News & Events of the HyperSpace Project

Hyperspace D6.4 Art and Science Exhibit

Webinar 2: A Deep Dive into QKD Protocols, the next session in the PRISM–HYPERSPACE Webinar Series: Deploying Quantum Networks on Land and in Space took place on Sept. 10. 2025

Agenda:

Prepare and Measure & Entanglement-Based Protocols – Prof. André Xuereb will explain how PRISM integrates QKD into operational fibre networks and how HYPERSPACE harnesses quantum entanglement for secure data transmission.

Security of High-Dimensional QKD – Florian Kanitschar will present how high-dimensional protocols enhance efficiency and resilience, even in noisy free-space environments.

The session continued from Webinar 1, which explored the technical depths of QKD, this session offered unique insights from Europe’s quantum security pioneers.

Three webinars, one goal: building the quantum networks of tomorrow.

The HyperSpace project, coordinated at Fraunhofer IOF, aims to advance the vision of a global network for virtually tap-proof quantumcommunication. It is funded by the European Commission and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
PRISM is a project co-funded by the European Union.

Third HyperSpace project meeting

One step further on the road towards a global Quantum communication network!

On March 11 and 12, we had the pleasure of hosting the third HyperSpace project meeting at our institute. Partners from Europe and Canada gathered to share progress and strategies for quantum communication over long distances.

Currently, we are conducting our first joint free-space link experiments at Fraunhofer IOF. With this campaign and upcoming studies in Italy, the HyperSpace consortium will explore high-dimensional and hyper-entanglement protocols using dedicated hardware, like on-chip or fiber-based photon pair sources and free-space analyzers.

The partners visited the free-space link and gained insights into our laboratories. Additionally, one day of the meeting took place at the historic Dornburg castle providing an inspiring environment for fruitful discussions across various areas of expertise, from theory and hardware development to deployment and software processing – jointly pushing the development of a roadmap towards a global Quantum communication network.

HYPERSPACE project achieves first milestones 

On the path to creating an intercontinental network for quantum key communication, the HyperSpace project consortium has reached significant milestones since the project’s launch in October 2022.

With this, the consortium has successfully completed the first half of the project. The published research results highlight new developments and implementation options for quantum key distribution (QKD), which will now be tested in the field.

Read more about the new project developments.

The HyperSpace project, coordinated at Fraunhofer IOF, aims to advance the vision of a global network for virtually tap-proof quantumcommunication. It is funded by the European Commission and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

HYPERSPACE researchers meet at Photonics North
June 12 – 15, 2023

The team around the research project HYPERSPACE met this year at Photonics North, the most important photonics conference in Canada. The aim of HYPERSPACE is to create the basis for an intercontinental network for quantumcommunication.

The team was able to present the first developments at the international conference, with presentations by Dr. Fabian Steinlechner (Fraunhofer IOF), Daniele Bajoni (Università di Pavia), the research group of Prof. Thomas Jennewein (University of Waterloo) and the group of Prof. Roberto Morandotti (INRS, Institut national de la recherche scientifique).

„Quantum technology from fundamental science to real world applications“

The school aims at forming PhD students by offering them a broad overview from fundamental physics to out-of-the-lab applications. Well-recognized researchers from solid-state, quantum information to atomic physics will provide the fundamental science aspects, while entrepreneurs and scientists in research and development will discuss the industrial opportunities of quantum technologies. The training will give the PhD students a unique view on state-of-the-art quantum experiments and their applications, together with industrial outlooks, with a particular focus on photon-based qubits. 

Organizers:
Simone Portalupi of the University of Stuttgart (DE), Rinaldo Trotta of the University of Roma „La Sapienza“ (IT) and Daniele Bajoni of the University of Pavia (IT)
Date:
October 2 – 7, 2023
Venue:
Erice/ Sicily, Italy hosted by Ettore Majorana foundation

Further information: Application and more

„Quantum-ready, future-ready“:
Join us at the European Quantum Technology Conference
on October 16-20 in Hannover, Germany

Meet the researchers of HyperSpace at the biannual Quantum Flagship which gathers the major European research and innovation networks: the European Quantum Technology Conference (EQTC).

Further information: Website EQTC