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.
At a glance
- EU and national projects: 354
- Organisations and companies: 68
- Infrastructure and deployment status: 4
- Documents and publications: 1
- Courses and master’s programmes: 1
- Jobs and funding calls: 4
- News and events: 5
Key items: EU and national projects
- CARIOQA-PMP: Cold Atom Rubidium Interferometer in Orbit for Quantum Accelerometry – Pathfinder Mission Preparation
- CARIOQA-PHB: Cold Atom Rubidium Interferometer in Orbit for Quantum Accelerometry – Phase B
- ASTERIQS: Advancing Science and TEchnology thRough dIamond Quantum Sensing
Key items: Organisations and companies
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.
161 of 437 confirmed items get at least one physical platform value from the rules.
| Value | Definition | Validation | Confirmed items |
|---|---|---|---|
| NV and other colour centres in diamond | Optically addressed spin defects in diamond, above all the nitrogen-vacancy centre, read out at room temperature down to the nanoscale. | Proposed — not yet validated by an expert | 33 |
| Spin defects in other solids | Colour centres and spin defects in hosts other than diamond, such as silicon carbide, hexagonal boron nitride or rare-earth ions in crystals. | Proposed — not yet validated by an expert | 6 |
| Alkali vapour cells and optically pumped magnetometers | Warm or hot alkali atoms in a glass cell, pumped and read by light, as in optically pumped magnetometers, vapour-cell clocks and vapour-cell gyroscopes. | Proposed — not yet validated by an expert | 1 |
| Atomic beams and masers | Thermal atomic or molecular beams and masers, such as caesium-beam clocks and hydrogen masers, the established microwave frequency standards. | Proposed — not yet validated by an expert | 0 |
| Cold atoms and atom interferometers | Laser-cooled neutral atoms or Bose-Einstein condensates, used in atom interferometers, optical lattice clocks and cold-atom magnetometers. | Proposed — not yet validated by an expert | 38 |
| Rydberg atoms | Atoms excited to very high energy levels whose large electric dipoles make them sensitive, self-calibrated receivers of electric and radio-frequency fields. | Proposed — not yet validated by an expert | 5 |
| Trapped ions | Single or few charged atoms held in electromagnetic traps, used for optical ion clocks, nuclear clocks and precision measurements. | Proposed — not yet validated by an expert | 0 |
| SQUIDs and superconducting sensors | Superconducting circuits with Josephson junctions or nanowires: SQUIDs, transition-edge sensors, nanowire single-photon detectors and Josephson voltage standards. | Proposed — not yet validated by an expert | 7 |
| Optomechanical and levitated sensors | Mechanical oscillators, membranes or levitated particles coupled to light or microwaves and read out at the quantum limit, for force, acceleration and displacement. | Proposed — not yet validated by an expert | 12 |
| Quantum light: squeezed, entangled and single photons | Non-classical states of light, such as squeezed light, entangled photon pairs and single photons, used for quantum-enhanced interferometry, imaging and spectroscopy. | Proposed — not yet validated by an expert | 56 |
| Nuclear and electron spin ensembles (NMR-type) | Ensembles of nuclear or electron spins, often hyperpolarised, read by magnetic resonance, as in nuclear-spin magnetometers, co-magnetometers and NMR gyroscopes. | Proposed — not yet validated by an expert | 4 |
| Semiconductor and 2D quantum electronic devices | Quantum Hall devices, single-electron pumps and transistors and quantum dots in semiconductors or graphene, the basis of quantum electrical standards and charge sensors. | Proposed — not yet validated by an expert | 4 |
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)
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.
| 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
| 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.
- Parts and materials of Quantum sensors and atomic clocks: Alkali vapour cell sensors
- Parts and materials of Quantum sensors and atomic clocks: Magnetic shielding and field control; Diamond and superconducting magnetometers
- Parts and materials of Quantum sensors and atomic clocks: Cold-atom inertial and gravity sensors; Lasers for atomic sensors
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 | 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. |
| 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) |
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
- Stichting Nederlandse Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Instituten
- Single Quantum BV Company brief for investors: Single Quantum BV
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz
- Politecnico di Milano
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.
| 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
- PTB Quantum Technology Competence Center (QTZ)
- Qu-Test
- TNO Quantum Sensing Testbed
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
Pipeline topics of Quantum sensing and metrology
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 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.
EU and national projects
354 confirmed items. Including suggestions by rules or AI, not yet reviewed and not listed here: 392.
| 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 |
| 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
- CARIOQA-PHB: Cold Atom Rubidium Interferometer in Orbit for Quantum Accelerometry – Phase B
- ASTERIQS: Advancing Science and TEchnology thRough dIamond Quantum Sensing
- AMADEUS: Advancing the market uptake of diamond defects quantum sensors
- ACDC_Q: Advanced Circuits for Detection and Control of Diamond Quantum Sensors
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.
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: 5 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 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) |
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.
| 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.
News and events
5 confirmed items. Including suggestions by rules or AI, not yet reviewed and not listed here: 11.
- UKRI backs quantum breakthroughs supported by training
- Ausschreibung “Challenge the Quantum Technologies”
- QuantERA Call 2025 Results: 39 Projects Driving Future Quantum Technologies
- Quantensensorik MADE in THE LÄND – Großer Erfolg für Quantensensorik aus Baden-Württemberg
- Diamond laser system achieves 100% optical contrast in magnetic-field readout
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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