Developing Photonic-Electronic Analog Application-Specific Integrated Circuits for a Quantum Secure Coherent Link

Project Information

PAQAAL

Grant agreement ID: 101213884

DOI 10.3030/101213884

EC signature date 6 March 2025

Start date 1 March 2025

End date 29 February 2028

Funded under

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Total cost No data

EU contribution € 2 499 375,00

Coordinated by

CUBIQ B.V.
Netherlands

Objective

Secure data exchange, cloud storage and high-capacity interconnection between AI datacenters are essential components of modern digital infrastructure. However, due to various attack vectors and with improvements in quantum computing, current encryption standards are at risk. Fully developed quantum computers can break widely used cryptographic algorithms, leading to large-scale data breaches and jeopardising sensitive information exchange.
To address this urgent challenge, CUbIQ is at the forefront of innovation in secure communication, pioneering a solution based on Quantum Key Distribution technology. CUbIQ’s solution seamlessly integrates into existing telecommunications infrastructure, enabling high secret key rates, increasing robustness against signal loss and noise, and improving efficiency through advanced error correction and reconciliation techniques.
By combining cutting-edge photonic-electronic integration with system-on-chip technology, CUbIQ is poised to revolutionise the mass adoption of quantum encryption in critical communication networks. This will ensure quantum-resistant security, safeguarding vital data infrastructure from the looming threat of quantum computing attacks, and fortify future information society.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

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• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › computer security › cryptography

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Keywords

• QKD
• quantum-secure communication
• quantum cryptography
• internet security

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme

Topic(s)

• HORIZON-EIC-2024-TRANSITIONOPEN-01 - Transition Open 2024

Call for proposal

HORIZON-EIC-2024-TRANSITION-01

Funding Scheme

HORIZON-EIC - HORIZON EIC Grants

Coordinator

CUBIQ B.V.

• Net EU contribution: € 2 499 375,00
• Address: GROENE LOPER 5, FLUX BUILDING ; 5612 AE EINDHOVEN ; Netherlands
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Zuid-Nederland › Noord-Brabant › Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant
• Region: Zuid-Nederland › Noord-Brabant › Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data