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564 results for News, Department of Applied Physics

QS Ranking: Aalto places 140th in the world

Aalto is #1 in Finland with regard to relative number of research citations and employer reputation.
Awards and Recognition
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World Challenge 2018 Finals in Finland on 27–30 August – work for a better world

Innovators are invited to develop apps that improve life on earth by utilising satellite data.
Cooperation
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Finding the unknown, D.Sc. Natalie Segercrantz

Doctoral graduate Natalie Segercrantz likens research work to being an explorer. In a laboratory, one can encounter something that has never been witnessed before.
Research & Art
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Doctoral graduate Natalie Segercrantz Aalto University

Designer materials with completely random structures might enable quantum computing

Topological randomness may be the answer for lossless electronics and making the nuts and bolts of quantum computers.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Designer materials and quantum randomness

Time crystals may hold secret to coherence in quantum computing

New experimental evidence also lays groundwork for new ways of studying time
Press releases, Research & Art
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Peter Liljeroth appointed as Academy Professor

The Academy of Finland has granted funding for ten new Academy Professors in different fields of science. Aalto University has recently also received Academy funding for seven Academy Fellows and eight Postdoctoral Researchers.
Appointments, Research & Art
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Peter Liljeroth

Aalto funding for quantum engineering open

CQE is looking for 2-3 outstanding projects in the field of quantum engineering to be funded in 2018.
For Aalto community
Research & Art
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4th CQE call open

Ultrafast laser pulse created by golden nanoparticles

The creation of a fast, tunable and stable nanoparticle-array laser is a stepping stone to affordable and efficient sensing and switching.
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Einstein’s “spooky action” goes massive!

The elusive quantum mechanical phenomenon called entanglement has now been made a reality in objects almost macroscopic in size. Results published in Nature show how two vibrating drumheads, the width of a human hair, can display the spooky action.
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An illustration of the 15-micrometre-wide drumheads prepared on silicon chips used in the experiment. The drumheads vibrate at a high ultrasound frequency, and the peculiar quantum state predicted by Einstein was created from the vibrations. Image: Aalto University / Petja Hyttinen & Olli Hanhirova, ARKH Architects.

A new Bose–Einstein condensate created at Aalto University

Researchers at Aalto University, Finland are the first to create a Bose–Einstein condensate of light coupled with metal electrons, so-called surface plasmon polaritons.
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Bose–Einstein condensation on a nanogold particle array

Scientists observe a new quantum particle with properties of ball lightning

This knotted skyrmion may provide insight into a stable ball of plasma that could enhance future fusion reactors.
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Artistic impression of a quantum ball lighting. Figure credit: Heikka Valja.

Väisälä Awards to Professor Camilla Hollanti and Adjunct Professor Sabrina Maniscalco

Both Hollanti and Maniscalco are spearheads in their respective, globally highly competitive fields.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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2017 Best Physics Doctoral Dissertation and Teacher of the Year prizes awarded

€3,000-prizes were awarded for three Best Doctoral Dissertations in recognition of research and one for Teacher of the Year.
Research & Art, Studies
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Centre for Quantum Engineering funding awarded for three projects

A total of EUR 290 000 has been granted for new projects that pave the way for large-scale initiatives in the field of quantum engineering at Aalto.
Research & Art
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Weyl metamaterials offer a novel route to 3D electronic devices

Researchers show how the principles of general relativity open the door to novel electronic applications including the 3D electron lens and electronic invisibility devices.
Press releases, Research & Art
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a) By local manipulation of material parameters, it is possible to tune the properties of charge carriers in Weyl semimetals, b) With suitable local manipulation of material parameters one can tailor the carrier motion and design novel electronic devices such as the electron lens, which focuses the incoming carriers. Picture: Teemu Ojanen.

Construction of a quantum computer begins at Aalto University

Docent Mikko Möttönen's working group has received nearly one million euros in funding for the construction of a quantum computer.
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Photo of the centimeter-sized silicon chip which has three separate superconducting quantum bits. Photo: Jan Goetz/Aalto-yliopisto

Quantum researchers around the globe gather at Aalto

The conference covers quantum effects and connects research directions at the frontiers of mesoscopic quantum coherence.
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Olli V. Lounasmaa Memorial Prize 2016 laureate Prof. Michel Devoret gave a scientific talk at the conference on Saturday 5 August at Hanasaari. Photo: Mika Sillanpää

Chemical route towards electronic devices in graphene

Essential electronic components, such as diodes and tunnel barriers, can be incorporated in single graphene wires (nanoribbons) with atomic precision.
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Schematic of the synthesis procedure for the graphene nanoribbon heterostructures

Quantum technology selected as an Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence

Aalto is also involved in the space and imaging centres of excellence.
Research & Art
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Frequency modulation accelerates the research of quantum technologies

In quantum devices, frequency modulation is utilized in controlling interactions.
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