Development and application of industrial useable quantum sensors

Quantum technology is celebrated as the new hype for European funding landscape and in fact it could prove to be right this time. It is based on fundamental laws of quantum mechanics and at nanoscales its effects will become visible - at the most when reaching atomic sizes. Quantum sensors are characterized by extremely high sensitivity, and because quantum states depend only on a few natural constants, they are extremely robust and often do not need to be calibrated. This makes them interesting for applications in medicine, material testing or for the recognition of critical situations. So far economic success has been rather low, due to high development costs, and also completely different readout methods and control electronics.