Projects
The York Centre for Quantum Technologies’ projects are innovative, collaborative and have real impact in the world.
Our researchers are working to improve healthcare, computing, creating new materials and improve safety in the workplace, as well as many other aspects of everyday life.
On this page you can see a list of current and recent projects. We welcome communication with organisations wishing to collaborate with us on projects in the future.
| Current projects |
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| Mid-Infrared Silicon Photonic Sensors for Healthcare and Environmental Monitoring (2021-2026): EPSRC, Wang Y (Co-I) et al. £982,633 |
| Nuclear Physics Consolidated Grant (2021-2024): STFC, Watts D. (Co-I) et al. £2,417,489 |
| MARCH: Magnetic Architectures for Reservoir Computing Hardware (2021-2024): EPSRC, Stepney S. (PI) et al. £1,162,095 |
| Enhanced Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution (2021-2023): EPSRC, Lucamarini M. £241,843 |
| QTRAX: Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution over Track-Side Fibre – A Pilot Field-Deployment (2021-2023): EPSRC, Lucamarini M. £270,944 |
| STFC IAA Facilitating impact from MeV scale quantum information (2021-2022): STFC, Watts D. £41,387 |
| Assurance for quantum random number generators (2020-2023): Innovate UK, Colbeck R., Spiller T. et al., £1,109,595 (total grant value, York: £325,397) |
| The EPSRC Quantum Communications Hub (2019-2024): EPSRC, Spiller T. (PI) with Colbeck R. & Pirandola S. (Co-Is) et al. £23,961,861 (total grant value, York: £6,689,579) Read more on the Hub website |
| Quantum Readout Techniques and Technologies (2019-2023): European Commission, Pirandola S. (PI), Braunstein S. £423,817 |
| EPSRC Capital Equipment (2020-2022): EPSRC, Ferreira A. (Co-I) et al. £648,245 |
| HiQ Project - QKD on High Altitude Platforms: Proof of Concept & Demonstration (2021-2022): EPSRC, Grace D (PI) with Kumar R. £223,694 |
| Spintronics in adatom decorated graphene URF 2019 Renewal (2019-2022): Royal Society, Ferreira A. £423,043 |
| Spin Inspired Representations (2018-2022): EPSRC, Stepney S (PI) et al. £507,656 |
| Unravelling Proximity Spin-Orbital Effects in Graphene (2017-2023): Royal Society, Ferreira A, £92,200 |
| CV-QKD Flagship (CiViQ) (2018-2021): European Commission, Pirandola S. £269,749 Read more on the CiViQ website |
| Towards A New UK Industry for Novel Quantum Receivers in Nascent Satellite QKD Global Markets (2018-2021): Innovate UK, Spiller T, Kumar R. et al. £3,251,717 (total grant value, York: £231,765) |
| Completed projects |
| H2020-IF- QSB Quantum Sensing for Biology (2017-2020): European Commission, Braunstein S, £203,389 |
| UK Quantum Technology Hub for Quantum Communications Technologies (2014-2019): EPSRC, Spiller T. (PI) with Braunstein S. Colbeck R. Pirandola S. (Co-Is) et al. £24,093,965 (total grant value, York: £3,551,220) Read more on the Hub website |
| Quantum Technology Capital: UKQNtel - Bringing the Telecoms Industry to the UK (2016-2019): EPSRC, Spiller T. £2,049,030 |
| Towards Practical Quantum Technologies (2016-2019): EPSRC, Colbeck R. £101,080 |
| Quantum Entanglement Tomography for enhanced medical imaging (2018-2019): EPSRC, Watts D. £141,318 |
| Electrons for neutrinos (2019-2020): Watts D. £111,918 |
| Low Phase Noise Atomic Clocks (2017-2021): EPSRC, Everard J. £33,000 |
| Quantum dissipation in carbon-nanotube optomechanics (2014-2016): EPSRC, Wilson-Rae I. £98,474 |