Quantum Sensors – The Journey from the Lab to a Product of Daily Life

The future in sensor development will largely profit from adapting quantum technologies as a key enabler for pushing achievable detection limits and absolute accuracy in measurement to the ultimate limit. With the onset of the second quantum revolution, advanced quantum physics took its way out of university laboratories to research labs of tech companies, where physicists and engineers translate large tabletop quantum experiments into compact, robust and high-quality quantum measurement devices, scalable to high production volumes. The industrialization of such innovative sensing products requires both competitive price and fulfillment of size, weight, and power constraints. This enables applications ranging from magnetometers revolutionizing cardiac diagnostic to sensors allowing GPS-free navigation.