Details
- Pasqal has moved Q-PLANET into its execution phase, coordinating a three-year, €50 million pilot line backed by the EU Chips Joint Undertaking and national and regional authorities.
- The consortium includes 28 research, academic and industrial partners across 11 European countries, with Pasqal providing overall coordination and end-user requirements.
- Q-PLANET will develop industrial-grade components including lasers operating at 461, 698, 795 and 1013 nanometres, atom chips, and microfabricated vapor cells for quantum computing, sensing and communications.
- The project will create standardized Process Design Kits and Assembly Design Kits, while assessing energy efficiency across manufacturing, to help move neutral-atom technologies from laboratory research toward industrial production.
- Pasqal will lead development of chip-based 1013-nanometre laser sources and validate laser and vapor-cell technologies for use in its systems, supporting Europe’s effort to build a domestic quantum supply chain.
Impact
Q-PLANET strengthens Europe’s push to translate quantum research into manufacturable components and user-ready systems, while reducing reliance on fragmented external supply chains. Over the next 12–24 months, its shared fabrication standards, component validation and cross-border partnerships could help direct public and private funding toward scalable neutral-atom hardware, sensing and communications applications.
