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Research output per year
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Artistic and research interests
Prof. Sillanpää has background in experimental superconducting nanoelectronics at milli-Kelvin temperatures. He has worked on Josephson junction quantum circuits and recently mostly on microwave optomechanics. Mika has developed low-noise amplification schemes based on microwave optomechanical concept, as well as carried out demonstrations in fundamental including quantum squeezing and entanglement of motion in micromechanical devices.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctoral degree, Engineering and Technology, Helsinki University of Technology
Award Date: 19 Apr 2005
Master's degree, Engineering and Technology, Helsinki University of Technology
Award Date: 2 Nov 1999
Keywords
- NEMS group
- Nanomechanical resonators
- Superconducting junctions
- Nanophysics
- Nanofysiikka
- Josephson junctions
- O.V. Lounasmaa Laboratory
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Strong actuation of mass-loaded membranes for gravity studies at the milligram scale
Depellette, J., Rej, E., Cutting, R. & Sillanpää, M. A., 14 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 139, 14, p. 1-11 11 p., 144501.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Amplitude noise cancellation of microwave tones
Depellette, J., Rej, E., Herbst, M., Cutting, R., Liu, Y. & Sillanpää, M., 28 Aug 2025, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 96, 8, p. 1-8 8 p., 084705.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Degeneracy-breaking and long-lived multimode microwave electromechanical systems enabled by cubic silicon-carbide membrane crystals
Liu, Y., Sun, H., Liu, Q., Wu, H., Sillanpää, M. A. & Li, T., Dec 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, p. 1-18 18 p., 1207.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Measurement of the Casimir force between superconductors
de Jong, M. H. J., Korkmazgil, P., Banniard, L., Sillanpää, M. & Mercier de Lepinay, L., 13 Feb 2025, (Submitted) In: Nature Communications.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Near-ground-state cooling in electromechanics using measurement-based feedback and a Josephson traveling-wave parametric amplifier
Rej, E., Cutting, R., Depellette, J., Datta, D., Tiencken, N., Govenius, J., Vesterinen, V., Liu, Y. & Sillanpää, M. A., Mar 2025, In: Physical Review Applied. 23, 3, p. 1-15 15 p., 034009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile7 Citations (Scopus)109 Downloads (Pure)
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mGramm: Measuring the gravitational attraction of milligram masses
Herbst, M. (Project Member) & Sillanpää, M. (Principal investigator)
01/05/2025 → 30/04/2027
Project: EU Horizon Europe MC
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GUANTUM: Probing the limits of quantum mechanics and gravity with micromechanical oscillators
Sillanpää, M. (Principal investigator), Cutting, R. (Project Member), Välimaa, A. (Project Member), Rej, E. (Project Member), Wang, C. (Project Member), Depellette, J. (Project Member), Jeong, J. (Project Member), Lin, G. (Project Member), Herbst, M. (Project Member), Banniard, L. (Project Member), Tjepkema, J. (Project Member), Nicolas, L. (Project Member), Jiang, Y. (Project Member) & Wu, L. (Project Member)
01/10/2021 → 30/09/2027
Project: EU_H2ERC
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-: Finnish Centre of Excellence in Quantum Technology
Sillanpää, M. (Principal investigator)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2025
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
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MQSens: Quantum sensing with nonclassical mechanical resonators
Sillanpää, M. (Principal investigator) & Banniard, L. (Project Member)
01/09/2022 → 30/08/2025
Project: EU Other competitive funding
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-: Finnish Centre of Excellence in Quantum Technology
Sillanpää, M. (Principal investigator) & Crump, W. (Project Member)
01/05/2020 → 31/12/2022
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
Datasets
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Data supporting the paper "Measurement of the Casimir force between superconductors"
de Jong, M. (Creator), Mercier de Lépinay, L. (Creator), Banniard, L. (Contributor), Sillanpää, M. (Contributor) & Korkmazgil, P. (Creator), Zenodo, 20 Jan 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14700380, https://zenodo.org/records/14700381
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Prizes
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ERC Consolidator Grant
Sillanpää, M. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
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ERC Starting Grant
Sillanpää, M. (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
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The 2011 IUPAP C5 Young Scientist Prize in Low Temperature Physics Internation Union of Pure and Applied Physics, Iso-Britannia
Sillanpää, M. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Väisälän palkinto
Sillanpää, M. (Recipient), Dec 2015
Prize: Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Activities
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Nanomechanics
Sillanpää, M. (Invited speaker)
21 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited academic talk
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Scientific talk at the interdisciplinary ESiM workshop
Sillanpää, M. (Speaker)
2 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited academic talk
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Quantum back-action and entanglement in microwave optomechanics
Sillanpää, M. (Speaker)
15 Mar 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited academic talk
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Quantum backaction and entanglement with mechanical oscillators
Sillanpää, M. (Speaker)
22 Aug 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited academic talk
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International Conference on Mesoscopic Transport and Quantum Coherence
Sillanpää, M. (Chair)
5 Aug 2017 → 8 Aug 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Chair of a conference, workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event
Press/Media
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Tutkijat kumosivat kvanttimekaniikan perusperiaatteen, mitä pidettiin mahdottomana – Aalto-yliopisto palkitsi heidät ja jakoi muita tunnustuspalkintoja
Sillanpää, M. & Mercier de Lepinay, L.
15/09/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Aalto-yliopiston fyysikot palkittiin fysiikan alan tutkimusläpimurrosta
Sillanpää, M., Mercier de Lepinay, L. & Ockeloen-Korppi, C.
14/12/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Isompikin kappale menee hiukkasten haamutilaan
21/05/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Tutkijat todistivat, että kvanttimaailman outo haamuvaikutus toimii myös isommilla kappaleilla
20/05/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance