Quantum sensing
Early commercialmomentum 391,002 papers in 3 months (+12% yearly)$74M raised in 12 months21 companies
Devices that use quantum states of atoms or light to measure time, motion or fields precisely, or to link and secure networks.
Why early commercial: DARPA contracted IonQ in August 2026 to manufacture and deliver 125 optical atomic clocks for US government use. Aug 6, 2026
Dots under a month: dated events tracked here that month.
23 events
About quantum sensing here
- Sub-areas
- Atomic clocks, Quantum navigation and inertial sensing, Quantum magnetometry, Diamond NV sensors, Quantum key distribution, Quantum networks and memories, Quantum gravimetry
- Stage evidence
- Early commercial, Aug 6, 2026: DARPA contracted IonQ in August 2026 to manufacture and deliver 125 optical atomic clocks for US government use. investors.ionq.com
- Momentum
- 39 of 100: the mean of its ranks among the tracked fields for paper growth (50), funding in 12 months (0) and events in 90 days (66). Method
- Papers
- 5,028 in the 12 months ending two months ago, +12% against the 12 before (OpenAlex topics, journal and conference papers).
- Tracked here since
- Sep 25, 2026
Changes to this field
| Date | Change | ||
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| Sep 25, 2026 | Quantum sensingTechnology: Name, Quantum sensing (was Quantum sensing and networking) | seed | investors.ionq.com |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Quantum sensingTechnology: Added | seed | investors.ionq.com |