NANOQUESTFIT

Nanoparticles in Quantum Experiments: Exploring the scientific basis of future innovative quantum technologies

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITAET WIEN    more  Organization address address: Boltzmanngasse 5 city: Vienna postcode: 1090 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Lukas Cognome: Theussl Email: send email Telefono: +43 14277 51008 Fax: +43 14277 851008
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Austria [AT]
Totale costo	2˙629˙612 €
EC contributo	1˙994˙883 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2011-C
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-01-01   -   2015-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITAET WIEN  Organization address address: Boltzmanngasse 5 city: Vienna postcode: 1090 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Lukas Cognome: Theussl Email: send email Telefono: +43 14277 51008 Fax: +43 14277 851008	AT (Vienna)	coordinator	0.00
2	TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: RAMAT AVIV city: TEL AVIV postcode: 69978 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Lea Cognome: Pais Email: send email Telefono: 97236408774 Fax: 97236409697	IL (TEL AVIV)	participant	0.00
3	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE  Organization address address: PIAZZALE EUROPA city: TRIESTE postcode: 34127 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Daniela Cognome: Kovacich Email: send email Telefono: +39 040 558 3365 Fax: +39 040 558 3350	IT (TRIESTE)	participant	0.00
4	UNIVERSITAET BASEL  Organization address address: Petersplatz city: BASEL postcode: 4003 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Marcel Cognome: Mayor Email: send email Telefono: +41 61 267 1006 Fax: +41 61 267 1016	CH (BASEL)	participant	0.00
5	UNIVERSITAET DUISBURG-ESSEN  Organization address address: UNIVERSITAETSSTRASSE city: ESSEN postcode: 45141 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Sandra Cognome: Kramm Email: send email Telefono: +49 203 3792661 Fax: +49 203 3791216	DE (ESSEN)	participant	0.00

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Quantum phenomena are an important basis for future information processing and information acquisition technologies. They will become particularly relevant for quantum-enhanced metrology and advanced sensors, which exploit the quantum superposition principle at a mesoscopic scale.nnNANOQUESTFIT will prepare nanoparticles in highly non-classical quantum states and utilize them to test the linearity of quantum physics over mesoscopic distances and time scales in a mass range that has remained hitherto unexplored. This goal will be realized in an interdisciplinary effort of European experts in quantum optics, nanotechnology, chemistry, and cluster physics.nnNANOQUESTFIT will realize novel quantum optical elements, such as optical depletion and phase gratings, atomically thin transmission gratings, as well as doped substrates in ultra-flat silicon. This will enable quantum coherence and interference studies with objects up to and beyond 10^5 atomic mass units for the first time.nnFor that purpose new beam methods will be explored for tailor-made nanoparticles between 10^4 and 10^7 atomic mass units. This includes the efficient volatilization and detection of chemically functionalized nanoparticles, of pure and doped nanodroplets, as well as of cold slow cluster ions.nnDecoherence is the enemy of all future quantum-based technologies. The consortium will therefore investigate environmental decoherence with objects in a complexity class that is expected to become relevant in future quantum devices.nnAdvanced experiments in NANOQUESTFIT will allow defining new constraints on unconventional extensions of quantum theory, which will be explored and elaborated on with regard to their conceptional consistency. Since the linearity of the Schrödinger equation is the very basis for the majority of current quantum information concepts this has direct implications for QIPC.nnNANOQUESTFIT works at the cutting edge of modern science to lay the scientific ground for a better understanding of practical and fundamental limits of future quantum technologies. It will also generate spin-offs for new quantum-enhanced sensing devices: in particular the beam splitter technologies developed in NANOQUESTFIT will be applicable to a wide range of matter waves composed of atoms, molecules and genuine nanoparticles.