Highlights
Researchers nearly reached quantum limit with nanodrums
Extremely accurate measurements of microwave signals can potentially be used for data encryption based on quantum cryptography and other purposes.
Colors from darkness: Researchers develop alternative approach to quantum computing
Microwaves created at near absolute zero temperature provide uniquely correlated and controllable states.
ERC Proof of Concept to Mikko Möttönen
The Proof of Concept grant will be used to develop commercial applications.
New record in microwave detection
Aalto University researchers have broken the world record by fourteen fold in the energy resolution of thermal photodetection.
The CQE funding to Sillanpää, Hakonen and Paraoanu
5 applications were submitted by the deadline in May.
Päivi Törmä appointed Academy Professor
The results of Törmä’s work are expected to pave the way to the development of room temperature superconductors.
Physics award to Jukka Pekola
Professor Jukka Pekola received the physics award of Prof. Theodor Homén at the annual celebration of The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letter.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship awarded to study flat-band superconductivity
This Fellowship was awarded to theoretically explore the concept of flat bands as a means to achieve high-temperature superconductivity.
Aalto University research project on quantum technology awarded a seven-figure grant
The European Research Council has awarded Docent Mikko Möttönen the two-million-euro Consolidator Grant for a five-year research project.
Presentation of professor: Sebastiaan van Dijken
Sebastiaan van Dijken is a Professor at the Department of Applied Physics and the leader of the Nanomagnetism and Spintronics research group.
Maxwell’s demon as a self-contained, information-powered refrigerator
Scientists created a nano-scale device that may facilitate the design of future computers, for example.
Born to be a physicist
As a child, Professor Mika Sillanpää used to devour books on particle physics and was a big fan of stars.
2015 Best Physics Doctoral Dissertation and Lecturer of the Year prizes awarded
The awards for doctoral dissertations are granted in recognition of research. This year a Lecturer of the Year prize was awarded for the first time.
Väisälä Award to Mika Sillanpää
Sillanpää was awarded for his research contributions. The award is worth 15 000 euro.
Graphene nanoribbons get metallic
Researchers at Aalto University have succeeded in experimentally realizing metallic graphene nanoribbons that are only 5 carbon atoms wide.
Presentation of professor: Päivi Törmä
At the moment, her work consists of research, administrative work, and supervising master’s theses and doctoral dissertations.
Millennium Distinction awarded to Professor Sebastiaan van Dijken
The Distinction is granted to Finnish experts whose work is connected to the research field of the winners of the preceding Millennium Prize.
ERC Advanced Grant funding for Professor Pertti Hakonen
Aalto University also given four other ERC grants.
When mediated by superconductivity, light pushes matter million times more
The finding paves a way for the studies of mechanical oscillations at the level of a single photon, the quantum of light.
Putting a new spin on plasmonics
Researchers at Aalto University have discovered a novel way of combining plasmonic and magneto-optical effects.
