TEHRAN – The first nationwide quantum network is deliberate to be inaugurated by the start of the subsequent Iranian Calendar yr (March 21, 2026), an official with the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has mentioned.
Quantum know-how is a quickly rising area that serves as a basic pillar for the event of science, trade, security, and data know-how worldwide, Mehr information company quoted Davood Ranjbar as saying.
Many international locations just like the U.S., China, Russia, and Germany have made important funding in quantum know-how. Now, Iran is making progress within the area by putting strategic tasks on the agenda, he added.
Supported by ICT Ministry and the atomic Energy Organization, and knowledge-based corporations, the nationwide venture to design and implement Iran’s first quantum network has kicked off via a comparative examine of the superior international locations’ packages, the official famous.
In July, President Masoud Pezeshkian declared the implementation of the ‘national document on quantum science and technology’.
The doc is a complete set of important aims, evaluation indicators, nationwide methods, implementing and monitoring mechanisms, IRNA quoted Abdolhassan Bahrami, an official with the Vice Presidency for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-based Economy, as saying.
It has been developed as a roadmap for the progress of analysis, enlargement of know-how, and commercialization of quantum applied sciences, the official added.
In this line, quantum science and know-how headquarters will be established to improve coordination amongst related organizations, develop an implementation roadmap, pursue the event of laws, observe nationwide and world developments, in addition to suggest amendments to revise the doc.
To implement the doc, the vice-presidency, in cooperation with different related establishments, will initially present a nationwide plan for division of labor within the quantum science and know-how sector. It will be adopted by offering help for the event of purposes, commercialization, and participation of knowledge-based corporations to make the most effective use of home modern capacities.
Iran’s rating in Quantum Science, Technology
According to information launched by Web of Science (WoS) in 2024, Iran’s rating in Quantum Science and Technology publications improved from 23 in 2014 to 16 in 2023, putting the nation high amongst Islamic nations in all quantum know-how fields.
Over the previous decade, the nation’s greatest rating in quantum know-how is 15, from 2019 to 2021, IRNA reported.
Quantum applied sciences embody three important classes, specifically quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum sensing and measurement.
Quantum computing contains photonic networks, superconducting circuits, spin qubits, impartial (chilly) atoms, and trapped ions. Quantum communication includes quantum key distribution, quantum telemetry, quantum repeater, and sensors. Quantum sensing encompasses quantum clocks, quantum imaging, and quantum radars.
Iran’s greatest world rating is in quantum distant sensing know-how. The nation is ranked eighth worldwide.
The nation’s different world rating embody photonic network applied sciences, 17; superconducting circuits, 18; spin qubit, 16; impartial (chilly) atoms, 21; Trapped ions, 19; quantum key distribution, 24; quantum repeater, 26; quantum clock, 12; quantum imaging, 14; and quantum radar, 15.
In quantum distant sensing, Yazd University, University of Tehran, and University of Mohaqeq Ardabili ranked first to third, respectively. Yazd University additionally ranked first in Quantum repeater.
Shahed University; University of Tehran, and Imam Khomeini International University ranked first respectively in superconducting circuits, spin qubits, and nuclear atoms.
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