On November 4^th, the 2D·SIPC coordinator Dmitri Efetov presented the project progress and latest results at the European Quantum Week 2020. The event was organized by the Quantum Flagship with the support of the European Commission and in the frame of the Berlin Science Week, and it included educational activities, specialized talks for the quantum community and European policy-making and institutional keynotes for the future of Europe within the field of Quantum Technologies.

Wednesday’s session was devoted to introducing the Quantum Flagship’s projects in the Communication and Basic Science pillars, where representatives of each one were invited to give a 10min presentation about their latest results. Directed towards a more specialized audience, the talks focused on overviewing the progress and status of each one.

During the session, Efetov introduced the consortium partners and the main goals that the projects focuses on. The coordinator presented 2D·SIPC’s proposal of using integrated 2D photonic circuits to help escalate quantum networks, and summarized its primary goals;

• To Introduce novel quantum materials into the photonic networks;
• To build-up integrated photonic circuits with single-photon emission, processing units and detection entirely from two-dimensional materials;
• To demonstrate the integration of all these devices in a single platform.

He also highlighted the advantages of using 2D materials, that can be prepared in room-temperature and stacked, allowing the use and combination of different material species, and can also be easily integrated into photonic circuits.

In addition to presenting the current results the project has obtained, Efetov emphasized the existing synergies between the 2D·SIPC partners, explaining the importance of their collaboration for transferring knowledge to the industry, providing newly developed technologies and achieving its final goals. When reviewing the key achievements, he pointed out the discovery of several 2D optoelectronic materials with novel capabilities for quantum technologies; the creation of scalable single-photon-emitters devices; and the integration and compatibility of 2D components in photonic circuits. The project has so far published more than 90 papers published, has filled 13 patents and submitted over 30, and has received international mainstream media coverage, proving the relevance of these results for both quantum communication and information processing.