The group is part of QScale, a European research project, funded by the CHIST-ERA coordination. The project is devoted to the development of advanced quantum communication technologies, specifically of quantum repeater architectures, which represent a major and timely challenge for the field of quantum information science and technology. The consortium includes the teams of  Julien Laurat  (University of Paris VI),  Jürgen Eschner (University of Saarbrucken),  Marco Bellini (LENS), Nicolas Sangouard (University of Geneva) and the company Quanta Systems.  More info can be found on the project website

Dr. Patrick Ledingham  holds a BSc in Physics from the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.  He then completed a PhD  thesis in the same institution. He joins the group  as a post-doctoral researcher.  He will work on the implementation of solid state quantum memories for single photons using rare-earth doped crystals.