Superconductivity and Low Temperature

Course guarantor:

Martin Ledinský

Lecturer:

Zdeněk Janů, Martin Ledinský

Tutor:

Zdeněk Janů, Martin Ledinský

Supervisor:

Department of Solid State Engineering

Synopsis:

The subject of course is: low temperature physics, including cooling methods, low temperature technique, and measurement of low temperatures; macroscopic quantum phenomena in quantum fluids (superfluidity and superconductivity), quantum crystals and diffusion, mesoscopic phenomena in electron systems, quantum Hall effects, Coulomb blockade and single electron transistor.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction to low temperature physics. ^^2. Cooling methods. ^^3. Low temperature technique and measurement of low temperatures. ^^4. Superfluidity. ^^5. Quantum crystals and diffusion. ^^6. Quantum Hall effect. ^^7. Coulomb blockade and single electron transistor. ^^8. Phenomenology of superconductivity. ^^9. Ginzburg Landau theory. ^^10. Type I and II superconductors. ^^11. Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory. ^^12. Josephson phenomena and SQUIDs. ^^13. High temperature superconductivity. ^^14. Applications of superconductivity.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Knowledge:^^Knowledge of superconductivity and low temperature physics. ^^Skills:^^Orientation in questions of behavior the liquids and solid state in low temperatures.

Study materials:

Key references:^^[1]. Tilley D.R., Superfluidity and Superconductivity, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Ltd., London, 1974. ^^Recomended references:^^[2]. Supriyo Datta: Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems, Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu	roomTR:386 Janů Z. 16:00–17:50 (lecture parallel1) Trojanova 13 roomTR:386 Janů Z. 18:00–19:50 (lecture parallel1) Trojanova 13
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Fyzika plazmatu a termojaderné fúze (elective course)
• Inženýrství pevných látek (elective course)
• Kvantové technologie (elective course)
• Solid State Engineering (elective course)