ASTERIQS

Advancing Science and TEchnology thRough dIamond Quantum Sensing (ASTERIQS) is a European collaborative research project aiming to develop sensor applications based primarily on the Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV-) center in diamond. Work will also investigate the viability of other centers in diamond such as the: Silicon-Vacancy (SiV), Nickel-Vacancy (NiV), Tin-Vacancy (SnV), and Germanium-Vacancy (GeV).ASTERIQS aims to bring quantum sensors from the laboratories to industrial applications.

In October 2018 the European Union's Quantum Flagship announced 20 projects for funding during its 3 year ramp-up period. ASTERIQS was chosen as part of the initiative, receiving €9,747,888.75 in funding. The project builds on work performed by the DIAmond Devices Enabled Metrology and Sensing (DIADEMS) project, which ran from 2013 to 2017 funded by the European Commission.

Diamond's NV-center is a two-level system that coherently oscillates between two states and is only affected by a desired signal from the surrounding environment, making it a candidate for quantum sensors.

ASTERIQS aims to develop quantum sensors to be used for applications such as:

• Lightweight and efficient batteries for electric cars.
• The better understanding of chemical structure and dynamics for developing new drug and medicine possibilities.

Partners

The ASTERIQS project is a collaboration between 23 partners consisting of research groups and companies. Each industrial partner addresses a specific application: automotive industry, communications, bio-engineering, and industrial production of diamond. ASTERIQS is coordinated by the French multinational company Thales SA.

• Thales SA, France
• French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
• University of Stuttgart, Germany
• University of Ulm, Germany
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland
• University of Basel, Switzerland
• Saarland University, Germany
• Wigner Research Centre for Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (BNC-WIGNER), Hungary
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI), Israel
• Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), Belgium
• Fraunhofer Society, Germany
• Leipzig University, Germany
• attocube systems AG, Germany
• ARTTIC, France
• Element Six Ltd, United Kingdom
• Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany
• Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
• Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC), Lithuania
• University of Mainz, Germany
• École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (Formerly École normale supérieure de Cachan), France
• NVision Imaging Technologies GmbH (NVIS), Germany
• Technologie-Transfer-Initiative GmbH (TTI), Germany
• Jülich Research Centre, Germany