French President Emmanuel Macron detailing France’s Quantum Strategy in Paris-Saclay (Source: L’Elysée)
Ranging from the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics Albert Fert and Serge Haroche,1 who developed spintronics and cavity quantum electrodynamics,2 to CNRS Gold Medallist Alain Aspect s pioneering research on quantum entanglement and the quantum simulators developed by the digital transformation company Atos, France has recognised expertise in the field of quantum technology, and intends to remain an essential player in international competition. In this effort, the French President Emmanuel Macron recently unveiled a wide-ranging Quantum Plan, which was eagerly awaited by the French scientific community, but whose announcement was long delayed due to the health and economic crisis.