Tero Heikkilä
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General description
I am a condensed matter theorist with expertise and interested towards quantum properties of materials and devices. I am in particular interested in the following topics:
- Flat-band superconductivity - I participate in the SuperC2033 consortium (superc2033.com)
- Nonequilibrium and inhomogeneous superconductivity
- Superconductor/ferromagnet heterostructures, superconducting spintronics
- Topological media, especially topological semimetals, nodal line semimetals
- Dynamic properties of quantum matter
- Open quantum systems
- Optomechanics and magnomechanics
- Heat transport and thermoelectricity in mesoscopic electron systems; fluctuation theorems
- Josephson diodes and non-reciprocal transport
- Spin and orbital Hall effects and torque; kinetic theory in multiband systems
We use various theory techniques in these projects - whatever is needed for the precise problem at hand. In particular, I have experience in using these techniques:
- Keldysh Green's functions and real-time quantum kinetic theory
- Quasiclassical theory of superconductivity
- Path integrals for real-time phenomena: in particular, for fluctuations and collective modes
- Scattering theory
- Methods for open quantum systems: quantum master equations, input/output equations, quantum jump methods
- Different types of tight binding lattice models
I participate in different research consortia. For example
- SuperC collaboration (superc2033.com)
- JoGate H2020 project, due to start in Dec 2023
- Finnish Quantum Flagship, due to start in 2024
Active JYU affiliations
- Department of Physics, Professor
Research interests
Our nanoelectronics research combines fundamental and applied research. On one hand we study the basic properties of matter and aim at tailoring them, on the other hand the research may lead to new functionalities which in the long term may be applied in consumer electronics.
Fields of science
Follow-up groups
Personal keywords
Condensed matter theory; nanoelectronics; superconductivity; quantum technology
Projects as Principal investigator
- Josephson gated transistors and electronics
- European Commission
- Room Temperature Superconductivity 2033
- Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation
- Dynamical response of correlated quantum materials
- Research Council of Finland
- Microwave optomechanics with magnons
- Research Council of Finland
- Hybrid nanoelectronic systems in and out of the quantum limit
- Research Council of Finland
- Thermoelectric detector based on superconductor-ferromagnet heterostructures
- European Commission
- Suprajohde/ferromagneettirakenteisiin pe
- Research Council of Finland
- Matalien lämpötilojen huippuyksikkö/2
- Research Council of Finland
Projects as Team Member
- Finnish Quantum Flagship
- Mönkkönen, Mikko
- Research Council of Finland
- Supercurrent diodes in disordered quantum materials
- Ilic, Stefan
- Research Council of Finland
- Competitive funding to strengthen universities’ research profiles. Profiling actions at the JYU, round 6
- Hämäläinen, Keijo
- Research Council of Finland
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