QSens – Quantum Sensors of the Future
IMS CHIPS Newsletter 2/2021
QSens enters its first implementation phase on Nov. 1
The QSens vision: Utilizing the disruptive potential of quantum sensors in
everyday life
In view of the „second quantum revolution“ the availability of novel quantum sensors offers a unique opportunity to fundamentally improve sensor performance. This value commitment is based on previously successfully demonstrated measurements in research laboratories and emphasizes the enormous potential in quantum technologies. Examples include revolutionary increases in the sensitivity of diamond-based magnetic field sensors, which open up completely new directions in personalized medicine, a precision enhancement of quantum gyroscopes, which achieve hundredfold increased angular resolution for high-precision navigation, or the availability of calibration-free quantum standards, which form the basis for a reliable functioning of all autonomous systems.
The objective of the QSens cluster is to transfer the outstanding basic research findings in quantum sensor technology from physics labs into everyday industrial applications (see front page).
The vision of the QSens cluster goes well beyond the format of traditional collaborative funding. In order to utilize the immense potential provided by quantum technologies as quickly and efficiently as possible and to secure it for Germany as a business location in the long term, QSens is designed much like a holistic ecosystem. Due to its interdisciplinary structure, QSens will be able to independently generate new market-relevant innovations for society´s challenges of mobility, healthcare, IoT and sustainability by making use of quantum sensors and transfering them into market products.
To achieve this, QSens relies on a high degree of local capacities and combines the scientific excellence of university partners in basic research and engineering with the experience of innovative large companies as well as the dynamics of SMEs and start-ups. This also creates the kind of sustainability that makes it possible to bridge the „valley of death“ in the transition from the research lab to everyday life, see figure above. Specifically, in the first three-year QSens implementation phase, application-driven work is done on the market introduction of quantum sensor technology in the areas of (bio)medical technology, industrial sensor technology and sensors for research within the framework of six joint research projects. In addition, there are two joint research projects dealing specifically with the scalable production of quantum sensors in diamond and/or silicon carbide, see figure below. The cluster is rounded off by two cluster-forming projects, one of which is dedicated to interdisciplinary topics such as a dissemination in industry and society and the support of QSens spinoffs. The second cross-cluster project, „Quantum4SME“, is dedicated to establishing an ecosystem that will enable fabless manufacturing of quantum sensors for SMEs and startups before too long. IMS CHIPS is an integral part of QSens assuming a central role in the scalable fabrication of quantum sensors and will be home to a large part of the „Quantum4KMU“ platform in the future.
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