Quantum technology

METAS is establishing a quantum metrology platform. The idea is to provide Switzerland with the optimal metrological foundations for the second quantum revolution as a centre of research and industry. The aim is to make new quantum technologies measurable, comparable and reliable.

Over a century ago, attempts to explain certain physical phenomena using classical physics failed. Why do atoms radiate only certain colours? Why does light sometimes behave like a wave and sometimes like particles? Quantum mechanics provided the answer: energy and matter do not exist in one continuous form, but as tiny portions – the quantum.