Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
Low Temperature Physics, Doctor of Science (Technology), Magnon Bose-Einstein Condensate as a Probe of Topological Superfluid, Aalto University School of Science
Award Date: 17 Jun 2016
Engineering Physics, Master of Science (Technology), NMR Techniques at Liquid Helium Temperatures, Aalto University School of Science and Technology
Award Date: 22 Jun 2010
External positions
Doctoral Candidate, Aalto University Low Temperature Laboratory
Aug 2010 → Mar 2016
Research Assistant, Helsinki University of Technology Low Temperature Laboratory
May 2005 → Jul 2010
Keywords
- Quantum mechanics
- superfluid
- quantum fluids
- quantum materials
- phase transitions
- confined systems
- NMR
- SQUID
- helium-3
- quantum mechanics
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Chiral superfluid helium-3 in the quasi-two-dimensional limit
Heikkinen, P., Levitin, L., Rojas, X., Singh, A., Eng, N., Casey, A., Saunders, J., Vorontsov, A., Zhelev, N., Sebastian, A. T. & Parpia, J., 31 Mar 2025, In: Physical Review Letters. 134, 13, 8 p., 136001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Continuous time crystal coupled to a mechanical mode as a cavity-optomechanics-like platform
Mäkinen, J. T., Heikkinen, P., Autti, S., Zavjalov, V. V. & Eltsov, V., 16 Oct 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 9050.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dark matter attenuation effects: sensitivity ceilings for spin-dependent and spin-independent interactions
The QUEST-DMC collaboration, 8 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2025, 4, 017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Magnetic Confinement of a Bubble of Supercooled 3He-A
Whitehead, L., Casey, A., Haley, R. P., Heikkinen, P. J., Levitin, L. V., Mayer, A. J., Rojas, X., Salmon, T., Saunders, J., Thomson, A., Zmeev, D. E. & Autti, S., 27 Aug 2025, In: Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 221, p. 249-255 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A-B Transition in Superfluid 3He and Cosmological Phase Transitions
Hindmarsh, M., Sauls, J. A., Zhang, K., Autti, S., Haley, R. P., Heikkinen, P. J., Huber, S. J., Levitin, L. V., Lopez-Eiguren, A., Mayer, A. J., Rummukainen, K., Saunders, J. & Zmeev, D., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 215, p. 495-524 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
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Topological mesoscopic superfluidity of helium -3
Saunders, J. (PI), Casey, A. (CoI), Eschrig, M. (CoI), Cowan, B. (CoI), Rojas, X. (CoI) & Heikkinen, P. (Researcher)
Eng & Phys Sci Res Council EPSRC
1/07/18 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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ULT2025: Frontiers of Low Temperature Physics
Heikkinen, P. (Chair)
18 Aug 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in a conference
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30th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics
Heikkinen, P. (Chair)
9 Aug 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in a conference
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Semi-plenary talk: QUEST-DMC: The first-order phase transition in superfluid helium-3
Heikkinen, P. (Invited speaker)
9 Aug 2025Activity: Talk, presentation or media contribution › Invited talk
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30th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics
Heikkinen, P. (Member of programme committee)
7 Aug 2025 → 13 Aug 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in a conference
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The A-B phase transition of superfluid helium-3 in a stepped-height nanofluidic platform
Heikkinen, P. (Invited speaker)
27 Jul 2024Activity: Talk, presentation or media contribution › Invited talk
Datasets
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Accompanying data for "Fragility of surface states in topological superfluid 3He"
Heikkinen, P. (Creator), Casey, A. (Creator), Levitin, L. (Creator), Rojas, X. (Creator), Vorontsov, A. (Creator), Sharma, P. (Contributor), Zhelev, N. (Contributor), Parpia, J. (Contributor) & Saunders, J. (Supervisor), Royal Holloway, University of London, 18 Jan 2021
DOI: 10.17637/rh.12777620
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Accompanying data for "Chiral superfluid helium-3 in the quasi-two-dimensional limit"
Heikkinen, P. (Creator), Levitin, L. (Creator), Rojas, X. (Contributor), Singh, A. (Contributor), Eng, N. (Contributor), Vorontsov, A. (Creator), Zhelev, N. (Contributor), Abhilash, T. S. (Contributor), Parpia, J. (Supervisor), Casey, A. (Supervisor) & Saunders, J. (Supervisor), Royal Holloway, University of London, 17 Sept 2024
DOI: 10.17637/rh.27020611, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.136001
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