Institutionen för teknisk fysik

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Institutionen för teknisk fysik

Institutionen för teknisk fysik bedriver avancerad forskning inom fysik och skapar viktiga industriella tillämpningar med fantastisk teknologisk potential.

Institutionen tillhandahåller en grundläggande fysikutbildning för hela Högskolan för teknikvetenskaper.

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Forskning

Vår forskning fokuserar på kondenserad materia och materialvetenskap, kvantfysik, och nano-optik – med ämnen som berör allt från grundläggande forskning till viktiga tillämpningar – och på avancerade energivetenskaper. För framtiden läggs speciellt fokus på kvantteknik och quantum engineering, samt databas-driven maskininlärning inom materialvetenskap.

Institutionen är värd för två av Finlands Akademis spetsforskningsenheter, Molecular Engineering of Biosynthetic Hybrid Materials research (HYBER, 2014–2019) och Quantum Technology Finland (2018–2025). Mer kvantbaserade teknologier faciliteras av Centre for Quantum Engineering, som också finns vid institutionen.

Vid institutionen finns även två nationellt viktiga forskningsinfrastrukturer; Nanomikroskopicentret och Lågtemperaturlaboratoriet, båda en del av OtaNano, en nationell resurs för studeranden, forskare och högteknologiska företag. Framförallt utbildar institutionen framtida generationer av forsknings- och utvecklingsexperter, dataspecialister, teknikexperter, uppfinnare och forskare för industrin och samhället.

Aalto-yliopisto, liput / kuvaaja: Aino Huovio

Research excellence

The Department of Applied Physics is recognised for its research excellence through numerous national and international external funding awards.

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OtaNano

Otnäs forskningsinfrastruktur för mikro- och nanoteknik (OtaNano) är en nationell forskningsinfrastruktur (RI) med fokus på konkurrenskraftig forskning inom nanovetenskap och -teknik samt kvantteknik.

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Science-IT

Science-IT tillhandahåller en infrastruktur för avancerad beräkningsforskning på Aalto-universitetet och samordnas av Högskolan för teknikvetenskaper.

Tjänster
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Studier

Studier

Ungefär 25 Masters of Science och 30 Doctors of Science utexamineras årligen från Institutionen för teknisk fysik.

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Nyheter

Emil Stråka, photo by Linda Lehtovirta.
Studier Publicerat:

Emil Stråka: Det är intressant att se hur fysiker och kemister kompletterar varandras expertis

"On mielenkiintoista nähdä, miten fyysikot ja kemistit voivat tarkastella samaa järjestelmää ja silti päätyä hyvin erilaisiin johtopäätöksiin, kysymyksiin ja tuloksiin. Huippuyksikön kautta on mahdollista tutustua eri alojen asiantuntemukseen."
Andrea Sand
Pressmeddelanden, Forskning och konst Publicerat:

Kisel har lovande utmanare inom elektroniken, men deras strålningsbeständighet är en gåta – forskningsprojekt utvecklar ett effektivt sätt att förutspå strålningsskador

Aalto-universitetets biträdande professor Andrea Sand fick betydande finansiering av Europeiska forskningsrådet för att förutspå strålningsskador på halvledare. Den nya metoden kan öppna dörrar för ibruktagande av nästa generations material.
The apparatus consisted of a micron-scale aluminium superconductor separated from a normal conductor – metallic copper – by a thin insulating layer. When Cooper pairs in the superconductor broke, the quasiparticles would tunnel through the insulation to the copper, where the researchers observed them with a charge detector. Picture: Aalto University.
Pressmeddelanden Publicerat:

Ögonblick av tystnad visar vägen mot bättre supraledare

Tillsammans med forskare från Lunds universitet och VTT satte teamet vid Aalto upp ett experiment för att upptäcka ett mindre antal kvasipartiklar i realtid.
Photo: Tuukka Mattlar.
Undantagssituationer, Studier Publicerat:

Pinja Helasuo som förbereder Wappen: Vi är i denna situation tillsammans

Enligt Pinja Helasuo, studerande i fysik, har den största utmaningen i coronavardagen varit att tolerera samma rum. Fysikerkvällen och den närmaste kretsen har hjälpt henne att orka. Helasuo var också med och startade insamlingen WappuApu för att förebygga ensamhet bland studerande.

Regelbundna seminarier vid institutionen

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Brown Bag Seminars

Physics brown bag seminars highlight exciting new results arising from the physics community at Aalto.

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Aalto University Undergraduate Center Lecture Hall / Tuomas Uusheimo

Aalto Physics Colloquium

The Aalto Physics Colloquium is a high-level colloquium series covering all branches of physics at Aalto University. We invite prestigious physicists from around the world to tell us about their research.

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Information till potentiella medarbetare

Lediga arbetsplatser

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Informationspaket för internationell personal

Den här sidan är ett första informationspaket med information som kan ge praktiska inblickar om att bo i Finland och om att jobba på Aalto-universitetet.

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Nanohuset

Träkarlsgränden 2. Mån-fre 7.45-16.00.

Nanotalo. Puumiehenkuja 2. Kuva / Image: Aalto-yliopisto / Mikko Raskinen / Aalto University

Micronova

Datavägen 3. Öppet: mån-fre 8.00-16.30

Micronova cleanroom kuva: Aino Huovio

Kandidatcentret

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Forskningsgrupper (på engelska)

Active Matter

We investigate soft and living materials from the perspective of physics.

Electrohydrodynamics in Active Matter Group, Aalto University, Finland

Antimatter and Nuclear Engineering

The Antimatter and Nuclear Engineering group specializes in the development and applications of positron-based spectroscopic tools in condensed matter research.

Antimatter and nuclear engineering

Atomic Scale Physics

We focus on the experimental study of nanostructures, where the precise nature and location of every atom matters.

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Complex Systems and Materials (CSM)

Applies statistical physics to a wide variety of cross-disciplinary topics.

Computational Electronic Structure Theory (CEST)

CEST is developing electronic structure and machine learning methods and applying them to computational materials science problems.

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Electronic Properties of Materials (EPM)

The research of the EPM group aims at understanding the properties of materials and nanostructures including the associated physical phenomena using state-of-the-art electronic structure calculations.

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Fusion and Plasma Physics

The Fusion and Plasma Physics group at Aalto University investigates plasma phenomena in magnetically confined fusion plasma physics both experimentally and by computer simulations. The overall goal is to create a new, clean and virtually unlimited energy source.

Flux surface diagnostics: field line visualization in Wendelstein 7-X stellarator. Photo: Matthias Otte / IPP

Molecular Materials (Molmat)

Molecular Materials (Molmat) is a multidisciplinary research group consisting of physicists, chemists and biologists aiming at functional materials based on supramolecular and supracolloidal self-assembly and its hierarchies.

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Microkelvin investigations (µKI)

In the µKI group, we study systems thermally active still in microkelvin range of temperatures.

muKi cryostat

Multiscale Statistical and Quantum Physics (MSP)

The MSP group is recognised worldwide in the development of multi-scale and coarse-graining methodologies and their application to condensed matter systems.

Multiscale Statistical and Quantum Physics (MSP)

Nanomagnetism and Spintronics (NanoSpin)

Our research focuses on experimental studies of magnetic, magneto-optical, and spin-transport phenomena in new functional materials and hybrid nanoscale structures.

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Nanomaterials (NMG)

The NanoMaterials Group, headed by Prof. Esko I. Kauppinen, is among the top aerosol technology laboratories in the world and offers a unique environment for strong interdisciplinary research and a proven track record of productive cooperation.

Nanomaterials Group

New Energy Technologies (Renewable)

The interest of the New Energy Technologies Group is on advanced energy systems, in particular nanomaterials for energy devices, sustainable energy systems, and multidisciplinary energy science.

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Optics and Photonics

The research of the Optics and Photonics group covers a range of topics of modern optics and photonics, encompassing various aspects of light-matter interaction, optical coherence and polarization, development of methods to manipulate light with nano- and micro-structures, design and construction of novel light sources, optical metamaterials and optical imaging.

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Pico - Quantum Phenomena and Devices

We investigate mesoscopic physics and its sensor applications. The main focus is on charge transport and thermal properties of metallic, superconducting and hybrid nanostructures.

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Quantum Circuits and Correlations (NANO)

Nano group of the Low Temperature Laboratory investigates fundamental quantum phenomena in nanostructures using low temperature and electronic transport measurements.

Nano cryostat

Quantum Computing and Devices (QCD)

We have a major effort on experimental low-temperature physics, but we also carry out computational and theoretical work down to fundamental quantum mechanics.

Quantum Dynamics (QD)

The research interests of the QD group are quantum coherent dynamics and quantum many-body phenomena in designed nanosystems.

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Quantum Nanomechanics

The NEMS group focuses on studies of micro- and nanomechanical resonators near the quantum ground state of moving objects.

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.

Quantum Transport (QT)

The research group works on theoretical problems in quantum transport.

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Topological Quantum Fluids (ROTA)

Our research is focused on topological superfluid ³He at ultra-low temperatures

A half-quantum vortex combines circular spin flow and circular mass flow, leading to the 
formation of vortex pairs that can be observed experimentally. Image: Ella Maru Studio.

Soft Matter and Wetting

Functional soft materials and wettability of surfaces are the key research interests of Soft Matter and Wetting research group at Aalto University Department of Applied Physics.

Spherical water droplets on a superhydrophobic surface partially submerged in water. The surface is gray copper colour, while the submerged part is silvery due to thin airfilm captured by the surface.

Superconducting Qubits and Circuit QED (KVANTTI)

Our group is part of the effort in nanoelectronics in the Low Temperature Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics. The group is doing research in such fields as quantum information and quantum-level effects in superconducting devices, quantum coherent matter, and interaction of electromagnetic fields with nano-structured materials.

Artistic impression of the sample, the pulse sequence, and the density matrix. Image by Antti Paraoanu.

Surface Science

The Surface Science group studies structures, bonding, and reactivity at solid surfaces on the atomic and molecular scale using advanced surface sensitive tools in Ultra High Vacuum environment.

Surface science

Surfaces and Interfaces at the Nanoscale (SIN)

In the SIN group we apply and develop various atomistic and quantum mechanical simulation methods to study surface and interface physics at the nanoscale, with particular emphasis on working closely with experimentalists and technologists.

SIN group

Theory of Quantum Matter (TQM)

Our research concentrates on fundamental properties of matter.

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