Quantum Technologies

Quantum technologies enable the development of completely new types of high-performance computers, but also create innovations in fields as diverse as data security, materials research and sensor technology.

We are therefore pooling our expertise in the field and have created Helmholtz Quantum, a unique platform for researching and developing quantum technologies.

Together with national and European partners at universities, research institutions and in industry, we follow a holistic approach: from basic research to system development and application. Helmholtz is active in five main areas: Quantum computing, quantum communication, quantum sensors, quantum materials and basic research, and simulation and numerical methods. In addition, we develop, build and operate strong infrastructures for research into quantum technologies.

Quantum Use Challenge

Through the Quantum Use Challenge, Helmholtz supports research projects that bring quantum technologies from the laboratory into everyday life. The goal of the initiative is to harness the potential of quantum computing, quantum sensing, and related technologies to address key societal challenges.

Quantum Use Challenge

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“We need to develop the ability to build these systems ourselves”

Tommaso Calarco heads the Institute for Quantum Control at the Forschungszentrum Jülich. In this interview, he discusses the challenges of quantum technology as well as Germany’s and Europe’s position…
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When the infection is over and the disease is just beginning

Long COVID, ME/CFS, and other post-infectious diseases pose new questions for medicine and society. With the long-term data from the NAKO Health Study, Germany now aims to systematically clarify why…
Part #06: Tap-proof quantum communication

We spoke with physicist David Hunger from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) about quantum communication that cannot be eavesdropped on unnoticed thanks to quantum particles.
Part #05: Quantum materials with a twist

In the fifth instalment in our series for the Quantum Year, we spoke with solid-state physicist Oliver Rader from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) about topological insulators – a quantum mechanical…
Part #04: Neutrinos – Putting chameleons on the scales

They’re super-light and fly through the universe – and through us – en masse, yet are almost impossible to grasp: in our fourth instalment for the Quantum Year, we tag along with Kathrin Valerius from…
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"We want to develop a low-error quantum computer with excellent performance data"

In the QSolid project, scientists and industry are developing a quantum computer "Made in Germany". This new type of computer works with so-called qubits, which, unlike the "bits" of classical…