Master Thesis Prize 2023 – Winner Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime caused by accelerating masses, such as rotating neutron stars or black holes orbiting each other. Predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity, they were first observed in 2015 by the LIGO collaboration in the United States using a […]
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Master Thesis Prize 2023 – Honorable mention Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) is a method used extensively for measuring the composition and structure of matter. One common use is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). At this point, we need a recap on NMR. It is like a two-state quantum mechanical tuning fork […]
Master Thesis Prize 2023 – Honorable mention The Talbot effect, named after Henry Fox Talbot for its original discovery in 1836, is a lensless self-imaging phenomenon which describes revivals of periodic field patterns upon evolution of the field. More specifically, the self-imaging occurs upon a quadratic phase modulation in the […]
by Joni Eronen Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a powerful and versatile tool that is based on the observation of nuclear spin precession in a strong magnetic field. It is widely used in the field of environmental sciences research, such as in determining the three-dimensional structures of molecules as well […]
The Finnish Physical Society (FPS) Master Thesis Prize 2023 is awarded to Otto Veltheim from the University of Helsinki. The award will be given to Otto in the opening ceremony of Physics Days 2023 on 29th March 2023. The prize is given annually for an excellent Master thesis in the field […]
by Elvis Pillinen Since the invention of the first laser in the 1960s, researchers have discovered that by mode-locking, optical pulses can be made much shorter, even down to mere femtoseconds. In human perspective, pulse created by a flashlight (millisecond, 10-3 s) is 300 km long, enough to stretch from […]
by Otto Veltheim, University of Helsinki Imagine having an unknown system, a “black box”, which outputs identical copies of an unknown quantum state. Suppose our task is to identify the state. There are multiple attributes, i.e. observables describing it, and measuring just one of them makes the state collapse to […]
The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) is celebrating 100 years of active service to the international physics community. The Finnish Physical Society (FPS) is an official member of IUPAP representing the interests of the Finnish physics community. Joining the centennial celebrations we are planning a scientific photography […]
Founded in 1947, the Finnish Physical Society (FPS) is celebrating this year its 75th anniversary with an in-person event that will take place on the 2nd of September 2022 at Porthania building of the city center campus of the University of Helsinki. The event will consist of a small series […]
The first issue of Arkhimedes journal for 2022 is now published online! It focuses on the investments in quantum technology and in particular the development of the Finnish quantum computer. One of the articles is dedicated to InstituteQ, the Finnish national quantum institute and its placement in the quantum technology […]