On March 12, 2025, the President of the Slovak Republic, Peter Pellegrini, visited the Institute of Physics SAS, marking a key moment for Slovakia’s quantum technology development. During his visit, we discussed the future of cybersecurity and the crucial role of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) in protecting sensitive communications. The President witnessed a live demonstration of our entanglement-based QKD prototype, which instantly detected an attempted eavesdropping. His visit highlighted Slovakia’s commitment to advancing quantum-secured communication and strengthening collaboration between science and government.
Researchers at the Research Center for Quantum Information (RCQI) at Institute of Physics SAS have successfully completed the installation and testing of a fully meshed quantum key distribution (QKD) in close collaboration with German company Quantum Optics Jena GmbH.
At the end of the year, we hosted two significant delegations to showcase the country’s progress in research and innovation, supported by the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).
On December 3, representatives from the Institute of Physics SAS, QUTE.sk and the Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín gathered to discuss plans for establishing the next node of the Slovak national quantum communication infrastructure (skQCI) in Slovakia. The meeting marked a significant step toward expanding the quantum network to the western part of Slovakia, advancing […]
The European Quantum Technologies Conference (EQTC) 2024, held in Lisbon, Portugal, from November 18 to 20, and QUTE.sk was delighted to participate in this landmark event.
The recent QCI Ireland conference held in Dublin offered a rich array of discussions and presentations from specialists across Europe, aiming to discuss and advance quantum communication technologies. Over the three days, attendees were treated to a series of engaging workshops, keynote speeches, and panel discussions. The event highlighted the rapidly evolving field of quantum communication and its implications for secure data transmission.
The first meeting of Institute of Physics SAS and Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava (Slovak University of Technology) representatives took place in Trnava with the aim to coordinate the first deployment outside Bratislava area of the secured national quantum communication infrastructure.
Ján Mečiar talked with director of Institute of Physic SAS – Mário Ziman about the details of the European project Slovak quantum communication infrastructure skQCI.
Quantum encryption is unbreakable and thus ensures the highest possible level of information protection. That is why the European initiative euroQCI was created with the aim of building such a secured quantum communication infrastructure across the European Union, in which Slovakia is also involved. At the Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, […]