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NARWHAL: A Quantum System on Chip for equal access to secure communications: a pilot-ready photonic integrated circuit with embedded quantum key distribution functions for high-performance transceivers.

AI-generated illustration of glass photonic waveguides; not a project photograph.
  • Horizon Europe
  • 1 Nov 2022 to 31 Aug 2025
  • Netherlands

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NARWHAL is a Horizon Europe project (call HORIZON-EIC-2022-TRANSITION-01) coordinated by Photon Bridge B.V. (Netherlands). 1 participating organisation(s) in 1 countries. EU maximum contribution EUR 2,307,188; total cost EUR 2,307,188. Runs 2022-11-01 to 2025-08-31 (status: signed).

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Source: CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union (CORDIS). Retrieved 2026-10-16. Licence: European Commission reuse notice (Decision 2011/833/EU). Selected administrative metadata, adapted presentation. No endorsement by the source is implied. Licence: European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU).

AI-assisted summary: NARWHAL is a Horizon Europe project coordinated by Photon Bridge B.V. in the Netherlands, focusing on a photonic integrated circuit for secure communications, with a total cost of EUR 2,307,188 from November 2022 to August 2025. Suggested technology pillar: communication. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.

Source: cordis.europa.eu · checked 16 Oct 2026 · AI-assisted summary