Technology hub: Quantum magnetometers
Sensors that measure magnetic fields with atomic vapours or superconducting quantum interference devices.
- Pillar
- Quantum sensing and metrology
- Related codes
- OpenAlex topic: T11993 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
- Axis in the faceted taxonomy
- Function: Magnetic field
- Validation
- Proposed — not yet validated by an expert
- Sources of the definition
4 sources
- Quantum Flagship: Strategic Research and Industry Agenda (SRIA) for quantum technologies, draft for the second phase of the public consultation; chapter 3, Quantum Sensing & Metrology Roadmap Update 2026 (pp. 75 to 100), p. 76 (NV-centre magnetometers, SQUID fluxmeters, optically pumped magnetometers) (read 2026-10-29)
- CEN/CENELEC JTC 22 Quantum Technologies: Standardization Roadmap on Quantum Technologies, Release 1.1 (June 2025), JTC22 Q06; chapter 9, Quantum metrology, quantum sensing and quantum imaging, pp. 93-94 (9.2 Quantum magnetometers) (read 2026-10-29)
- EPO and USPTO: G01R33/02 Measuring direction or magnitude of magnetic fields or magnetic flux (broader match) (read 2026-10-29)
- OurResearch: T11993 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (atomic magnetometry) (related match) (read 2026-10-29)
9 confirmed items. Including suggestions by rules or AI, not yet reviewed: 11. Suggestions are counted, not listed.
At a glance
Key items: EU and national projects
Expert review sheet of the faceted taxonomy (every value, definition and source)
Overview
The technology atlas of Quantum magnetometers: its value chain, the documented actors by role, facilities, funding, patents and publications, standards and policy measures on one page, each from a source the portal already publishes. Each section says whether these sources document the technology, show an evidence gap or hold nothing about it.
| Section | State in these sources | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Value chain | Documented in these sources | 6 |
| Actors by role | Documented in these sources | 13 |
| Facilities and access | No evidence found in these sources | 0 |
| Funding | Documented in these sources | 4 |
| Patents and publications | Documented in these sources | 2 |
| Standards | No evidence found in these sources | 0 |
| Policy measures | Documented in these sources | 4 |
| Evidence gaps | Documented in these sources | 0 |
- Documented in these sources: at least one record of these sources is about this technology.
- Evidence gap in these sources: the parts tree names a stage, but no documented European actor is linked to it here. Evidence gap in these sources, not a finding of dependency.
- No evidence found in these sources: No evidence found in these sources. It means only that these sources hold nothing on it.
Public layer: structure and documented actors only. Actor roles come from typed, dated relationships and are never inferred from shared projects or patents. Supplier assessments of the restricted dependency map are not shown on this public page. No technology readiness level is given.
External context: EPO Observatory: quantum technologies · EPO Deep Tech Finder
Value chain
The stages of this technology in the parts tree, a reference structure from review articles and EU law, with the European companies whose own product page names a product line for the stage or a part under it (the curated supplier directory).
Documented in these sources: 6 stages; 0 stages with an evidence gap.
Quantum sensors and atomic clocks: Magnetic shielding and field control; Diamond and superconducting magnetometers
| Stage | Level | Part of | Materials | Documented European actors | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnetic shielding and field control | Subsystem | Quantum sensors and atomic clocks | Cerca Magnetics; IMEDCO; Magnetic Shields; VACUUMSCHMELZE | Documented in these sources | |
| Mu-metal shields and shielded rooms | Component | Magnetic shielding and field control | Cerca Magnetics; IMEDCO; Magnetic Shields; VACUUMSCHMELZE | Documented in these sources | |
| Active field compensation coils | Component | Magnetic shielding and field control | IMEDCO; Magnetic Shields | Documented in these sources | |
| Diamond and superconducting magnetometers | Subsystem | Quantum sensors and atomic clocks | Element Six; Qnami; QuantumDiamonds; QZabre; Supracon | Documented in these sources | |
| NV-diamond magnetometer elements | Component | Diamond and superconducting magnetometers | Synthetic diamond with nitrogen-vacancy centres | Element Six; Qnami; QuantumDiamonds; QZabre | Documented in these sources |
| SQUID magnetometer elements | Component | Diamond and superconducting magnetometers | Supracon | Documented in these sources |
Parts tree of Quantum sensors and atomic clocks: Magnetic shielding and field control; Diamond and superconducting magnetometers · Suppliers of Quantum sensors and atomic clocks: Magnetic shielding and field control; Diamond and superconducting magnetometers in the supplier directory
Supply-chain parts and critical raw materials
From the parts tree: a reference structure of what each technology needs, down to materials, compiled from public review articles and EU law. It is not a supplier assessment.
Critical raw materials as listed in Annex II of the Critical Raw Materials Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1252).
Actors by role
Organisations with a documented relationship to this technology: a product line on the company’s own product page, the host or programme the infrastructure catalogue names for a facility, or the operator of an access route. Each row names its source and the date it was read. Roles are never inferred from taking part in the same project or patent.
| Role | Actors | State | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer or supplier of a part | 9 | Documented in these sources | 9 organisations in the table below. |
| Host, operator or access provider | 0 | No evidence found in these sources | 0 organisations in the table below. |
| Funder or programme | 0 | No evidence found in these sources | 0 organisations in the table below. |
| Researcher or developer | 0 | No evidence found in these sources | Organisations confirmed under this technology by the classification; listed in “Organisations and companies” below. Participants in EU-funded projects are counted per pillar in technology intelligence. |
| User | 0 | No evidence found in these sources | These sources record no user of this technology. |
| Organisation | Role | Country | Relationship | Stages | Source and date read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerca Magnetics | Manufacturer or supplier of a part | GB | Magnetically-Shielded Rooms (shielded rooms for OPM-MEG) | Mu-metal shields and shielded rooms | Source (read 2026-10-26) |
| Element Six | Manufacturer or supplier of a part | GB | DNV-B1 (CVD quantum-grade diamond with nitrogen-vacancy ensembles) | Diamond and superconducting magnetometers; NV-diamond magnetometer elements | Source (read 2026-10-26) |
| IMEDCO | Manufacturer or supplier of a part | CH | Active Compensation (active field compensation) | Active field compensation coils | Source (read 2026-10-26) Partly verified: the page does not state the quantum use. |
| IMEDCO | Manufacturer or supplier of a part | CH | Magnetically Shielded Rooms (magnetically shielded rooms, including for an OPM-MEG centre) | Mu-metal shields and shielded rooms | Source (read 2026-10-26) |
| Magnetic Shields | Manufacturer or supplier of a part | GB | Active Shielding (active field compensation) | Active field compensation coils | Source (read 2026-10-26) |
| Magnetic Shields | Manufacturer or supplier of a part | GB | MuRoom and MuMetal Shields (magnetically shielded rooms and mu-metal shields for quantum technologies) | Mu-metal shields and shielded rooms | Source (read 2026-10-26) |
| Qnami | Manufacturer or supplier of a part | CH | ProteusQ (scanning NV-diamond magnetometry microscope) | NV-diamond magnetometer elements | Source (read 2026-10-26) |
| Qnami | Manufacturer or supplier of a part | CH | Quantilever MX (NV-diamond scanning probe tips) | Diamond and superconducting magnetometers; NV-diamond magnetometer elements | Source (read 2026-10-26) |
| QuantumDiamonds | Manufacturer or supplier of a part | DE | QDm.1 (quantum diamond microscope that images currents in chips for fault finding) | NV-diamond magnetometer elements | Source (read 2026-10-30) |
| QZabre | Manufacturer or supplier of a part | CH | Quantum Scanning Microscope (QSM) (scanning NV magnetometry microscope) | NV-diamond magnetometer elements | Source (read 2026-10-26) |
| QZabre | Manufacturer or supplier of a part | CH | Quantum Scanning Tips (QST) and Quantum Diamond Membrane (QDM) (NV-diamond scanning tips and membranes) | Diamond and superconducting magnetometers; NV-diamond magnetometer elements | Source (read 2026-10-26) |
| Supracon | Manufacturer or supplier of a part | DE | SQUID Electronic (JESSY) (SQUID sensors and their readout electronics, offered as superconducting quantum sensors) | SQUID magnetometer elements | Source (read 2026-10-30) |
| VACUUMSCHMELZE | Manufacturer or supplier of a part | DE | Magnetically Shielded Rooms (MSR) (MUMETALL shielded rooms suited to optically pumped magnetometers) | Mu-metal shields and shielded rooms | Source (read 2026-10-26) |
Facilities and access
Facilities of this technology in the infrastructure catalogue, the furthest milestone the deployment tracker evidences for each, and the current access routes that open them.
No evidence found in these sources. The infrastructure catalogue lists no facility for this technology.
Funding
Upcoming work-programme topics in this technology (the EU programme pipeline) and the funding instruments whose stated quantum relevance names it. The awards of its EU-funded projects and the announced funding rounds follow below.
Upcoming topics in the programme pipeline
No evidence found in these sources. No upcoming topic of the pipeline (read 2026-11-01) names this technology.
Pipeline topics of Quantum magnetometers
Funding instruments
| Instrument | Programme | Stated quantum relevance | Why it is shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| EIC Accelerator | Horizon Europe: European Innovation Council | The EIC Work Programme 2026 states that the Accelerator Open call remains available to start-ups and SMEs, including for quantum technologies, with specific safeguards on investments in quantum. | Names its pillar, Quantum sensing and metrology |
| EIC STEP Scale Up | Horizon Europe: European Innovation Council, Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) | Quantum technologies are among the digital and deep-tech priority areas, and the EIC Work Programme 2026 says support for quantum start-ups will be pursued in particular through this call. | Names its pillar, Quantum sensing and metrology |
| EuroHPC JU quantum technology calls (Quantum Flagship) | Horizon Europe: Quantum Flagship, implemented by the EuroHPC JU | Since Council Regulation (EU) 2026/150 entered into force on 20 January 2026, the JU implements the Union's quantum technology agenda, including the Quantum Flagship funded through Horizon Europe, and its 2026 calls cover quantum computing platforms, QKD, testing infrastructure, pilot lines, sensing, machine learning and standards. | Names its pillar, Quantum sensing and metrology |
| QuantERA joint transnational calls | QuantERA: network of national research funders with European Commission co-funding | QuantERA is a network of research funders for quantum technologies, and Call 2025 covered quantum phenomena and resources and applied quantum science across communication, computing, simulation, sensing and metrology. | Names its pillar, Quantum sensing and metrology |
6 more instruments are open to any field of research and are not listed here.
EU and national projects
9 confirmed items.
| Measure | Total | Projects with an amount | Projects without one |
|---|---|---|---|
| award value (Gateway to Research) | GBP 2,506,720 | 4 | 0 |
| funded amount | SEK 105,000 | 1 | 0 |
| total eligible expenditure | EUR 648,751.60 | 1 | 0 |
| award value (Gateway to Research) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| funded amount | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Each project counts once. A total adds the amount each source states for its projects within one measure and one currency only: EU contributions, national awards and other measures are never added together. Total cost includes the award and is shown separately. A country filter keeps whole projects with a participant in the country, so its total is not the country's share. Programme envelopes, partner shares, co-funding and payments are separate layers and are never added to awards; payments are not published by the sources used. Outputs are linked only through an explicit project or grant identifier or reviewed documentary evidence, never by name alone; only a reviewed document can show a demonstrated contribution. CORDIS and Funding & Tenders amounts are one measure, the EU contribution (maximum grant agreed in the grant agreement, not payments). Country codes EL and UK are read as GR (Greece) and GB (United Kingdom). National and regional rows whose title names no quantum technology are left out unless asked for. EU and national totals are shown apart and never added.
- Very high resolution SQUID magnetometer
- MAG-V : Enabling Volume Quantum Magnetometer Applications through Component Optimisation & System Miniaturisation
- Hybridised Quantum Optical Sensors for enhanced magnetoencephalography
- Validation and evaluation of quantum enhanced sensors for Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
- Validating a Core Technology for Scalable, Wearable Quantum Magnetometers
Patents and publications
Patent counts come from EPO Open Patent Services in technology intelligence, by CPC group, and per EPO quantum concept in the technology intelligence reports; publications by OpenAlex topic. The patent series of this node and its documents follow below.
Documented in these sources: 1 indicator page of this technology.
OpenAlex topics
Patent landscape of Quantum sensing and metrology in technology intelligence · All technology intelligence reports
Patents
No patent series for this node. No CPC group names this technology, so no patent series is drawn for it.
Standards
Standards, specifications, committees and roadmaps of the standards tracker in the scope of this technology, each with its body and status.
No evidence found in these sources. The standards tracker holds no item in the scope of this technology.
9 tracked items are about quantum technologies in general.
Policy measures
Actions of the Quantum Europe Strategy (COM(2025) 363) that name this technology or its pillar, or that link one of its facilities, with their status in the strategy tracker.
Documented in these sources: 4 actions.
| Action | Status | Target | Why it is shown | Where in the strategy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deploy a distributed network of quantum gravimeters | In progress (evidence) | 2026 onwards | Names its pillar, Quantum sensing and metrology | Section 2.2.3, Quantum gravimeters (p. 10) and action list (p. 11); Appendix, Area 2 (p. 23) |
| Publish a Quantum Sensing Roadmap | Announced | 2026 | Names its pillar, Quantum sensing and metrology | Section 2.2.3, text and action list (p. 11); Appendix, Area 2 (p. 23) |
| Establish a European Q-MRI Pilot Infrastructure | Announced | 2025 onwards | Names its pillar, Quantum sensing and metrology | Section 2.2.3, Quantum Magnetic Resonance Imaging (p. 10) and action list (p. 11); Appendix, Area 2 (p. 23) |
| Develop a quantum sensing space and defence technology roadmap | Announced | 2026 | Names its pillar, Quantum sensing and metrology | Section 2.4, Quantum technologies for security and defence and action list (p. 17); Appendix, Area 4 (p. 23) |
Evidence gaps
Stages of the value chain for which these sources link no documented European actor. Evidence gap in these sources, not a finding of dependency. A company may well supply the stage without a product page the directory has read; a missing record is never proof of a strategic dependency.
Documented in these sources: every stage has at least one documented European actor in these sources.
JRC and EU analysis
Reports and pages of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). Identifiers are those of the JRC Publications Repository; the portal does not reproduce their data.
- JRC Quantum Communication and Sensing Laboratory (EuroQCI testing and evaluation laboratory)
The JRC has been selected to host the EuroQCI testing and evaluation laboratory, building on the Digital Europe project NOSTRADAMUS (launched January 2024). The JRC describes its role as generating reproducible technical evidence with a view to future certification, not as guaranteeing that a product is free of vulnerabilities.
- EU role in the global quantum race
Policy brief on the global quantum technology landscape: public and private funding, innovation potential and market perspective.
- Future Directions for Quantum Technology in Europe
Background analysis for the Quantum Europe Strategy: companies, patents, publications, supply chains, public funding and venture capital, by sector (communication including QKD, computing including simulation, sensing, and post-quantum cryptography).
- JRC Ispra links up with atomic clock and the Quantum Backbone (JRC news, 10 June 2025)
The JRC site in Ispra was connected to the Italian Quantum Backbone, part of EuroQCI, and to a time signal from INRiM's caesium-fountain clock.
- (Dis)Entangling the Future: horizon scanning for emerging technologies and breakthrough innovations in the field of quantum technologies
Horizon scanning of emerging quantum technologies and breakthrough innovations (FUTURINNOV project).
- Cold atom interferometry for inertial navigation sensors
Technology assessment of gyroscopes and accelerometers based on cold atom interferometry for space and defence (EUR 30492 EN).
- Cold atom interferometry sensors: physics and technologies
Physical principles of cold atom interferometry and how they are used in inertial and gravity sensors (EUR 30289 EN).
- Patent analysis of selected quantum technologies
Patent applications in the EPO Global Patent Index for quantum computing, quantum key distribution, quantum entanglement and cold atom interferometry, with a discussion of method (EUR 29614 EN).
Further reading
- Understanding Quantum Technologies 2025 (Olivier Ezratty, 8th edition, version 8.1 of 30 October 2025, arXiv:2111.15352 (v6), doi:10.48550/arXiv.2111.15352, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)See Part 4: Communications and sensing
- Understanding Quantum Technologies 2026 (Olivier Ezratty, 9th edition, version 9.0 of 17 October 2026 (latest edition))See Part 4: Communications and sensing
Olivier Ezratty, Understanding Quantum Technologies (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Links only; no text of the book is reproduced on this portal.
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