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id="article-header-id-7480-quantum-technology-is-an-emerging-field-that-brings-together-engineering-and-physics"> Quantum technology is an emerging field that brings together engineering and physics. </h1> </div> <div class="text-block-content" style="text-align:left;"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Exploiting the effects of quantum mechanics, quantum information technology (QIT) opens new possibilities in computing that exceed the capacity of conventional computing systems. While still at a nascent stage, QIT has attracted much attention from national governments as an area of critical research.</p> <p>Quantum technologies already have a significant impact on the work of IEC technical committees in areas such as lasers and semiconductors. Technologies such as quantum computing and quantum sensing are on the rise, and present an exciting frontier for standardization, although their realized potential is still very much in its infancy.</p> <p>The IEC and ISO have established a joint technical committee on quantum technologies, <a href="https://www.iec.ch/dyn/www/f?p=103:7:609877745669327::::FSP_ORG_ID:49854" target="_blank">IEC/ISO JTC 3: <em>Quantum technologies</em></a>. The scope of this new IEC/ISO joint technical committee is to develop standards in the field of quantum technologies, including quantum computing, quantum simulation, quantum sources, quantum metrology, quantum detectors and quantum communications.</p> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div data-region="r5c1c5a740a6d1c5c1c5a7c20239" class="dynamic-layouts-container-column layout-builder--layout__region col-4 iec-col "> <section class="block block-iec-section-custom block-module-promote-resource-wrapper block-layout-builder block-inline-blockmodule-promote-resource clearfix"> <div class="module-promote-resource-image"> <img class="b-lazy" data-src="/system/files/styles/original_image/private/2024-01/quantum_whitepaper-cover_0.jpg?itok=UklkU4lh" alt="white paper cover"> </div> <div class="module-promote-resource-content"> <h3 class="module-promote-resource-content-title">Quantum information technology</h3> <div class="module-promote-resource-content-description"> This white paper addresses a wide range of issues related to quantum technologies and the role of standardization. It provides an overview of its current state of development from the perspective of research and technology, industry and market readiness. </div> <div class="module-promote-resource-content-readmore"> <a class="iec-read-more hvr-icon-forward" href='/basecamp/quantum-information-technology'> Read more <i class="ion ion-ios-arrow-round-forward hvr-icon"></i> </a> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="dynamic-layouts-container custom-12" > <div class="iec-full-width iec-bg-grey"> <div class="container"> <div class="dynamic-layout-row iec-row iec-fixed-row-bg "> <div data-region="r5c627bcf91f79c5c627bcf91f7d" class="dynamic-layouts-container-column layout-builder--layout__region col-12 iec-col "> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-block-module-white-gray-space clearfix"> <div class="module-white-gray-space-content iec-bg-color iec-bg-grey"> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="dynamic-layouts-container custom-12" > <div 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</div> <div data-region="r5c6295f0c77c1c5c6296143e587" class="dynamic-layouts-container-column layout-builder--layout__region col-8 iec-col "> <section class="block block-iec-section-custom block-layout-builder block-inline-blockmodule-single-element-text clearfix single-element-text" id="single-element-text-7482"> <div class="text-block-header" style="text-align:left;"> <h2 class="text-block-title condensed" style="font-size:34px;" id="article-header-id-7482-quantum-and-superconductors"> Quantum and superconductors </h1> </div> <div class="text-block-content" style="text-align:left;"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>An important material used in quantum computing is superconductors. <a href="https://www.iec.ch/dyn/www/f?p=103:7:::::FSP_ORG_ID:1285" target="_blank">TC 90</a>: <em>Superconductivity</em> and <a href="https://www.iec.ch/dyn/www/f?p=103:7:::::FSP_ORG_ID:1222" target="_blank">TC 3</a>: <em>Documentation, graphical symbols and representations of technical information</em> have standardized symbols for fundamental elements of superconductor devices such as Josephson junctions, which are elements of quantum bits (qubits).</p> <p><a href="https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/2723" target="_blank">IEC 60617</a>: <em>Graphical symbols for diagrams</em> includes commonly-used symbols for resistors, capacitors, transistors, etc. It now also includes the recently registered superconductor device for quantum technology.<br>  </p> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="dynamic-layouts-container custom-12" > <div class="dynamic-layout-row iec-row "> <div data-region="r5c1c5969093f7c5c1c5969093fa" class="dynamic-layouts-container-column layout-builder--layout__region col-12 iec-col "> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-block-module-white-gray-space clearfix"> <div class="module-white-gray-space-content iec-bg-color iec-bg-white"> </div> 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src="/system/files/inline-images/icon1.jpg" width="46"></p> <p><strong style="color:#0194cb;">S01924</strong></p> <p>Superconducting region,<br> one superconducting connection</p> <hr> <p><img alt="S01925" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f6fe94e1-76f8-497f-8b54-234c1198fcf2" height="35" src="/system/files/inline-images/icon2.jpg" width="66"></p> <p><strong style="color:#0194cb;">S01925</strong></p> <p>Superconducting region, one superconducting connection and,<br> one normal conducting connection<br> (normal-superconducting boundary)</p> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div data-region="r5c6279c634c56c5c6279e1b3003" class="dynamic-layouts-container-column layout-builder--layout__region col-3 iec-col "> <section class="block block-iec-section-custom block-layout-builder block-inline-blockmodule-single-element-text clearfix single-element-text" id="single-element-text-7488"> <div class="text-block-content" style="text-align:left;"> <div class="field field--name-body 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