On 7th and 8th May 2024, the IVAM Hightech Summit will take place at the German Film Museum in Frankfurt. Under the motto “Back to the Microtechnology Future: Yesterday’s Visions, Tomorrow’s Realities”, the event will range from the visions of earlier science fiction films to the technological implementation of today. The IVAM international conference is a platform for experts and managers from the field of microtechnology and microsystems technology to make contacts and exchange ideas.
In the session: “Guardians of Tomorrow – The Future of Security and Surveillance”, Prof. Thomas Ortlepp, Managing Director of the CiS Research Institute, will speak on the topic of “Superconducting Single Photon Detector for Quantum Secure Communication”.
Tap-proof optical data transmission, satellite communication and quantum computers require the reliable detection of single photons. The particular challenge of the detectors is high quantum efficiency. The positioning of the signal-carrying optical fiber to the active sensor surface must be more precise than 0.5 µm. The research team at the CiS Research Institute has developed a solution for positioning between the optical fiber and the superconducting detector at room temperature. For this purpose, the detector is placed on a silicon carrier wafer with a receptacle (etched hole) for the glass fiber using the flip-chip method. The advantage of this setup is that the positioning accuracy achieved at room temperature is maintained when the detector is cooled down. The lecture will take place tomorrow from 15:35 in the Cinema UG room.
Prof. Thomas Ortlepp is also a board member of the detect it network, which supports the IVAM Hightech Summit as a partner organization. Lars Dietrich, Chairman of the Board of the detect it network, will be moderating the session “On the Move – Shaping the Future of Transportation” on Wednesday and will open the lecture series with a presentation of the “Detect-it” network.
The research and development work described was funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) in the research project “Efficient coupling optics for single photon detectors” (EkoPho).
Funding code: 49MF 49MF200099
