SUBJECT
Title
Superconductivity
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
3
Recommended in
Semester 2
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
Phenomenological description of superconductivity: Ginzburg-Landau theory, Bogoljubov-de Gennes equations, vortexes. Tunneling: Josephson effect, Andreev reflection. Field theoretic description of strongly coupled superconductors. Unconventional superconductivity, phase-coherent states of low-dimensional systems.
Readings
recommended readings:
- P.G. de Gennes: Superconductivity of Metals and Alloys (Benjamin, Menlo Park, CA 1966)
- M. Tinkham: Introduction to Superconductivity (McGraw Hill, NY 1975)