A low-power and low-noise 100×100 SPAD array with in-pixel correlation technique for quantum ghost imaging applications“ at the QTech 2024 in Berlin / Germany, vs. schedule.
New Publication
In publication
Architectural Modeling and Experimental Characterization of SPAD-based Imager developed for Fast-Quantum Ghost Imaging Applications
FBK PRESENTS AT THE SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI ELETTRONICA IN GENOA / ITALY
Conference: Meet FBK presenting recent results on „Architectural Modeling and Experimental Characterization of SPAD-based Imager developed for Fast-Quantum Ghost Imaging Applications“ at SIE 2024 – the 55th Annual Meeting of the Associazione Società Italiana di Elettronica on June 27, 2024.
FASTGHOST AT THE OPTICA 2.0 CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 2024 IN ROTTERDAM / NETHERLANDS
Conference & Exhibition: Meet FastGhost partners resenting latest results at the OPTICA 2.0 Conference & Exhibition 2024 in Rotterdam / Netherlands and looks forward to exchanging ideas with other experts of the quantum community.
Meet us, see the live-demonstration of Single Quantum: “SNSPDs in action”, and listen to the talks of Fraunhofer IOF: “Non-degenerate entangled SPDC photon source for UV-A illumination” (V.F. Gili), “Enhancing entangled two-photon absorption of Nile Red via temperature-controlled SPDC” (T. Gäbler), and “Improving and Benchmarking Photon-Number-Resolving Capabilities of Superconducting Nanowire Detectors” (G. Sauer).
SQ GIVES AN OPTICA LIVE WEBINAR ON SINGLE PHOTON DETECTORS
Webinar: Do not miss to attend the OPTICA Live Webinar on „Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors – to see far and beyond“, talks given by Val Zwiller and Andreas Fognini.
FBK SUPPORTS STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO IN LEECE
Lecture: Fondazione Bruno Kessler continues its educational mission giving a further seminar on the topic „R&D on CMOS image sensors at Fondazione Bruno Kessler“ in Leece, Italy.
SQ AT THE INTERNATIONAL QUANTUM MATTER CONFERENCE IN SAN SEBASTIAN
Conference & Exhibition: Gathering of quantum communities to foster the development of new ideas and collaboration in quantum technologies. Do not miss to visit booth #14 of Single Quantum at the 4th edition of Quantum Matter in San Sebastian, Spain.
QUANTUM PHOTONICS SK2900 – AN INTRODUCTION FOR EXPERIMENTALISTS
Lecture notes: Course@KTH – Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan. The aim of these notes are to introduce students to the field of quantum photonics and give them an understanding of the underlying physical concepts… by Val Zwiller / KTH.
In publication / online
Off-axis holographic imaging with undetected light
In publication / online
Quantum Estimation of the Stokes Vector Rotation for a General Polarimetric Transformation
SQ AT THE APS MARCH MEETING 2024 IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Conference: The American Physical Society’s March Meeting is a scientific research conference with exciting highlights featuring cutting edge research in physics – Bulletin 2024. Meet Single Quantum there at booth #1202.
New Publication
Nonlocality Enhanced Precision in Quantum Polarimetry via Entangled Photons
FASTGHOST PARTNERS AT THE SPIE PHOTONICS WEST IN SAN FRANCISCO
Exhibition: Meet Fraunhofer IOF at booth 4205-32 and SQ at the Holland High Tech Pavilion. Talks are given by Val Zwiller „Hybrid quantum photonics“ and Andreas Fognini „Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors for Laser Communication“.
FBK SUPPORTS STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH / UK
Lecture: Our project partner FBK supports students internationally and gives an exciting seminar on the latest „R&D on CMOS image sensors at Fondazione Bruno Kessler“ results.
New Publication
Generation of infrared photon pairs by spontaneous four-wave mixing in a CS2-filled microstructured optical fiber
MEET SINGLE QUANTUM AT THE QUANTUM EFFECTS IN STUTTGART
Exhibition: Quantum Effects generates enthusiasm for quantum technologies and offers a platform for innovation, inspiration and collaboration. Meet SQ at the QBN booth #2E21.
New Publication
A 100×100 CMOS SPAD Array with In-Pixel Correlation Techniques for Fast Quantum Ghost Imaging Applications
INVITED TALK OF FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER AT THE ICICCDT 2023 IN TOKYO
Conference: ICICDT-2023 is the 20th edition in the series of the International Conference on IC Design and Technology, including a workshop style to exchange breakthrough ideas and collaborate efficiently. Leonardo Gasparini gives a talk on „Enabling Quantum Imaging Applications with CMOS SPAD arrays“ on September 27, 2023.
FASTGHOST AT THE IEEE 49th EUROPEAN SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS CONFERENCE IN LISBON
WE ARE HIRING – BECOME A RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IN QUANTUM IMAGING AT IOF AND/OR FSU
Join a collegial and open-minded team, working on challenging R&D topics and do not miss out on personal and professional development opportunities and the chance to network with leading industry partners and research groups! Apply now!
FASTGHOST AT THE IEEE 49th EUROPEAN SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS CONFERENCE IN LISBON
FASTGHOST AT THE LASER WORLD OF QUANTUM 2023 • Public workshop „SPOOKY IMAGING FOR BIOMEDICAL SENSING“
Forum World of Quantum • Munich
Single-pixel Detector • Dr. Mario Castaneda • SQ
SPAD Array • Dr. Massimo Gandola • FBK
»We are very pleased to have presented our results to the quantum community from industry and science. Thank you for fruitful discussions & please feel free to get in touch with us again.«
FASTGHOST AT THE LASER WORLD OF QUANTUM: June 27-30, 2023 in Munich / Germany
Announcement: The FastGhost consortium plans to present latest results at LASER World of QUANTUM 2023 and looks forward to exchanging ideas with other experts of the quantum community. Meet us on June 28, 2023 between 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on the application panel, listen to the talks and get involved in the panel discussion.
FASTGHOST – 899580 – MILESTONE 2 SUCCESSFULLY REACHED
Notification: A SPAD array camera with at least 100×100 pixels capable of capturing and timing 10^6 individual photon detection events at 600 nm is demonstrated.
SQ AT THE CLEO / EUROPE-EQEC CONFERENCE 2023 IN MUNICH
Conference: Ronan Gourgues from SQ gives a talk on „Application of superconducting nanowire detector arrays in molecular beam research and mass spectroscopy“ at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference on June 28, 2023.
SQL 2023 – MEET IOF AT THE 790. WE-HERAEUS-SEMINAR „SENSING WITH QUANTUM LIGHT“ IN BAD HONNEF
Seminar: Don’t miss the talks on “Mid-IR Quantum Scanning Microscopy with Visible Light”, “Theoretical study of spatial coherence for quantum enhanced imaging”, and „Toward experimental realization of sub-diffraction quantum imaging with undetected photons“.
Experimental analysis of image resolution of quantum imaging with undetected light through position correlations
FASTGHOST – 899580 – MILESTONE 1 SUCCESSFULLY REACHED
Notification: Single photon detectors for 4 µm photon wavelength with efficiency of at least 5 % and dark counts smaller than 10000 per second are demonstrated.
SQ AT THE INTERNATIONAL QUANTUM MATTER CONFERENCE IN MADRID
Conference & Exhibition: Gathering of quantum communities to foster the development of new ideas and collaboration in quantum technologies. Do not miss to visit booth #14 of Single Quantum at the 3rd edition of Quantum Matter in Madrid, Spain.
IOF AT CLEO 2023 – THE CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS
Conference: Josué Ricardo León Torres from Fraunhofer IOF will give a a talk on „Mid-Infrared Quantum Scanning Microscopy with Visible Light“ at the CLEO 2023 / Applications & Technology in San Jose, USA.
FBK AT THE 31ST WORKSHOP ON ADVANCES IN ANALOG CIRCUIT DESIGN
Conference: Leonardo Gasparini from Fondacione Bruno Kessler is invited to give a talk on „Single-photon imagers for time-resolved applications“ at the AACD „Imaging Sensors“ in Villach, Austria on April 12, 2023.
FASTGHOST – 899580 – MILESTONE 3 SUCCESSFULLY REACHED
Notification: High-resolution MIR Ghost Imaging with a spatial resolution of at least 10 µm at 4 µm or longer wavelength is experimentally demonstrated.
SQ AT THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY MARCH MEETING IN LAS VEGAS
Conference & Exhibition: Single Quantum is going to attend the APS March Meeting in Las Vegas, glad to share the booth with Quantum Design US, booth #321. See the Bulletin 2023.
FBK SUPPORTS STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO / ITALY
Lecture: Fondacione Bruno Kessler participates in training and further education and gives a seminar on the topic „CMOS SPAD Arrays for Quantum Imaging“ in Trento / Italy.
EPIC ONLINE TECHNOLOGY MEETING ON QUANTUM METROLOGY & SENSORS
Webinar: In the context of the increasing industrialization of quantum sensors, the latest developments regarding future applications of quantum sensors such as ion traps and quantum-enhanced imaging systems such as SPADs and low-light cameras will be discussed.
EPIC ONLINE TECHNOLOGY MEETING ON BIO-IMAGING AND BIO-PHOTONICS
Webinar: Bio-imaging and biophotonics is a highly interdisciplinary field that utilizes the interaction of light with biological organisms, tissues, cells, and molecules. Join us to discuss the state of the art and address the requirements of users.
SQ AT THE MATCHMAKING EVENT OF THE NANO TECH JAPAN EXPO 2023
Exhibition: Meet Single Quantum at the the Nanotech at the NL High Tech Pavilion, booth 1E-26. The Nanotech Expo is the largest Asian trade fair in this field, and in this edition focuses on quantum and photonic technologies.
FASTGHOST PARTNERS AT THE SPIE PHOTONICS WEST IN SAN FRANCISCO
Exhibition: Meet Fraunhofer IOF at booth #4105 presenting quantum technological developments and meet SQ’s application engineers as well. SPIE PW is one of the largest international trade fairs in the field of optics and photonics.
Selected project results:
QGI-Setup
DEMO: IMAGE ACQUISITION TIME BELOW ONE SECOND
Deliverable D6.3: The Quantum Ghost Imaging (QGI) setup is optimized in terms of photon-pair flux, and correlation electronics, with the goal of acquiring QGI images within 1 s exposure time. D6.3 will be published soon @CORDIS.
New Publication
Quantum ghost imaging based on a “looking back” 2D SPAD array
FASTGHOST – 899580 – PROJECT DURATION EXTENDED
Notification: The project duration of FastGhost was extended by nine months due to pandemic-related restrictions and resource bottlenecks.
New project term is from October 1st, 2020 to June 30th, 2024.
SQ AT THE INTERNATIONAL QUANTUM MATTER CONFERENCE IN BARCELONA
Conference & Exhibition: Gathering of quantum communities to foster the development of new ideas and collaboration in quantum technologies. Do not miss to visit the booth of Single Quantum at the 2nd edition of Quantum Matter in Barcelona, Spain.
INVITED TALK AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPAD SENSOR WORKSHOP 2022
Webinar: Massimo Gandola from FBK is invited to give a talk on „Fast Quantum Ghost imaging with SPADs: from basics to experimental validation with smart sensor architectures“ at the ISSW 2022 / Session 5: Quantum Applications.
FASTGHOST AT THE LASER WORLD OF QUANTUM 2022 IN MUNICH
Exhibition: Some partners present their quantum technological developments at their booths: IOF: A4/180 & B4/239, SQ: A4/225. The LASER World of QUANTUM is celebrating its premiere this year at the world’s leading trade fair for photonics.
New Publication
Spectral tailoring of photon pairs from microstructured suspended-core optical fibers with liquid-filled nanochannels
New Publication
Experimental realization of scanning quantum microscopy
Selected project results:
sketch of source
DEMO: PHOTON PAIR SOURCE FOR THE MID-INFRARED DEMONSTRATED
Deliverable D6.2: A high-photon-number photon-pair source for mid-infrared wavelengths up to 6.5 μm is experimentally realized and basically characterized; a general working principle is developed . D6.2 will be published soon @CORDIS.
EPIC ONLINE TECHNOLOGY MEETING ON SINGLEPHOTON SOURCES & DETECTORS
Webinar: Cutting-edge technologies paving the way for versatile and efficient pure single-photon sources and detection schemes with low dark count rates, high saturation levels, and high detection efficiencies are discussed.
New Publication
Fundamental resolution limit of quantum imaging with undetected photons
New Publication
2023 roadmap for materials for quantum technologies
BREAKTHROUGH FOR QUANTUM OPTICS WITH INTEGRATED PHOTONIC CHIPS
Newsletter: Trento’s Quantum Science and Technology works with the quantum optics of ghost imaging and undetected photon spectroscopy to create environmental and medical monitoring systems… (Article in Italian)
New Publication
Current Crowding in Nanoscale Superconductors within the Ginzburg-Landau Model
THE NEW STANDARD IN SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION USING SINGLE QUANTUM’S SUPERCONDUCTING NANOWIRE SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION (SNSPD) SYSTEM
Webinar: In this lecture, Single Quantum introduces the operation principle of the SNSPDs and presents the newest developments of their technology.
FASTGHOST HAS CONCLUDED ITS FIRST ONLINE REVIEW MEETING
Notification: Thanks to the active support of all partners, the consortium has successfully passed its 1st review by monitors and project officer.
FRAUNHOFER IOF AT THE PHOTONICS DAYS BERLIN BRANDENBURG 2021
October 06, 2021
Conference: Do not miss the lecture by FastGhost coordinator Markus Gräfe at 5:30 p.m. CET on „Sensing with photon pairs“ at the Berlin Quantum Technology Symposium of the Photonics Days Berlin Brandenburg.
New Publication
Mid-infrared photon pair generation in AgGaS2
SQL 2021 – MEET IOF AT THE 754. WE-HERAEUS-SEMINAR „SENSING WITH QUANTUM LIGHT“ IN BAD HONNEF
Seminar: Don’t miss out on the latest results in the fields of “Quantum holography with undetected light” and the “Development and characterization of a highly non-degenerate polarization-entangled Sagnac photon pair source”.
Selected project results:
Proof of concept
DEMO: GHOST IMAGING WITH SPAD ARRAY DEMONSTRATED
Deliverable D6.1: A low-resolution Ghost Imaging system using available SPAD arrays limited to only a few hundreds of individual pixels will be implemented to demonstrate Ghost Imaging without the need for optical delay lines. An electronic system providing a common time base for the SPAD array and the bucket detector is developed.
New Publication
Efficient mid-infrared single-photon detection using superconducting NbTiN nanowires with high time resolution in a Gifford-McMahon cryocooler
Quantum holography with undetected light
New Publication
Classical Ghost Imaging: A Comparative Study of Algorithmic Performances for Image Reconstruction in Prospect of Plenoptic Imaging
QUANTUM PHOTONICS SK2900 – AN INTRODUCTION FOR EXPERIMENTALISTS
Lecture notes: The aim of these notes are to introduce students to the field of quantum photonics and give them an understanding of the underlying physical concepts… by Val Zwiller and Stephan Steinhauer / KTH.
New Publication
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors: A perspective on evolution, state-of-the-art, future developments, and applications
FASTGHOST GAINED ATTENTION BY THE THE QUANTUM INSIDER
TQI #21: Another exciting one is a project … called FastGhost…
Manipulate single photons and photon pairs to deliver a ground-breaking quantum imaging system for the mid-IR region targeting the medical sciences…
NEW RESEARCH INTO QUANTUM MICROSCOPY
Press release: Val Zwiller, Professor of Quantum Nanophotonics, is one of the members of a European research project into Quantum Nanotechnology that has received an EU grant of €3 million…
Read more about FastGhost partner KTH
FASTGHOST ON SOCIAL MEDIA – LAUNCHING OF TWITTER ACCOUNT
FASTGHOST ON SOCIAL MEDIA – LAUNCHING OF LINKEDIN ACCOUNT
SEEING THE INVISIBLE WITH THE FASTGHOST QUANTUM MICROSCOPE
Press release: A new research project funded by the European Union, whose partners also include FBK, aims to create a cutting-edge microscopy technique that will lead to important applications.
Read more about FastGhost partner FBK
SETTING UP THE PLAN OF EXPLORATION AND DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS
The freshly submitted deliverable D2.2 provides the plan for dissemination, exploitation, and communication of FastGhost results. STAY TUNED!
FASTGHOST DEVELOPS A NEW MICROSCOPE FOR QUANTUM IMAGING
Press release: The FastGhost project… coordinated by the Fraunhofer IOF aims to translate quantum ghost imaging from an experimental approach into usable technology…
Read more about FastGhost partner IOF
LAUNCHING OF PROJECT WEBSITE WITH PROJECT LOGO AND WEB 2.0 PLATFORM
Deliverable D2.1: Fraunhofer IOF set up a web page and Web 2.0 tools dedicated to inform potential users of quantum technology and the broader public about project progress and capabilities of the developed technologies…
INDIVIDUAL PHOTONS & PHOTON PAIRS SHED LIGHT ON MOLEC. FINGERPRINTS
Deliverable D1.1: The consortium of five partners officially started with a virtual kickoff event on October 20, 2020.
Find more info at the kickoff meeting minutes and subsequent partner press releases…
Individual photons and photon pairs shed light on molecular fingerprints
The new research project FastGhost has started. Find out what you can expect from FastGhost:
While we typically do not think of atoms in a molecule as moving around, molecules can stretch along their bonds, vibrate around their centres of mass and rotate around their axes. The frequencies (or corresponding wavelengths) at which these motions occur are characteristic and unique for each molecule, creating what is known as a spectral fingerprint. The molecular fingerprint region of the electromagnetic spectrum (the mid-infrared, or mid-IR region) is of tremendous interest because it provides a non-invasive way to identify and quantify molecules. The partners of the EU-funded FastGhost project intend to manipulate single photons and photon pairs to deliver a ground-breaking quantum imaging system for the mid-IR region targeting the medical sciences.
The three-year project is part of the Future Emerging Technologies (FET) program within Horizon 2020 (grant agreement n. 899580) dedicated to cutting-edge technology research projects.
Learn more about the FastGhost consortium
