The future of quantum technology as seen from the EU, USA and Japan

experts’ vision over the next two decades

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Author(s)

D. Z. Anderson (University of Colorado, ColdQuanta Inc.)

P. Chomaz (CEA-Saclay)

S. Takeuchi (Kyoto University)

Y. Arakawa (University of Tokyo)

Y. Baba (Institute for Quantum Life Science, Nagoya University)

O. Benson (Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin)

K. A. Brickman Soderberg (Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate)

E. Diamanti (Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS))

D. Elkouss (TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)

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QuTech Advanced Research Centre
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ae271a Final published version
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Publication Year
2026
Language
English
Research Institute
QuTech Advanced Research Centre
Journal title
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Issue number
7
Volume number
59
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Abstract

The development of quantum technology is facing substantial scientific and technological challenges. More importantly, there are as-yet-unknown aspects and applications of quantum technology to be uncovered. There is thus global acknowledgement by stakeholder communities and governments alike that the ongoing advancement of quantum science and technology ought to be an international pursuit in which the strain between competition and cooperation is balanced through collaboration. It is in this spirit of ‘coopetition’ that this article seeks to give a cross-sectional view of the state of Quantum 2.0 technology in the USA, Europe and Japan, by providing the predictions of a large number of experts concerning progress in quantum technology over the next two decades.

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