Superconductivity and Low Temperature

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range
11YSUPRF	ZK	2

Course guarantor:

Zdeněk Janů

Lecturer:

Zdeněk Janů

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Solid State Engineering

Synopsis:

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction to low-temperature physics. 2. Low-temperature techniques and measurement of low temperatures. 3. Cooling methods. 4. Superfluidity. 5. Phenomenology of superconductivity. 6. Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory. 7. Ginzburg-Landau theory. 8. Type I and II superconductors. 9. High-current applications. 10. Josephson effects. 11. Applications of weak superconductivity 12. High-temperature superconductivity. 13. High-temperature superconductivity - theory. 14. Spontaneous symmetry breaking.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Ch. P. Poole, H. A. Farach, R. J. Creswick, R. Prozorov: Superconductivity, 3rd Edition - July 22, 2014, Hardback ISBN: 9780124095090, 978-0-12-4095090, eBook ISBN: 9780124166103

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Further information:

Course may be repeated

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