Projektbeschreibung
Die Entstehung einer sektorübergreifenden Quantensensorindustrie
Sensorische Schnittstellen verbinden die reale Welt mit der digitalen Welt. Die Quantentechnologien sind im Begriff, die Sensorik zu revolutionieren. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt macQsimal wird quantenfähige Sensoren mit außerordentlicher Empfindlichkeit für fünf wesentliche physikalische Messgrößen entwickeln: Magnetfelder, Zeit, Rotation, elektromagnetische Strahlung und Gaskonzentration. Diese verschiedenen Bereiche werden durch eine gemeinsame Kerntechnologie vereint: Atomdampfzellen, die als integrierte mikroelektromechanische Systeme (MEMS) realisiert werden. Das Projekt wird modernste Sensorphysik mit der MEMS-Atomdampfzellenplattform für hochentwickelte Prototypen und Demonstratoren kombinieren. Diese quantenfähige Multitarget-Sensorplattform wird den Beginn einer dynamischen und sektorübergreifenden Quantensensorindustrie in Europa markieren.
Ziel
Sensors provide the interface between the real world and the digital world. Quantum technologies are poised to revolutionize this interface, and with it sensor-driven industries such as navigation and medical imaging. The macQsimal project combines the expertise of world-leading research groups, RTOs and companies, covering the whole knowledge chain from basic science to industrial deployment, and aims at breakthroughs that will firmly establish European leadership in the quantum sensor industry.
The project will develop quantum-enabled sensors with outstanding sensitivity for five key physical observables: magnetic fields, time, rotation, electro-magnetic radiation and gas concentration. These sensors are chosen for their high impact and their potential to quickly advance to a product: Within macQsimal all these sensors will reach TRLs between 3 and 6 and will outperform other solutions in the respective markets.
The common core technology in these diverse sensors is atomic vapor cells realized as integrated microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Atomic vapor cells make coherent quantum processes available to applications: advanced cell-based sensors optimally exploit single-particle coherence, with the potential to harness also multi-particle quantum coherence for still greater sensitivity. Fabricating such atomic vapor cells as MEMS allows for high-volume, high-reliability and low-cost deployment of miniaturized, integrated sensors, critical to wide-spread adoption.
The macQsimal project will combine state-of-the-art sensor physics with the MEMS atomic vapor cell platform, for highly advanced prototypes and demonstrators. Concurrently, advanced squeezing, entanglement and cavity-QED methods will be applied for the first time in miniaturized sensors, bringing quantum enhancement closer than ever to industrial application. This advanced, multi-target, quantum-enabled sensor platform will mark the start of a dynamic and multi-sector quantum sensor industry in Europe.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
Schlüsselbegriffe
Programm/Programme
Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
Andere Projekte für diesen Aufruf anzeigenUnterauftrag
H2020-FETFLAG-2018-03
Finanzierungsplan
RIA - Research and Innovation actionKoordinator
2000 Neuchatel
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