Ultra-wideband high-frequency control fiber-coupled laser diodes for polarisation and timestamp encoded single photons in quantum communication (FastPhoton)

Operation co-funded by EU cohesion policy (European Social Fund (ESF)) under the programme Thüringen - ESF (2014DE05SFOP014), managing authority: Thüringer Ministerium für Arbeit, Soziales, Gesundheit, Frauen und Familie, Referat 34 "Verwaltungsbehörde ESF". Beneficiary: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Location: Jena (NUTS DEG03); Germany. Budget: total eligible expenditure EUR 569,637.49, as stated by the source. Runs 2020-01-01 to 2022-06-30. Source: Kohesio, EU cohesion policy projects managed by national and regional authorities (not CORDIS). Summary from Kohesio (English machine translation by the source): Realisation of ultra-fast Decoy State QKD sources with pulse overhaul rates in the range > 1.10 GHz for satellite and fiber-based QKD, RF control integrated electro-optical modulators and MEMS as optical switches for the analysis of high-dimensional quantum states and optical routing of quantum information carriers in networks, realisation of quasi-deterministic single photon sources based on cascaded photon pair sources in combination with spatial/temporal multiplexing, photonic integration of a complete QKD system with quantum random number generator.

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AI-assisted summary: The project "FastPhoton" focuses on developing ultra-fast Decoy State QKD sources and integrating various technologies for quantum communication. It is co-funded by the EU and managed by Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, with a budget of EUR 569,637.49. Suggested technology pillar: communication. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.