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Together, quantum sensors, quantum communications, and quantum computers will have the ability to acquire, transmit, and process information with performance capabilities surpassing fundamental limitations of conventional classical technologies. Consequently, emerging quantum technologies are attributed a potential to disrupt society and make profound impact across industry and business verticals, and consequently a substantial global market is expected to manifest itself as the technologies mature, demonstrate their worth, and become broadly adapted.
Quantum technologies are, however, not isolated independent entities, but highly dependent on so-called quantum enabling technologies. These are supporting technologies crucial for the development, control, and scaling of quantum information systems and encompass a very broad span of technologies: on one side including entirely classical technologies and on the other side technologies that are close to being quantum technologies in their own right. Some already exist and just need to be adapted and integrated while others are still in the making.
Quantum enabling technologies is a very broad and diverse class of technologies and exactly because of that it is also one that is difficult to contain in a simple unifying and encompassing definition. This should, however, not prevent attempts to elucidate what is encompassed in the term quantum enabling technologies, and the motivation for the present documents is exactly that. The discussion of the topic provided in the following is by no means exhaustive and merely aspires to give the reader an impression of the technology class as well as promoting tools to facilitate navigation and discussion of quantum enabling technologies.
