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The VEGA project aims to develop embedded quantum gravimeters. The project includes both fundamental research questions and prototyping, with the final objective of designing a cold atom quantum gravimeter that can be used in a strapdown configuration (without an active stabilization platform) on mobile carriers. The work is taking place in the joint laboratory (LabCom) IxAtom between LP2N and Exail Quantum Sensors.

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The Next-Codes project is based on the expertise of Gilles Zémor (Bordeaux Mathematical Institute, Bordeaux Institute of Mathematics, UMR CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP) on the decoding of quantum codes and the design of new families of quantum Tanner codes (Leverrier and Zémor 2022b; 2022a; 2023). Quantum codes are one of the technological barriers to be overcome in order to ultimately achieve an “FTQC” (Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer): a quantum computer capable of executing quantum algorithms without errors due to noise generated by the hardware or to interactions with the outside world. A long-term collaboration with Quandela has been launched since December 2023.

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Qu-Test is a research project funded by the European Commission's Horizon Europe program that started in April 2023, consisting of 25 partners from 11 different countries aimed at developing and providing test and experimentation infrastructures for quantum technologies in Europe. Through the Naquidis Center, several test benches are available via the Qu-Test technical marketplace: an efficient source of alkaline-earth atoms (Strontium and Ytterbium), a microgravity installation (pneumatic platform providing pre-programmed parabolic trajectories), a non-invasive gradiometer (to develop inversion protocols) and a pneumatic hexapod platform (to characterize quantum sensors) under dynamic conditions).

FiQuGS is an Innovation Action project within the framework of Horizon Europe, co-financed by the European Union (grant agreement no. 101080144) with 10 partners (Exail/co, IOGS, Robotnik, asphericon, asphericon, Widmo, Widmo, Widmo, Widmo, Widmo, University of Liège, University of Liège, TNO DS, GRed, BRGM and SYRTE).

To overcome the obstacles that limit the operational use of gravimetry in the field and develop solutions that will allow us to fully respond to markets, we propose to lead the development of several innovations within the framework of FiQugs, either at the technological level with improved quantum gravimeters built on a reliable and efficient supply chain, or in terms of operational methodology. The development of a next-generation quantum gravity meter product line, along with associated services for conducting field surveys, data acquisition, and data inversion, will significantly expand our ability to respond to the advanced geophysics market.

The CLEAR project, thanks to the expertise of the Cold Atoms group in Bordeaux from the LP2N laboratory (UMR CNRS, University of Bordeaux and IOGS), aims to study quantum sensor networks based on interferometry with atoms cooled by laser. The objective of these networks is to provide measurements that are both accurate and resolved (in time and/or space) of the gravity field. The project includes modeling, measurements in the laboratory and then on a site with a geophysical interest, as well as the development of numerical simulation and/or inversion tools to size and characterize these sensor networks, then analyze and interpret the measurements they provide.

Launched in September 2022, CLEAR aims to create large-scale research infrastructures using these networks of quantum sensors for applications in geophysics (hydrology, geology, seismology...) and in fundamental physics (fundamental properties of gravitational interaction, detection of low-frequency gravitational waves, study of dark matter).

The QUANTIX project, supported by a partnership between the companies Greenfield Technology, and FEDD, and FEDD, and the IMS laboratories, and CEA Saclay-IRAMIS, aims to develop electronic equipment for the measurement of QuBits and advanced applications in quantum cryptography. These sovereign programmable test methods will be adapted for all types of quantum technologies, offering compatibility with the quantum coherence delay. Naquidis and its partner, the Alpha-RLH competitiveness cluster, support the project through the search for financing windows adapted to the scope of the project and ensure its promotion to major French industrial clients.

Since January 2024, the DUQASS project has initiated a partnership between a team of researchers specialized in quantum levito dynamics from the Aquitaine Waves and Matter Laboratory (LOMA, Bordeaux) and the company Imagine Optic. Imagine Optic's renowned expertise in spatial control and light texturing reinforces LOMA's scientific position in the expanding field of dynamic levito, through the design of a new experimental platform. More specifically, the consortium proposes to design a disruptive technological brick, called a high-NA dual trap, which has never been implemented before and will pave the way for the creation of new opto-mechanical quantum sensors.

Development of a compact and cost-effective ultrafast fiber laser for pumping quantum dots.

Since November 2023 and for a period of 18 months, the Q-Spark project aims to develop a technological sector of excellence on single-photon sources based on the picosecond pumping of quantum dots. To address this brick, a collaboration is set up between the company SPARK Lasers (whose ALCOR laser is the industrial reference for multiphoton microscopy and neuroscience), the company QUANDELA and the XLIM laboratory team (UMR CNRS and University of Limoges), internationally renowned for its cutting-edge work in non-linear and ultra-fast fully fiber optics.

Development of a platform of hollow-core optical fibers filled with Rubidium for quantum applications (memories, detection, computing). Project launched in September 2023, for a period of 13 months. The LP2N “cold atoms” team and ALPHANOV are collaborating on a proof of concept of fully fiber quantum memory using a hollow-core fiber filled with rubidium vapor.

This project builds on technological capabilities already demonstrated within the consortium in the production of bright atom sources, the cooling, manipulation and trapping of ultra-cold atoms in optical dipole traps and the functionalization of hollow-core fibers.

With the X7‐PQC project, the consortium composed of Hensoldt France, Secure IC, XLIM and Telecom Paris aims to develop a post-quantum breakthrough innovation capable of countering quantum computer cyberattacks, the idea being to guarantee France's digital sovereignty by ensuring the security of France's digital sovereignty by ensuring the security of France's digital sovereignty by ensuring the security of France's digital sovereignty by ensuring the security of tactical data links and military or civilian platforms. The study of the technological core of the future post-quantum cryptography module is entrusted to the Cryptis team from the Xlim laboratory and is the subject of a Cifre thesis and 3 academic theses during the duration of the R&D project, which will last until 2026.

Since 2022, following the request of a project leader, a team has been set up, based on the expertise of Philippe Bouyer and Philippe Gaborit. The objective is the creation of a startup developing hybrid quantum communication solutions combining QKD and PQC. 2 solutions will be proposed: a software solution based on “post-quantum” encryption that is more efficient than the state of the art and a “software + photonic hardware” solution for double protection. The project receives support from transfer and valorization companies from the universities of Bordeaux and Limoges (Aquitaine Science Transfer, Alienor Transfert and AVRUL).

IT security relies heavily on robust secure communication schemes, using cryptographic schemes.

The cryptographic schemes used today are robust and efficient. However, they will not withstand the emergence of a sufficiently powerful quantum computer, since the latter will be able to solve the mathematical problems on which these schemes are based. Therefore, the emergence of a quantum computer will have a major impact.

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