Cryocourse 2016:
School and Workshop in
Cryogenics and Quantum Engineering

26th September to 3rd October 2016
Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
[ Program | Venue | Registration | Accommodation]
Otaniemi
Cryocourse is a series of events dating back to 2002. It has been organized in different locations approximately every second year. Events have been hosted in Grenoble (4 times), Helsinki (2), Eindhoven (1), Heidelberg (1), Madrid (1), and Kosice (1). The latest few of these events are presented at the website of the European Microkelvin Platform (EMP). This concept is valued as an important asset to upkeep and disseminate the knowhow of advanced cryogenic techniques at the European scale. In addition to low temperature physics, this is important for many aspects of quantum engineering, where experiments are usually carried out in cryogenic conditions. Therefore, we have chosen quantum engineering in the broad sense as the special topic for this course and workshop.

Target audience
The event is aimed at young researchers at the graduate and postdoctoral level. We offer training by most experienced and distinguished scientists in the field.

What you will learn
The students are provided with tutorial lectures on cooling and measurement techniques, sample preparation for experiments at extreme conditions, and the latest research trends in the field of quantum engineering. The two days workshop incorporated with the school will present some of the most recent research achievements in these fields. In addition, the program includes hands on exercises for selected cryogenic and quantum engineering protocols, guided by advanced graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at the Department of Applied Physics of Aalto University.

Topics
  • Refrigeration techniques and thermometry at milli- and microkelvin temperatures
  • SQUIDs and other quantum physical devices
  • MEMS and NEMS devices
  • Majorana physics
  • Nanowires and other atomic scale structures
  • Fiber optics at extreme conditions
  • Terahertz techniques
  • Kinetic inductance devices
  • Entanglement in quantum engineering

    • List of speakers
  • Dr. Eddy Collin (Institut Néel - CNRS)
  • Prof. Per Delsing (Chalmers University of Technology)
  • Doc. Vladimir Eltsov (LTL, Aalto University)
  • Prof. Christian Enss (KIP, Heidelberg University, visiting at Aalto University)
  • Dr. Henri Godfrin (Institut Néel - CNRS)
  • Prof. Pertti Hakonen (LTL, Aalto University)
  • Dr. Juha Hassel (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
  • Prof. Charlie Marcus (NBI, University of Copenhagen)
  • Prof. Florian Marquardt (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
  • Doc. Sorin Paraoanu (LTL, Aalto University)
  • Prof. Jukka Pekola (LTL, Aalto University)
  • Prof. John Saunders (Royal Holloway, University of London)
  • Prof. Mika Sillanpää (LTL, Aalto University)
  • Prof. Christoph Strunk (University of Regensburg)
  • Prof. Erkki Thuneberg (University of Oulu)
  • Dr. Viktor Tsepelin (Lancaster University)
  • Doc. Juha Tuoriniemi (LTL, Aalto University)
  • Prof. Grigori Volovik (LTL, Aalto University)
  • Prof. Andreas Wallraff (ETH Zürich)
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    Thanks!
    The course is over. Thanks to all who participated in one way or another!
     
    Group
     
    Full resolution group photo can be downloaded from here.
     

    Useful links
    Public transportation in the Helsinki area: HSL.
     
    Weather forecasts: for Otaniemi, Espoo.
     

    Program

    Sunday, September 25, Arrival to Finland

    18:00 - 20:00 Get together at Low Temperature Laboratory, Aalto University
    Location: Puumiehenkuja 2B, Nanotalo lobby

    Monday, September 26
    09:00 Juha Tuoriniemi: Welcome to Cryocourse 2016, introduction and instructions
    09:15 Erkki Thuneberg: Thermodynamics and statistical physics (slides below)
    10:30 Coffee
    11:00 Erkki Thuneberg: Thermodynamics and statistical physics
     
    12:30 Lunch at student restaurants Kvarkki or Alvari
     
    14:00 Juha Tuoriniemi: Heat transfer
    15:30 Coffee
    16:00 Christian Enss: Vacuum and cryoliquids
    17:30 Christian Enss: Cryogenic detectors
     
    18:30 Free time

    Tuesday, September 27
    09:00 Christian Enss: Disordered solids
    10:30 Coffee
    11:00 Viktor Tsepelin: Quantum fluids and solids
     
    12:30 Lunch as before
     
    14:00 Vladimir Eltsov: Superfluidity and superconductivity (slides below)
    15:30 Coffee
    16:00 Vladimir Eltsov: Superconductors
    17:30 Problem solving session
    Download the problems to be discussed from here.
     
    18:30 Free time

    Wednesday, September 28
    09:00 Viktor Tsepelin: Thermometry
    10:30 Coffee
    11:00 Henri Godfrin: Dilution refrigerators, Part I
    Henri Godfrin: Dilution refrigerators, Part II
     
    12:30 Lunch as before
     
    14:00 Hands on experiments I (All groups 1-4)
    Gathering at the Nanotalo lobby 2B.
     
    Exercise A: Quantization of conductance, instructor Sergey Danilin - Group green
    Exercise B: Superfluid helium, instructor Tapio Riekki - Group light blue
    Exercise C: Thermometry, instructor Alexander Savin - Group yellow
    Exercise D: Cryostat, instructor Igor Todoshchenko - Group red
     
    15:30 Coffee at Nanotalo
    16:00 Hands on experiments II (All groups 1-4)
     
    Exercise A: Quantization of conductance, instructor Sergey Danilin - Group light blue
    Exercise B: Superfluid helium, instructor Tapio Riekki - Group yellow
    Exercise C: Thermometry, instructor Alexander Savin - Group red
    Exercise D: Cryostat, instructor Igor Todoshchenko - Group green
     
    19:00 Dinner @ Töölönranta, Helsinginkatu 56, Helsinki
    (No common transportation.)

    Thursday, September 29, Workshop tutorials
    09:00 Henri Godfrin: Cryocoolers
    10:30 Coffee
    11:00 Charlie Marcus TUTORIAL: Nanowires for quantum information science
     
    12:30 Lunch as before
     
    13:30 Florian Marquardt TUTORIAL: Cavity optomechanics
    15:00 Coffee
    15:30 Grigori Volovik TUTORIAL: Topological materials and flat band superconductivity
    16:30 Henri Godfrin TUTORIAL: Helium on graphene/graphite
     
    17:30 Departure for Sauna party in Nuuksio
    A bus will take us there. It will wait for you close to where we have the lectures.
    Refreshments and light food will be served.
    The bus will take us back at about 22:00 o'clock.

    Friday, September 30, Workshop
    09:00 Charlie Marcus: Nanowires for quantum information science
    09:45 Christoph Strunk: Superconductor/insulator transition nanoscale TiN strips
    10:30 Coffee
    11:00 Florian Marquardt: Light, sound, and topology
    11:45 Mika Sillanpää: Microwave optomechanics at low temperatures
     
    12:30 Lunch as before
     
    13:30 Andreas Wallraff: Fast, high-fidelity dispersive readout of superconducting qubits
    14:15 Per Delsing: Interactions between artificial atoms and microwaves
    15:00 Coffee
    15:30 John Saunders: Helium in restricted geometries, some "nuts and bolts"
    16:15 Eddy Collin: MEMS/NEMS in (super)fluid
    17:00 Break
    17:15 Sorin Paraoanu: Coherence from vacuum fluctuations
     
    18:00 Free time

    Saturday, October 1
    09:00 Andreas Wallraff TUTORIAL: Quantum physics with superconducting qubits
    10:30 Coffee
    11:00 Juha Tuoriniemi: Demagnetization refrigeration
     
    12:30 Departure for Lunch (on the way to BlueFors)
     
    14:30 Visit to BlueFors Cryogenics
     
    17:30 Transport back to Otaniemi and Free time

    Sunday, October 2
    09:00 Juha Hassel: Josephson junction and SQUID based technology
    10:30 Coffee
    11:00 Pertti Hakonen: Noise in mesoscopic systems
     
    12:30 Pizza lunch at Nanotalo lobby
     
    14:00 Hands on experiments III (All groups 1-4)
     
    Exercise A: Quantization of conductance, instructor Sergey Danilin - Group yellow
    Exercise B: Superfluid helium, instructor Samuli Autti - Group red
    Exercise C: Thermometry, instructor Alexander Savin - Group green
    Exercise D: Cryostat, instructor Igor Todoshchenko - Group light blue
     
    15:30 Coffee at Nanotalo
    16:00 Hands on experiments IV (All groups 1-4)
     
    Exercise A: Quantization of conductance, instructor Sergey Danilin - Group red
    Exercise B: Superfluid helium, instructor Samuli Autti - Group green
    Exercise C: Thermometry, instructor Alexander Savin - Group light blue
    Exercise D: Cryostat, instructor Igor Todoshchenko - Group yellow
     
    18:00 Free time

    Monday, October 3
    09:00 Jukka Pekola: Nanostructures
    09:45 Jukka Pekola: Thermometry
    10:30 Coffee
    11:00 Jukka Pekola: Refrigeration
    11:45 Jukka Pekola: Quantum engines
     
    12:30 Lunch as usual
     
    14:00 Juha Hassel: Kinetic inductance devices / THz-techniques
    15:30 Visit to the Centre for metrology MIKES
    18:30 Closing session

    Tuesday, October 4, Departure
     

    Venue
    The school and workshop takes place at Aalto University main campus in Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland. Some 16 000 professionals, 16 000 university students, and 5 000 researchers work at this biggest and most prominent technology hub in Northern Europe. The area is home for VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and for several world headquarters of companies like Nokia and Kone. Otaniemi's main technology ecosystem includes Quantum- and Nanotechnology, Microsystems, and Mobile and Wireless technologies.

    Registration
    Registration has been closed on June 12th 2016.
    All registered applicants have been informed on acceptance by e-mail. In case you registered but did not receive such a message, please contact the organizers.
    There is no fee for participation. A daily warm lunch, coffee between sessions, as well as a dinner and Sauna party indicated in the program will be provided to the participants. Travel and housing must be arranged by the participants themselves.
    Any questions can be addressed to Juha Tuoriniemi or Minna Günes (mail: name.surname@aalto.fi).

    Accommodation
    Housing must be arranged by the participants. There are plentiful of options in Espoo and in Helsinki.

    The choice nearest to the University is Radisson Blu Hotel, Otaniemi. This is at walking distance from the course venue.

    Single rooms in Töölö Towers were reserved for the course attendees. No new reservations can be made after 4.9.2016.

    The choice for low budget could be, for example, Hostel Erottajanpuisto.

    Organizers
  • Prof. Pertti Hakonen
  • Prof. Jukka Pekola
  • Prof. Christian Flindt
  • Doc. Juha Tuoriniemi
  • Coordinator Dr. Minna Günes
  • Secretary Susanna Marttala
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    Sponsors
    Centre for Quantum Engineering (CQE)
    The network in Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (CMMP)


    Last update: 14.10.2016