Mikko Möttönen

Professor

T304 Dept. Applied Physics

Mikko's research interests cover a wide variety of topics in quantum physics and technology. For example, he has studied magnetic-monopole analogues in Bose-Einstein condensates and single-electron pumping in silicon quantum dots. Currently, he is most focused on superconducting electric circuits which he has used to demonstrate the most sensitive bolometer and a quantum-circuit refrigerator. The refrigerator can potentially be used to demonstrate efficient initialization of superconducting qubits, a work that is currently on going. For further details, see the web pages of Mikko's Quantum Computing and Devices group: http://physics.aalto.fi/en/groups/qcd/

Full researcher profile

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Phone number

+358505940950

Honors and awards

Honorary Doctor of Technology

An honorary doctorate is a title granted to especially accomplished persons in recognition of their achievements.

Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Applied Physics Jan 2022

Nokia Foundation Recognition Award 2020

The Nokia Foundation Recognition Award celebrates individuals who have made significant and lasting contributions to the advancement of information and communications technologies. The award is granted to a single recipient every year.<br/><br/>The recognition, which is presented to individuals working in Finland or globally, carries with it a 10,000 € monetary prize. In addition to the financial award, Nokia Foundation promotes and facilitates the visibility of the awardee and the achievement.<br/><br/>While there is no formal application process available for the Nokia Foundation Recognition Award, third party independent proposals are welcome for consideration.

Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Applied Physics Nov 2020

Väisälä Prize 2020

Annual science prize awarded by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters

Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Applied Physics Dec 2020

Innovation Professor of the Year 2021

The CTO of the Year Awards are given by Technology Industries of Finland, Business Finland and innovation consulting company Spinverse to highlight the importance of Chief Technology Officers’ work on the future competitiveness of Finnish industry. This year, also the work of Innovation Professors collaborating with companies was recognised. The awards were published and given on the 16th of February 2021 at the CTO Forum, an event which this year was themed around digitalisation and sustainability.

Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Applied Physics Feb 2021

Research groups

Quantum Computing and Devices, Professor

Publications

Bordism Invariants of Colored Links and Topologically Protected Tricolorings

Toni Annala, Hermanni Rajamäki, Mikko Möttönen 2024 Communications in Mathematical Physics

Optical induction of monopoles, knots, and skyrmions in quantum gases

Toni Annala, Tommi Mikkonen, Mikko Möttönen 2024 PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH

Wafer-scale CMOS-compatible graphene Josephson field-effect transistors

Andrey A. Generalov, Klaara L. Viisanen, Jorden Senior, Bernardo R. Ferreira, Jian Ma, Mikko Möttönen, Mika Prunnila, Heorhii Bohuslavskyi 2024 Applied Physics Letters

Single-shot readout of a superconducting qubit using a thermal detector

Andras Gunyho, Suman Kundu, Jian Ma, Wei Liu, Sakari Niemelä, Giacomo Catto, Vasilii Vadimov, Visa Vesterinen, Priyank Singh, Qiming Chen, Mikko Möttönen 2024 Nature Electronics

Autonomous quantum heat engine based on non-Markovian dynamics of an optomechanical Hamiltonian

Miika Rasola, Mikko Möttönen 2024 Scientific Reports

Decay-protected superconducting qubit with fast control enabled by integrated on-chip filters

Aashish Sah, Suman Kundu, Heikki Suominen, Qiming Chen, Mikko Möttönen 2024 Communications Physics

Many-excitation removal of a transmon qubit using a single-junction quantum-circuit refrigerator and a two-tone microwave drive

Wallace Teixeira, Timm Mörstedt, Arto Viitanen, Heidi Kivijärvi, András Gunyhó, Maaria Tiiri, Suman Kundu, Aashish Sah, Vasilii Vadimov, Mikko Möttönen 2024 Scientific Reports