About PICO- group

We investigate mesoscopic physics and its sensor applications. The main focus is on charge transport and thermal properties of both metallic and superconducting nano- and microstructures. Particular research topics include electronic cooling, non-equilibrium in electronic nanostructures, nanothermometry, small superconducting (Josephson) junction devices, quantized and coherent charge pumping, and noise and full counting statistics of charge transport. Samples and devices are fabricated in the clean room of Micronova centre for micro- and nanotechnology. Experiments at low temperatures (0.01 - 4 K) are performed both in Micronova building and in the Low Temperature Laboratory. The research is funded by Academy of Finland, EU FP7, EU NanoSciERA, Mikes, and Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.