The European quantum technologies flagship program

Abstract

Technologies are currently being developed that explicitly address individual quantum states and make use of the “strange” quantum properties, such as superposition and entanglement — commonly referred to as Quantum Technologies (QT). A number of QT start-up companies were founded over the last decade [1] and large global companies, including Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Toshiba, have recently started to invest heavily in this field [2-6]. Governments are also picking up on the trend and start large QT funding programs [7].