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12300-01 - Lecture with practical courses: Theory of superconductivity 4 CP

Semester fall semester 2018
Course frequency Irregular
Lecturers Christoph Bruder (christoph.bruder@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Content Preliminary outline:

I. Introduction and phenomenology
I.1 Infinite conductivity and ideal diamagnetism

II. The Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory
II.1 Cooper instability
II.2 Attractive interaction
II.3 The BCS ground state
II.4 Alternative method: Bogoliubov transformation
II.5 Thermodynamic quantities
II.6 Tunneling phenomena
II.7 Electrodynamics of superconductors

III. Ginzburg-Landau (GL) theory
III.1 GL free energy
III.2 The GL equation
III.3 The linearized GL equation; type I and type II superconductors

IV. The Josephson effects
IV.1 The Josephson equations
IV.2 The RCSJ model
IV.3 Josephson junctions and magnetic fields; the DC SQUID
IV.4 The Cooper pair box
IV.5 Superconducting quantum bits

V. Inhomogenous superconductors}
V.1 The Bogoliubov - de Gennes equations
V.2 Andreev scattering
Bibliography M. Tinkham, Introduction to Superconductivity (2nd edition), Dover Publications. PHY NA 147

P.G. de Gennes, Superconductivity of Metals and Alloys, Westview Press. PHY NA 128

A.J. Leggett, Quantum Liquids: Bose Condensation and Cooper Pairing in Condensed-Matter Systems, Oxford University Press. PHY NA 171
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Language of instruction German
Use of digital media No specific media used
Course auditors welcome

 

Interval Weekday Time Room

No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.

Modules Module Specialisation: Physics (Master's Studies: Nanosciences)
Module: Specialisation: Physics (Master's Studies: Physics)
Assessment format continuous assessment
Assessment details vorlesungsbegleitend
Assessment registration/deregistration Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration
Repeat examination no repeat examination
Scale 1-6 0,5
Repeated registration as often as necessary
Responsible faculty Faculty of Science, studiendekanat-philnat@unibas.ch
Offered by Departement Physik

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