The EU-funded macQsimal project was launched in 2018 to explore how quantum properties can be used to develop sensors with unprecedented precision and sensitivity and to help establish a high-performance European industry in this field. The project was carried out by a consortium of 14 partners spanning the entire technology value chain, from fundamental research … Read more
On 20-21 June the macQsimal partners met for the very last time in person within the project that concludes at the end of July. Benefiting from the hospitality of the University the Neuchatel, hosting the event in Switzerland, the project coordinator, Dr. Jacques Haesler from CSEM and Prof. Alice Sinatra from CNRS presented at the … Read more
On the 21st of June, the Quantum sensing with hot vapors symposium will welcome all interested in Quantum Science to join the event online, after registration. Open to the public, the symposium held from 10:30 to 17:00 CEST will be an excellent opportunity to share research results and discuss the future of Quantum sensing, also … Read more
Three years after the last in-person IFCS and EFTF, the Time & Frequency community met again at the 2022 joint EFTF and IFCS conference. The event was held between 24 – 28 April at the “Cité des Sciences” science museum in Paris, France with a hybrid option providing online access for those attending virtually. This … Read more
The macQsimal project will mark its achievements with a Quantum sensing with hot vapors symposium held as part of the last consortium meeting. Project partners from the University of Neuchâtel will host the meeting, welcoming the project partners in Switzerland. On the 21st of June, the Quantum sensing with hot vapors symposium will welcome all … Read more
Mobile World Congress 2022 (MWC) took place from February 28th to March 3rd. The world’s largest and most influential connectivity event hosted over 61,000 attendees from almost 200 countries. It also hosted a zone dedicated to showcasing the innovation and development in Quantum Technologies that Europe is driving forward, The European Quantum Space. The stand … Read more
macQsimal researchers at ICFO, Charikleia Troullinou, Ricardo Jiménez-Martínez, and Vito Giovanni Lucivero, led by Prof. Morgan Mitchell, showed experimentally that extra-quiet light can make a sensitive magnetometer even more sensitive. Precise detection of magnetic fields is important for applications that range from magnetic brain imaging to the detection of sunken ships. For many of these … Read more
The 2nd European Quantum Technology Conference (EQTC) 2021 is a virtual event being hosted by the Irish Centre for High-End Computing and the National University of Ireland, Galway between 29th November and 2nd December 2021. The event will highlight all of the most prominent and recent advances in European and international quantum technology activities across basic sciences, communication, computing, simulation and … Read more
One of the objectives of the EU-funded projects is to increase the outreach for science and innovation. One of the means that has become a popular tool for communicating science to the general public is video. The macQsimal team is developing a series of videos that will not only present the project objectives, results and … Read more
The Workshop on Optically Pumped Magnetometers (WOPM) is an annual conference covering topics related to OPM technology. This year the event will be held in a hybrid form allowing participants to meet in person in Berlin, Glasgow and Jena. The local WOPM meeting in Jena, Germany will take place on both days 4th and 5th of October … Read more