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"High-detection efficiency and low-timing jitter with amorphous superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors" Misael Caloz, Matthieu Perrenoud, Claire Autebert, Boris Korzh, Markus Weiss, Christian Schönenberger, Richard J. Warburton, Hugo Zbinden, and Félix Bussières

"Quantum cryptography over 200 km with a simple system using polarization encoded photons" Fadri Grünenfelder, Alberto Boaron, Davide Rusca, Anthony Martin, and Hugo Zbinden.

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI) continuously monitor the changing context of research and innovation in Switzerland. They found that some interesting projects could be lost when they fell between the types of encouragement given by these two institutions. In the context of the 2017-2020 FRI message, the SNSF and CTI were commissioned by the Federal Council - on their own initiative - to jointly develop the Bridge Special…