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Quantum Information Theory with black BOXes (QITBOX)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2014, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2018,

"With QITBOX we aim to develop a novel device-independent framework for quantum information processing. In this framework, devices are seen as black boxes that only receive inputs and produce outputs. Our main objective is to understand what can and cannot be done for information processing using only the observed correlations among the devices. We will structure our effort along three main resear ...
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Open SYstems RevISited: From Brownian motion to quantum simulators (OSYRIS)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2014, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2018,

"This proposal concerns open systems, i.e. systems interacting with the environment, and their fundamental role in natural sciences. The main objectives are: i) to develop theory of Brownian motion for molecules in biological environments; ii) to adapt classical many-body open systems such as kinetic or/and diffusion-aggregation models to the quantum domain; iii) to develop theory of open systems ...
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ICFONest+ Advanced Postdoctoral Program (ICFONestPLUS)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2014, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2018,

The goal of ICFONest+ is to provide outstanding young researchers with high level research training, within the INCOMING trans-national mobility scheme. To achieve this ICFO offers to the Fellows its state-of-the-art facilities and resources, and also its outstanding research environment where collaborations and knowledge sharing can thrive, and different fields converge. We believe such an enviro ...
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"On the move: Motor-cargo and motor-microtubule interactions studied with quantitative, high spatio-temporal resolution microscopy in vivo" (MOTORS)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2013, Date de fin: 31 août 2018,

"Intracellular transport plays a key role in many cellular processes. Cells rely on a well-regulated, two-way transport system that consists of molecular motors and cytoskeletal filaments for their correct functioning. In nerve cells, breakdown of transport is tightly linked to neurodegenerative diseases.Understanding what goes wrong with intracellular transport during disease requires knowledge o ...
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Exploring magnetic quantum phase transitions with ultra-cold Fermi gases (MAG-QUPT)

Date du début: 1 juin 2014, Date de fin: 31 mai 2018,

"The project “Exploring magnetic quantum phase transitions with ultra-cold Fermi gases” (MAG-QUPT) aims at developing a novel platform for the experimental exploration of quantum phase transitions and quantum critical phenomena using ultra-cold atomic gases. As envisioned by R. Feynman in 1982, and successfully demonstrated in the last years, these systems can be used to emulate fundamental quantu ...
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Access CenTer for PHotonics innovAtion Solutions and Technology support (ACTPHAST)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2013, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2017,

ACTPHAST is a unique "one-stop-shop" European access centre for photonics innovation solutions and technology support (Access CenTre for PHotonics innovAtion Solutions and Technology support). ACTPHAST will support and accelerate the innovation capacity of European SMEs by providing them with direct access to the expertise and state-of-the-art facilities of Europe's leading photonics research cent ...
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Tunable light tightly bound to a single sheet of carbon atoms: graphene as a novel platform for nano-optoelectronics (CARBONLIGHT)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2012, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2017,

Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of carbon, has attracted enormous attention in diverse areas of applied and fundamental physics. Due to its unique crystal structure, charge carriers have an effective mass of zero and a very high mobility, even at room temperature. While graphene-based devices have an enormous potential for high-speed electronics, graphene has recently been recognized as a photoni ...
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Plasmonics of Quantum Materials: from surface plasmon condensation to quantum metamaterials (QUOMATERS)

Date du début: 1 mars 2014, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2017,

Interfacing quantum optics with nanotechnology could boost the prospects for the integration of scalable quantum information technologies. Quantum information processing is a key future technology that promises superior communication and computing performance beyond classical information. Any candidate to realize its full potential will require solid-state coherent units with long-range interactio ...
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Dynamically controlling the properties of complex materials with light (DCCM)

Date du début: 1 août 2013, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2017,

"This project will use short pulses of light to understand, manipulate and control the properties of complex materials on nanometre lengthscales and femtosecond timescales. Complex materials have strongly coupled electronic, lattice and magnetic subsystems. This coupling makes the material properties difficult to explain with conventional theoretical techniques, but is responsible for the exotic p ...
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Optical Imaging and Laser TEchniques for BIomedical Applications (OILTEBIA)

Date du début: 1 avr. 2013, Date de fin: 31 mars 2017,

"OILTEBIA (Optical Imaging and Laser TEchniques for BIomedical Applications) is an Initial Training Network (ITN) that seeks to train researchers in a multidisciplinary environment where pulsed laser technology, sensor and signal processing techniques meet in the biomedicalenvironment to achieve novel optical imaging technologies from bench to bedside, spanning from basic research and drug discove ...
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GRAPHENE-BASED SINGLE-PHOTON NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICES (GRASP)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2014, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2016,

Finding an approach to actuate nonlinear optical effects at ultra-low powers and on chip-scale devices is one of the outstanding challenges in optics. The ultimate limit is the quantum regime where individual light quanta strongly interact with each other. This limit has so far been technologically impossible, but if achieved would have far-reaching consequences in information technologies. In par ...
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Atomic Quantum Metrology (AQUMET)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2016,

"This project aims to detect magnetic fields with high spatial and temporal resolution and unprecedented sensitivity using ultra-cold atoms as interferometric sensors. The project will, on the one hand, test and demonstrate the most advanced concepts in the dynamic field of quantum metrology, and on the other hand, develop measurement techniques with the potential to transform existing fields and ...
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NanoElectroMechanical Systems based on Carbon Nanotube and Graphene (carbonNEMS)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2016,

Carbon nanotubes and graphene form a class of nanoscale objects with exceptional electrical, mechanical and structural properties. I propose to exploit these unique properties to fabricate and study various nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) based on graphene and nanotubes. Specifically, I will address two directions with major scientific interests:1- I propose to study electromechanical resonat ...
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An optical neuro-monitor of cerebral oxygen metabolism and blood flow for neonatology (BabyLux)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2014, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2016,

The BabyLux project aims to provide a precise, accurate and robust integrated system to continuously monitoring cerebral oxygen metabolism and blood flow in critically ill newborn babies. Over the last two decades, the percentage of preterm births in the Western hemisphere rose by 20%. During early stages of brain development, injury from lack of blood flow and oxygen delivery may induce cognitive ...
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SOLUTION PROCESSED HIGH PERFORMANCE TRANSPARENT ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS (SOLPROCEL)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2013, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2016,

"The triggering of SOLPROCEL took place when COMSA EMTE and ICFO realized the potential that an organic photovoltaic (OPV) based technology has to be incorporated in transparent modules to generate electricity. Indeed, the OPV technology is the only one capable of producing semitransparent colorless cells providing a clear and undistorted image when looking through the device. It can be perfectly ...
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Advanced photonic antenna tools for biosensing and cellular nanoimaging (NANO-VISTA)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2011, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2016,

Advances in the fields of molecular and cell biology are strongly coupled to the implementation of photonic tools that allow highly-sensitive measurements in living cells at high molecular concentrations and at the nanometre scale. The goal of NANO-VISTA is to exploit novel concepts of photonic antennas to develop a new generation of bionanophotonic tools for ultrasensitive detection, nanoimaging ...
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MUlti SEnsor Technology for management of food processes (MUSE-Tech)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2013, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,

The concept behind MUSE-Tech is the development of three single sensors (Photoacoustic, Quasi Imaging UV-Vis and a Distributed Temperature) which will be integrated in a versatile and affordable Multi Sensor Device (MSD). The MSD will be based on a versatile plug-in architecture for real-time monitoring (on-/in-line) of multiple parameters associated with the quality and the chemical safety of raw ...
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Emulators of Quantum Frustrated Magnetism (EQuaM)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2013, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,

Among complex systems with emergent behaviours, frustrated quantum magnets are predicted to exhibit novel, highly nontrivial phases of matter that may play a major role in future and emerging quantum technologies such as the synthesis of innovative materials for energy harnessing and storage, entanglement-enhanced metrology, and topological quantum computing.Unfortunately, due to the intrinsic lev ...
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QUANTUM INTERFACE BETWEEN ATOMIC AND NANO-PHOTONIC SYSTEMS (ATOMNANO)

Date du début: 1 août 2012, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2016,

"Techniques to interface atomic systems with quantum optical fields form a cornerstone for future technologies that aim to exploit the laws of quantum physics for enhanced performance over classical devices. For example, quantum information processing is perhaps at the forefront of such possibilities, where photons can be used to relay information over large distances, while atoms naturally are ph ...
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Simulating quantum systems numerically and physically (SQSNP)

Date du début: 1 juin 2014, Date de fin: 31 mai 2016,

Although the equations governing quantum systems are elegant and well known, solving these equations to obtain an understanding of how interacting systems behave is incredibly challenging. Of particular interest is the prediction of emergent behaviour in many-body systems - the way in which many particles conspire together to create unexpected and fascinating phenomena such as superconductivity an ...
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Simulators and Interfaces with Quantum Systems (SIQS)

Date du début: 1 mai 2013, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2016,

The overarching goal of our project is to develop systems based on direct and deterministic interactions between individual quantum entities, which by involving large-scale entanglement can outperform classical systems in a series of relevant applications.We plan to achieve that by improving technologies from atomic, molecular and optical physics as well as from solid-state physics, and by develop ...
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Graphene-Based Revolutions in ICT And Beyond (GRAPHENE)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2013, Date de fin: 31 mars 2016,

This Flagship aims to take graphene and related layered materials from a state of raw potential to a point where they can revolutionize multiple industries – from flexible, wearable and transparent electronics, to new energy applications and novel functional composites.Our main scientific and technological objectives in the different tiers of the value chain are to develop material technologies fo ...
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Morphology and Molecular Packing in Polymer-Nanocrystal Hybrid Solar Cells Revealed with Synchrotron X-ray Characterization and Other Techniques (HYBRIDSOLAR)

Date du début: 1 mars 2014, Date de fin: 29 févr. 2016,

Polymer-nanocrystal hybrid solar cells offer promise as a low-cost alternative to traditional solar cells due to their potential to combine the advantages of organic and inorganic materials to produce lightweight, flexible, and high-performance solar cells using low-cost solution processing. This project, which includes the first detailed synchrotron study of polymer-nanocrystal hybrid solar cells ...
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GoPhoton! - Photonics for everyone (GoPhoton!)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2014, Date de fin: 29 févr. 2016,

The mission of this project is to make a significant contribution to raising awareness about the importance of Photonics, aiming at having impact on young minds, entrepreneurs and society as a whole. GoPhoton! aims to transmit a critical message across Europe: Photonics is ubiquitous and pervasive, it is a key enabler of the European economy and job creation, and it offers outstanding career and b ...
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Quantum Technologies for Europe (QUTE-EUROPE)

Date du début: 1 févr. 2013, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2016,

Research in Quantum Information and Communication Technologies (QICT) has since many years gained an important European dimension. The number of research groups active in the field as well as the number of publications testify to the vigorous and scientifically proliferate state of the community and show that QIPC research in Europe is well on par and highly competitive with comparable activities ...
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Systems microscopy – a key enabling methodology for next-generation systems biology (Systems Microscopy)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2011, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,

Biological processes occur in space and time, but current experimental methods for systems biology are limited in their ability to resolve this spatiotemporal complexity of life. In addition, traditional “omics” methods often suffer from limited sensitivity and need to average over populations of cells at the expense of cell to cell variation. Next-generation systems biology therefore requires met ...
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NOVEL ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOLUTION PROCESSED NANOMATERIALS FOR PANCHROMATIC SOLAR CELLS (NANOMATCELL)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2013, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,

Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is the leading technology of third-generation solution-processed solar cells with reported efficiencies in excess of 10%. However despite the huge efforts in the last two decades saturation effects are observed in their performance. Efforts so far have been concentrated towards engineering and fine-tuning of the dyes, the electrolytes and the interface of the dye t ...
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Coherent Information Processing in Rare-earth Ion doped Solids (CIPRIS)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,

Rare-earth ions (lanthanides) play an increasingly important role in modern optical technologies. Lanthanides are extensively used in solid-state laser physics, e.g. as key components in telecommunication networks. Rare-earths are also employed as luminescent materials in lamps or as radiation detectors in X-ray imaging. Rare-earths are already commercially omnipresent.However, the full potential ...
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The Integrated Initiative of European Laser Research Infrastructures III (LASERLAB-EUROPE)

Date du début: 1 juin 2012, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2015,

LASERLAB-EUROPE III is the European Consortium of major Laser Research Infrastructures, forming a FP7 Integrated Infrastructure Initiative. Geographically it covers the majority of European member states, following recent efforts to include partners from all over Europe 27. Scientifically, it covers many areas of laser science and applications with particular emphasis on short-pulses and high-inte ...
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Indirect Excitons: Fundamental Physics and Applications (INDEX)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2011, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2015,

Indirect excitons are bosonic quasi-particles in semiconductors with unique properties: they have long lifetime and spin-relaxation time, can travel over large distances before recombination, can be cooled down to low temperatures and form a quantum gas, and can be controlled by voltage in-situ. Due to these properties, they form a model system both for the studies of fundamental properties of lig ...
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NEW FRONTIERS IN PLASMON OPTICS: FROM NANOCHEMISTRY TO QUANTUM OPTICS (PLASMOLIGHT)

Date du début: 1 avr. 2011, Date de fin: 31 août 2015,

At this point in time where plasmon optics has become a mature field of research, we propose here to create new bridges with other scientific disciplines in which the optical properties of plasmonic nanostructures could successfully address major roadblocks. The proposed scientific project consists of two independent parts, in which plasmonics is combined with Nanochemistry and Quantum optics, re ...
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Nano-Optical Antennas for Tuneable Single Photon Super-Emitters (NANOANTENNAS)

Date du début: 1 mars 2010, Date de fin: 31 août 2015,

Nano-optical antennas allow to confine light on a truly nanometer scale. Indeed, my group recently demonstrated efficient funneling of incident far field to antenna hotspots, i.e. nano-focusing down to 25 nm, and achieved for the first time steering of the angular photon emission of a single molecule. These pioneering results on close encounters between nano-antennas and photon emitters pave the w ...
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Graphene Nano-Photonics (GRANOP)

Date du début: 1 août 2011, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2015,

Graphene, a single-atom layer of carbon, has attracted enormous attention in diverse areas of applied and fundamental physics. Due to its unique crystal structure, the charge carriers have zero effective mass and can therefore travel for micrometers without scattering, even at room temperature. While graphene-based devices have an enormous potential for high-speed electronic devices, it has recent ...
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ICFONest International Postdoctoral Program (ICFONEST)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2011, Date de fin: 30 juin 2015,

The ICFONest Post-doctoral program aims to provide high-level training and support for 14 outstanding international researchers in the early stages of their careers, working in the field of Photonics. ICFO will provide cutting edge facilities as well as a stimulating, international and interdisciplinary environment to help Fellows become successful independent researchers.ICFO currently hosts 20 r ...
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Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency (nanophotonics4energy)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 31 mars 2015,

The Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency proposal aims to create a virtual centre of excellence to re-orient and focus nanophotonics research towards the challenges in energy efficient applications. The network will cluster nanophotonic laboratories and research groups in Europe combining their expertise in the development of disruptive approaches to lighting and solar cell technology. The consorti ...
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Novel ultrasensitive imaging sensors based on graphene-quantum dot hybrid technology (GRAQUADOT)

Date du début: 1 avr. 2014, Date de fin: 31 mars 2015,

Sensing and imaging in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) lies at the heart of safety and security applications in automotive vision systems for driver safety, food and pharmaceutical inspection, civil and military surveillance, night vision applications and environmental monitoring.This project aims to develop a novel type of low-cost and extremely sensitive photodetector platform to be implemented i ...
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Correlative Super Resolution and Real-Time Imaging of Herpes Virus Infection (CSRR)

Date du début: 1 mars 2011, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2015,

"Fluorescence imaging is a powerful technique that has transformed our understanding of biology. Recently, a number of techniques have been developed that overcome one of the fundamental limitations of fluorescence imaging, namely the diffraction limit. With these techniques, it is now possible to resolve sub-cellular architecture in multiple colors and 3D with unprecedented detail. However, the ...
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PLASMONICALLY ENHANCED COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOT PHOTODETECTORS AND PHOTOVOLTAICS (PECQDPV)

Date du début: 1 mai 2012, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2014,

"Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) have recently attracted significant attention as a candidate material for optoelectronic devices, and in particular photodetectors and solar cells. These materials can be manufactured in the solution phase and spin-cast onto a variety of substrates, significantly reducing the cost of device fabrication. Additionally, the bandgap of CQD films can be tuned to allow a ...
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Plasmonically-enhanced Quantum Dot Photodetectors (PEQUPHOT)

Date du début: 1 avr. 2012, Date de fin: 31 mars 2014,

"Plasmonics has received a lot of attention because of the unique optical properties of metal nanostructures that allow, for example, strong focusing of light and strong field enhancements. While plasmonics is widely proposed for improving performances of optoelectronic devices, its applicability still has to be proven. Photodetectors are well-established for different applications ranging from di ...
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Colloidal quantum dot infrared photodetectors (COQUADOT)

Date du début: 1 avr. 2010, Date de fin: 31 mars 2014,

"Numerous applications extending from military (night vision, surveillance, airborne tracking) to civilian (pharmaceutical and food industry spectroscopy, environmental monitoring, machine and automotive vision, biomedical imaging) are based on infrared photodectors and imaging arrays that detect photons in the Mid Infrared (MWIR) 3 – 5 um and Long wavelength Infrared (LWIR) from 8 - 12 um. Althou ...
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