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| SDOC0059-1 | Mesoscopic physics, introduction
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| Duration : | 15h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Cyril Petitjean |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The aim of the course is to introduce the main concepts of mesoscopic physic and nanoelectronics. This is an active and rapid developing field of condensed matter physics that started thirty years ago. Indeed in 1980 progress in the lithographic technics permit to obtain new low dimensional structures such as 2D electronic gas, 1D quantum wire, and also 0D quantum box. More recently the appearance of new class of materials, as graphene or topological insulator, as pave the way of survey witch was previously limited to high energy physics.
In the lecture, we focus on the mesocopic structure's transport properties. At such scale the quantum nature of the electron plays an essential role, leading to the appearance of new functionalities. Finally we note that due to the constant scale reduction of electronic devices, we need to address fundamental questions. Mesoscopic physic is at the border between these various fundamental and applied challenges. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 1. Mesoscopic physic ?
* Main motivation
* Relevant length scale
* Devices examples
2. Quantum transport
* Classical transport, Drude Theory
* Weak localization, Ahronov-Bohm effect
* Landauer-Büttiker approach, conductance quantization
* Multichannel, four terminals measures, quantum Hall effect |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Solid-state physics and Quantum mechanic basis. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Good and simple introduction:
* Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems S. Datta, Cambridge University Press, 1995.
If you want to stay in the field:
* Mesoscopic physics of electrons and photons, E. Akkermans and G. Montambaux, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
* Quantum Transport, Y.V. Nazarov and Y.M. Blanter, Cambridge University Press, 2009. |
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Contacts :
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| cyril.petitjean@ulg.ac.be |
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