EQUSPACE - Enabling new quantum frontiers with spin acoustics in silicon

EQUSPACE is a four year long consortium project, led by the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥. It has been awarded 3.2 million euros from the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) Pathfinder Open funding programme to pioneer quantum technologies in silicon. The project brings together five partners from three EU countries to develop a new type of silicon quantum platform.

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Project duration
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Core fields of research
Basic natural phenomena and mathematical thinking
Research areas
Nanoscience Center
Second quantum revolution
Materials physics
Department
Department of Physics
Faculty
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Funding
Horizon Europe

Project description

The primary goal of EQUSPACE is to create a scalable quantum technology platform utilizing silicon spin qubits. The project focuses on developing innovative methods for reading these qubits using commercial quantum dots and connecting them through nanomechanical resonators. These advancements will enable the practical use of silicon qubits in quantum computing and quantum sensing, paving the way for new applications and technologies in these fields.

Silicon has been the defining material for classical information processing, but its potential in quantum information processing remains underexplored. By leveraging existing semiconductor infrastructure, EQUSPACE aims to modernize Europe’s quantum industry and counter global competition. The project’s success will significantly strengthen the field of quantum research and create new markets for quantum technologies, by fostering a hub for donor spin-based silicon quantum computing. The created network will span focused ion beam based single-ion implantation and isotopic purification facilities, semi-commercial silicon foundries, start-up companies working on silicon quantum dots and research groups researching silicon spin quantum computing and quantum acoustics.

The consortium comprises five partners from three EU countries, bringing together interdisciplinary expertise to advance silicon quantum applications. The project is coordinated by Professor Juha Muhonen from the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Innovation Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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EQUSPACE consortium

The EQUSPACE consortium comprises researchers from the University Jyväskylä (JYU) and three research institutes: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (HZDR) in Germany, and NWO Institute AMOLF (AMOLF) in the Netherlands. In addition, it includes a Finnish start-up company, SemiQon Oy.

For further information, see: 

  • SemiQon Technologies Ltd.:  
  • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.:  
  • NWO Institute AMOLF:
  • Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V.:  
Group picture of the EQUSPACE consortium members.
The EQUSPACE consortium met in the beginning of February 2025 in Jyväskylä for the first time.

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Project team

Project leaders

External members

Janne Ikonen

Senior Quantum Engineer

Kirsi Tappura

Principal Scientist

Ewold Verhagen

Professor

Nico Klingner

Research Staff Member