Technology hub: Quantum sensing and metrology

Measuring time, fields, gravity, rotation or images with a precision that relies on quantum states of atoms, spins or light.

Technology families

Related codes

EuroSciVoc: sensors (broader match)

437 confirmed items. Including suggestions by rules or AI, not yet reviewed: 559. Suggestions are counted, not listed.

Key items: EU and national projects

CARIOQA-PMP: Cold Atom Rubidium Interferometer in Orbit for Quantum Accelerometry – Pathfinder Mission Preparation CORDIS; EU contribution (maximum grant agreed) EUR 16,995,469.75
CARIOQA-PHB: Cold Atom Rubidium Interferometer in Orbit for Quantum Accelerometry – Phase B CORDIS; EU contribution (maximum grant agreed) EUR 14,199,370.14
ASTERIQS: Advancing Science and TEchnology thRough dIamond Quantum Sensing CORDIS; EU contribution (maximum grant agreed) EUR 9,747,888.50

Key items: Organisations and companies

The technology atlas and the full lists follow; every section is listed under “Sections of this hub page”.

Explore by function, platform and application

The same technologies seen along separate axes: what is measured (function), which quantum system measures it (physical platform), where it is used (application sector) and, only where a source states it, how mature it is. An item can carry several values on each axis. Every value has a definition, its official sources and its validation state.

Status of this taxonomy: Complete proposal: every axis is meant to be exhaustive for quantum sensing and metrology as described by the sources. Proposed, not yet validated by an expert.

156 of 437 confirmed items get at least one function value from the rules.

Function: The physical quantity measured or the measurement task performed. Counts are confirmed items; one item can count under several values.
Value	Definition	Validation	Confirmed items
Magnetic field	Measuring the strength or direction of a magnetic field or flux, down to the faint fields of the brain and heart or of single spins.	Proposed — not yet validated by an expert	19 (19 projects)
Gravity, acceleration and rotation	Measuring gravity and its gradients, acceleration or rotation, the quantities inertial navigation and geophysical surveys rely on.	Proposed — not yet validated by an expert	36 (29 projects, 7 organisations)
Time and frequency	Keeping time or realising a stable frequency by counting an atomic or ionic transition, from microwave clocks to optical and nuclear clocks.	Proposed — not yet validated by an expert	29 (20 projects, 7 organisations, 1 document, 1 news)
Electric, radio-frequency and microwave fields	Measuring static or oscillating electric fields, from radio and microwave signals to terahertz radiation, and single electric charges.	Proposed — not yet validated by an expert	1 (1 project)
Temperature	Measuring temperature with a quantum reference, such as noise thermometry, colour-centre spectra or quantum-noise-calibrated oscillators, including primary thermometers.	Proposed — not yet validated by an expert	2 (2 projects)
Force, displacement, strain and pressure	Measuring mechanical quantities such as force, mass, displacement, strain, vibration or pressure, including gravitational-wave strain.	Proposed — not yet validated by an expert	0
Imaging, microscopy and ranging	Forming images, microscopy maps or range and target information with quantum light or quantum probes, beyond what classical imaging resolves.	Proposed — not yet validated by an expert	72 (62 projects, 9 organisations, 1 news)
Photon and particle detection	Detecting single photons, single electrons or particles, and resolving their number or energy, as in single-photon counting or dark-matter searches.	Proposed — not yet validated by an expert	4 (4 projects)
Electrical quantities and quantum electrical standards	Realising or measuring voltage, resistance, current and impedance from quantum effects, the basis of the electrical units of the SI.	Proposed — not yet validated by an expert	0

How items get a value

Only items already confirmed under this pillar are counted. An item gets a value when it is confirmed under a technology family that stands for the value, when one of its CPC codes falls under a CPC group of the value, or when a keyword of the value appears in its public title. The listing of each value says which rule matched. The rules never place an item under the pillar, so a CPC group that is not limited to quantum devices cannot bring a classical sensor in. Organisations are named, not described, so they mostly get values through their families. Patents are counted in technology intelligence per CPC group, not item by item, so they are not in these counts.

Definition: Confirmed items by value of the faceted technology taxonomy (provisional)

Expert review sheet of the faceted taxonomy (every value, definition and source)

Quantum sensing and metrology is an area of the taxonomy, highlighted with its technology families; every node opens its page. Open the full taxonomy map

Overview

The technology atlas of Quantum sensing and metrology: 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.

The atlas at a glance: state and number of records per section
Section	State in these sources	Records
Value chain	Documented in these sources	16
Actors by role	Documented in these sources	107
Facilities and access	Documented in these sources	4
Funding	Documented in these sources	6
Patents and publications	Documented in these sources	1
Standards	No evidence found in these sources	0
Policy measures	Documented in these sources	5
Evidence gaps	Evidence gap in these sources	1

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: 16 stages; 1 stage with an evidence gap.

Quantum sensors and atomic clocks

Value chain of Quantum sensors and atomic clocks: stages, materials and documented European actors
Stage	Level	Part of	Materials	Documented European actors	State
Alkali vapour cell sensors	Subsystem	Quantum sensors and atomic clocks		Cerca Magnetics; MAG4Health; QSENSATO; Safran Navigation & Timing	Documented in these sources
Alkali vapour cells	Component	Alkali vapour cell sensors		QSENSATO	Documented in these sources
Chip-scale atomic clock physics packages	Component	Alkali vapour cell sensors			Evidence gap in these sources Evidence gap in these sources, not a finding of dependency.
Optically pumped magnetometer sensor heads	Component	Alkali vapour cell sensors		Cerca Magnetics; MAG4Health	Documented in these sources
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
Cold-atom inertial and gravity sensors	Subsystem	Quantum sensors and atomic clocks		Aquark Technologies; Edwards Vacuum; Exail; Schäfter+Kirchhoff	Documented in these sources
Atom-interferometer sensor heads	Component	Cold-atom inertial and gravity sensors		Exail	Documented in these sources
Magneto-optical trap optics	Component	Cold-atom inertial and gravity sensors		Aquark Technologies; Schäfter+Kirchhoff	Documented in these sources
Cold-atom vacuum packages	Component	Cold-atom inertial and gravity sensors		Edwards Vacuum	Documented in these sources
Lasers for atomic sensors	Subsystem	Quantum sensors and atomic clocks		Exail; Hamamatsu Photonics A/S (formerly NKT Photonics); HÜBNER Photonics; Menlo Systems; Novacene Photonics; Sacher Lasertechnik; TOPTICA Photonics; VEXLUM	Documented in these sources
Narrow-linewidth and frequency-doubled lasers	Component	Lasers for atomic sensors		Exail; Hamamatsu Photonics A/S (formerly NKT Photonics); HÜBNER Photonics; Menlo Systems; Novacene Photonics; Sacher Lasertechnik; TOPTICA Photonics; VEXLUM	Documented in these sources

Parts tree of Quantum sensors and atomic clocks · Suppliers of Quantum sensors and atomic clocks 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.

Roles and their documented actors
Role	Actors	State	Where
Manufacturer or supplier of a part	23	Documented in these sources	23 organisations in the table below.
Host, operator or access provider	4	Documented in these sources	4 organisations in the table below.
Funder or programme	2	Documented in these sources	2 organisations in the table below.
Researcher or developer	68	Documented 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.

Documented actors of Quantum sensing and metrology by role
Organisation	Role	Country	Relationship	Stages	Source and date read
Aquark Technologies	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	GB	AQuest (portable cold-atom source that traps atoms without a magnetic field)	Magneto-optical trap optics	Source (read 2026-10-26)
Cerca Magnetics	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	GB	Cerca OPM-MEG System (optically pumped magnetometer brain-imaging system)	Optically pumped magnetometer sensor heads	Source (read 2026-10-26)
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)
Edwards Vacuum	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	GB	HyTan NEG-Ion pumps and Gamma Vacuum NEG pumps (combined getter and ion pumps for ultra-high vacuum)	Cold-atom vacuum packages	Source (read 2026-10-26) Partly verified: the page does not state the quantum use.
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)
Exail	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	FR	Absolute Quantum Gravimeter (AQG) (cold-atom interferometry gravimeters)	Cold-atom inertial and gravity sensors; Atom-interferometer sensor heads	Source (read 2026-10-26)
Exail	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	FR	Intelligent Laser System (frequency-stabilised lasers for atom cooling and manipulation)	Narrow-linewidth and frequency-doubled lasers	Source (read 2026-10-26)
Hamamatsu Photonics A/S (formerly NKT Photonics)	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	DK	Koheras (single-frequency fibre lasers and amplifiers for atom trapping, cooling and quantum information)	Narrow-linewidth and frequency-doubled lasers	Source (read 2026-10-26)
HÜBNER Photonics	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	DE	C-WAVE Series (widely tunable single-frequency CW lasers for colour-centre research and quantum technologies)	Narrow-linewidth and frequency-doubled lasers	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)
MAG4Health	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	FR	OPM-MEG System (helium-4 optically pumped magnetometer brain-imaging system)	Optically pumped magnetometer sensor heads	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)
Menlo Systems	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	DE	FC1500-Quantum (rack-mounted frequency comb with ultrastable and CW lasers for quantum applications)	Narrow-linewidth and frequency-doubled lasers	Source (read 2026-10-26)
Menlo Systems	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	DE	ORS ultrastable lasers (cavity-stabilised narrow-linewidth lasers for quantum technologies and optical clocks)	Narrow-linewidth and frequency-doubled lasers	Source (read 2026-10-26)
Novacene Photonics	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	GB	SolsTiS (narrow-linewidth tunable CW Ti:sapphire laser)	Narrow-linewidth and frequency-doubled lasers	Source (read 2026-10-26) Partly verified: the page does not state the quantum use.
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)
QSENSATO	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	IT	All-glass vapor cells and atomic-photonic chips (custom laser-written alkali vapour cells for optically pumped magnetometers, RF field sensors and atomic clocks)	Alkali vapour cells	Source (read 2026-10-30)
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)
Sacher Lasertechnik	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	DE	Scientific Lasers (tunable diode lasers and tapered amplifiers)	Narrow-linewidth and frequency-doubled lasers	Source (read 2026-10-26) Partly verified: the page does not state the quantum use.
Safran Navigation & Timing	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	CH	Rubidium Clocks and Oscillators (MIRA, mRO-50, LPFRS) (rubidium vapour-cell atomic clocks and oscillators)	Alkali vapour cell sensors	Source (read 2026-10-26) Partly verified: the page does not state the quantum use.
Schäfter+Kirchhoff	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	DE	Beam Launchers for Quantum (fibre-coupled beam launchers that collimate, shape and combine laser beams onto the vacuum chamber for cooling and trapping atoms)	Magneto-optical trap optics	Source (read 2026-10-30)
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)
TOPTICA Photonics	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	DE	DL pro (tunable external-cavity diode lasers for cooling and controlling atoms and ions)	Narrow-linewidth and frequency-doubled lasers	Source (read 2026-10-26)
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)
VEXLUM	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	FI	VALO (single-frequency VECSELs, direct and frequency-doubled)	Narrow-linewidth and frequency-doubled lasers	Source (read 2026-10-26) Partly verified: the page does not state the quantum use.
VEXLUM	Manufacturer or supplier of a part	FI	VXL (compact single-frequency VECSEL laser system for trapped-ion and neutral-atom quantum computers)	Narrow-linewidth and frequency-doubled lasers	Source (read 2026-10-26)
Coordinated by TNO	Host, operator or access provider	EU	Hosts Qu-Test		Source (read 2026-10-19)
Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM)	Host, operator or access provider	IT	Hosts QuaMT-ITA: Quantum Metrology and Testing for Italy		Source (read 2026-10-27)
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)	Host, operator or access provider	DE	Hosts PTB Quantum Technology Competence Center (QTZ)		Source (read 2026-10-27)
TNO, developed with TU Delft	Host, operator or access provider	NL	Hosts TNO Quantum Sensing Testbed		Source (read 2026-10-27)
National programme or platform	Funder or programme		Programme of PTB Quantum Technology Competence Center (QTZ)		Source (read 2026-10-27)
National programme or platform	Funder or programme		Programme of QuaMT-ITA: Quantum Metrology and Testing for Italy		Source (read 2026-10-27)
National programme or platform	Funder or programme		Programme of TNO Quantum Sensing Testbed		Source (read 2026-10-27)
Qu-Test and Qu-Pilot	Funder or programme		Programme of Qu-Test		Source (read 2026-10-19)

Supplier capability directory

Organisations and companies

68 confirmed items. Including suggestions by rules or AI, not yet reviewed and not listed here: 141.

The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars & the Other Members of Board, of the College of the Holy & Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin Organisation
Stichting Nederlandse Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Instituten Organisation
Single Quantum BV Organisation Company brief for investors: Single Quantum BV
Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz Organisation
Politecnico di Milano Organisation

See all 68: Organisations and companies · Companies of Quantum sensing and metrology in the investor screener

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.

Documented in these sources: 4 facilities.

Facilities of Quantum sensing and metrology, their deployment milestone and access routes
Facility	Kind	Country	Host	Status	Furthest evidenced milestone	Access routes
Qu-Test	Testbed network	EU-wide or cross-border	Coordinated by TNO	Project period ended, per the source	Accepting access applications	No current access route recorded
TNO Quantum Sensing Testbed	Testbed	Netherlands	TNO, developed with TU Delft	In operation, per the source	Not in the deployment tracker	No current access route recorded
PTB Quantum Technology Competence Center (QTZ)	Testbed	Germany	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)	In development	Not in the deployment tracker	No current access route recorded
QuaMT-ITA: Quantum Metrology and Testing for Italy	Testbed	Italy	Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM)	In operation, per the source	Not in the deployment tracker	No current access route recorded

Infrastructure catalogue · Deployment tracker · How to get access

Infrastructure and deployment status

4 confirmed items.

QuaMT-ITA: Quantum Metrology and Testing for Italy Infrastructure catalogue; Italy; In operation, per the source
PTB Quantum Technology Competence Center (QTZ) Infrastructure catalogue; Germany; In development
Qu-Test Infrastructure catalogue; EU-wide or cross-border; Project period ended, per the source
TNO Quantum Sensing Testbed Infrastructure catalogue; Netherlands; In operation, per the source

Catalogue entries of this pillar · Deployment tracker for this pillar

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

Documented in these sources: 1 upcoming topic (pipeline read 2026-11-01).

Quantum Experimental Pilot Lines for Quantum Technologies EuroHPC Joint Undertaking; deadline 2026-11-17

Pipeline topics of Quantum sensing and metrology

Funding instruments

Funding instruments that name Quantum sensing and metrology
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 this technology
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 this technology
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 this technology
Horizon Europe Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry and Space): quantum topics	Horizon Europe: Cluster 4, Digital, Industry and Space	The cluster's 2026 quantum topics were suspended after the EuroHPC JU mandate was extended to quantum technologies, and the 2026-2027 work programme keeps a 2027 research and innovation topic on quantum space gravimetry.	Names a family of this pillar
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 this technology

6 more instruments are open to any field of research and are not listed here.

Funding instruments registry

EU and national projects

354 confirmed items. Including suggestions by rules or AI, not yet reviewed and not listed here: 392.

Awards of the confirmed projects: EU programmes, one line per measure and currency
Measure	Total	Projects with an amount	Projects without one
EU contribution (maximum grant agreed)	EUR 124,050,703.95	49	0
Total cost (includes the award)	EUR 118,146,161.93	41	0

Awards of the confirmed projects: National programmes, one line per measure and currency
Measure	Total	Projects with an amount	Projects without one
award value (Gateway to Research)	GBP 102,033,798	88	0
ANR aid allocated	EUR 9,443,826.74	24	0
funded amount	SEK 77,060,740	14	0
approved FWF funding	EUR 4,103,539	11	0
NWO award amount	EUR 3,540,831	8	0
total eligible expenditure	EUR 7,125,559.75	8	0
funded amount	EUR 1,568,145.70	6	0
award amount	EUR 1,557,576.96	1	0
approved total costs	0	0	6
award value (Gateway to Research)	0	0	57
current total commitment	0	0	3
funded amount	0	0	52
total awarded	0	0	4

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.

Includes projects from the ANR open data: ANR, data.gouv.fr, ODbL 1.0; those rows are shared alike under the Open Database Licence.

23 confirmed project pages have no award record and are not in the totals.

CARIOQA-PMP: Cold Atom Rubidium Interferometer in Orbit for Quantum Accelerometry – Pathfinder Mission Preparation CORDIS; EU contribution (maximum grant agreed) EUR 16,995,469.75
CARIOQA-PHB: Cold Atom Rubidium Interferometer in Orbit for Quantum Accelerometry – Phase B CORDIS; EU contribution (maximum grant agreed) EUR 14,199,370.14
ASTERIQS: Advancing Science and TEchnology thRough dIamond Quantum Sensing CORDIS; EU contribution (maximum grant agreed) EUR 9,747,888.50
AMADEUS: Advancing the market uptake of diamond defects quantum sensors CORDIS; EU contribution (maximum grant agreed) EUR 6,016,720.63
ACDC_Q: Advanced Circuits for Detection and Control of Diamond Quantum Sensors CORDIS; EU contribution (maximum grant agreed) EUR 4,999,864.38

See all 354: EU and national projects

Jobs and funding calls

4 confirmed items. Including suggestions by rules or AI, not yet reviewed and not listed here: 6.

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.

Patent landscape of Quantum sensing and metrology in technology intelligence · All technology intelligence reports

Patents

No patent series for this node. No CPC group title of version 2026.08 names quantum sensing or quantum metrology; the adjacent magnetometer groups listed as not used are broader than the area.

Documents and publications

1 confirmed item. Including suggestions by rules or AI, not yet reviewed and not listed here: 3.

The Impact of Quantum Technologies on the EU's Future Policies: Part 1 Quantum Time Document

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.

Standards tracker

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: 5 actions.

Strategy actions about Quantum sensing and metrology
Action	Status	Target	Why it is shown	Where in the strategy
Deploy a distributed network of quantum gravimeters	In progress (evidence)	2026 onwards	Names this technology	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 this technology	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 this technology	Section 2.2.3, Quantum Magnetic Resonance Imaging (p. 10) and action list (p. 11); Appendix, Area 2 (p. 23)
A Europe-wide network of open-access quantum testbeds	In progress (evidence)		Links a facility of this technology	Section 2.3.2, first measure (p. 12)
Develop a quantum sensing space and defence technology roadmap	Announced	2026	Names this technology	Section 2.4, Quantum technologies for security and defence and action list (p. 17); Appendix, Area 4 (p. 23)

Strategy implementation tracker

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.

Evidence gap in these sources: 1 stage. Evidence gap in these sources, not a finding of dependency.

Evidence gaps of Quantum sensing and metrology in these sources
Stage	Level	Part of	Platform	Reading
Chip-scale atomic clock physics packages	Component	Alkali vapour cell sensors	Quantum sensors and atomic clocks	Evidence gap in these sources, not a finding of dependency.

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Courses and master’s programmes

1 confirmed item. Including suggestions by rules or AI, not yet reviewed and not listed here: 2.

Zusatzstudium Quantentechnologie Certificate course; OTH Regensburg

See all 1: Courses and master’s programmes

News and events

5 confirmed items. Including suggestions by rules or AI, not yet reviewed and not listed here: 11.

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) (JRC page, 2026)
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, 2025, handle JRC142902)
Policy brief on the global quantum technology landscape: public and private funding, innovation potential and market perspective.
Future Directions for Quantum Technology in Europe (Report, 2025, doi:10.2760/0891087, doi:10.2760/0209304, CC BY 4.0)
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) (JRC news, 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 (Report, 2024, doi:10.2760/9842945, doi:10.2760/6199218)
Horizon scanning of emerging quantum technologies and breakthrough innovations (FUTURINNOV project).
Cold atom interferometry for inertial navigation sensors (Report, 2020, doi:10.2760/237221)
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 (Report, 2020, doi:10.2760/315209)
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 (Report, 2019, doi:10.2760/938284)
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).