Towards European Standards for Quantum Technologies

The Second Quantum Revolution facilitates the engineering of new classes of sensors, communication technologies, and computers with unprecedented capabilities. Supply chains for quantum technologies are emerging, some focussed on commercially available components for enabling technologies and/or quantum-technologies research infrastructures, others with already higher technology-readiness levels, near to the market. In 2018, the European Commission has launched its large-scale and long-term Quantum Flagship research initiative to support and foster the creation and development of a competitive European quantum technologies industry, as well as the consolidation and expansion of leadership and excellence in European quantum technology research. One of the measures to achieve an accelerated development and uptake has been identified by the Quantum Flagship in its Strategic Research Agenda: the promotion of coordinated, dedicated standardisation and certification efforts. This article presents insights on standardisation for quantum technologies from the perspective of the CEN-CENELEC Focus Group on Quantum Technologies (FGQT), which was established in June 2020 to coordinate and support the development of standards relevant for European industry and research.

VAN DEVENTER Oscar;  SPETHMANN Nicolas;  LOEFFLER Marius;  AMORETTI Michele;  VAN DEN BRINK Rob;  BRUNO Natalia;  COMI Paolo;  FARRUGIA Noel;  GRAMEGNA Marco;  JENET Andreas;  KASSENBERG Ben;  KOZLOWSKI Wojciech;  LÄNGER Thomas;  LINDSTROM Tobias;  MARTIN Vicente;  NEUMANN Niels;  PAPADOPOULOS Homer;  PASCAZIO Saverio;  PEEV Momtchil;  PITWON Richard;  ROL Adriaan;  TRAINA Paolo;  VENDERBOSCH Pim;  WILHELM-MAUCH Frank K.; 

2022-12-01

SPRINGER

JRC128790

2662-4400 (online),   

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-022-00150-1.pdf,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128790,   

10.1140/epjqt/s40507-022-00150-1 (online),