Quantum Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

Quantum sensors that utilize quantum effects, such as superposition and entanglement, are rapidly advancing in their technical maturity. Quantum sensors based upon the superposition principle, such as matterwave interferometers, have, in many cases, surpassed their classical counterparts in terms of recision achieved in the laboratory. While the first commercial products are emerging in the field of gravity sensing and atomic clocks, there are still technological challenges to be overcome to enable scalable production at an affordable cost. Furthermore, technologies for future increases in sensitivity via scaling beam splitter pulses, harnessing non-linear effects or invoking entanglement, provide fascinating perspectives for future sensitivities. These technologies are at a very active, but early basic research stage and will need to be included in future technology roadmaps.

This Special Issue aims to bring together state-of-the-art research and development contributions that address the technological and research challenges in quantum sensors. Topics of primary interest include, but are not limited to, matterwave interferometers for inertial measurements, entangled imaging systems, atomic and optical clocks, atomic magnetometers, squeezed and entangled photonic sensors, superconducting interference devices, etc.

In this Special Issue, we solicit review articles, original research papers, and short communications covering all aspects of quantum sensors including: technical implementation, modelling, quantum enhancements and demonstrations of applications. Submissions should clearly indicate which open challenges in quantum sensors the work is addressing. Authors are invited to contact the guest editors prior to submission if they are uncertain whether their work falls within the general scope of this Special Issue.

Professor Dr. Kai Bongs
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• quantum sensor
• entanglement
• superposition
• matterwave interferometer