Study Programmes 2015-2016
| PHYS0970-1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Physics of superconductors | |||||||||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | |||||||||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Alejandro Silhanek | |||||||||||||||||
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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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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||||||||
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Course contents :
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| This course presents an introduction to superconductivity.
Some of the concepts that will be tackled are: - Perfect electrical conductivity - London model - Basic concepts of the microscopic theory (BCS) - Fluxoid quantization - Vortex structures - Thermodynamics of superconductors (Ginzburg-Landau) - Critical fields - Interaction between vortices - Surface effects - Trapping and periodic pinning - Self Organized criticality in Superconductors (Bean Model) - Vortex avalanches - Confinement effects in superconductors - Vortex ratchets and other rectification effects - Superconductor-ferromagnet hybrid systems |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| By the end of the course, the students will be able: * To know and understand the electric, thermodynamic and magnetic properties of superconductors as well as the main difference between a superconductor and a perfect conductor. * To understand how the confinement effects modify the ground state and the response of a superconducting system. * To understand the influence of the material microstructure on the conduction properties. * To know and understand the techniques used for visualizing the quantized magnetic flux. * To know and understand the way of controlling or manipulating the quantized magnetic flux. | |||||||||||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| It is convenient to have basic knowledge of mathematics and solid state physics. | |||||||||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| -The time schedule is available at the web page of the ULg
- The course consist of 15 classes of 2 hours. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The slides of the course will be distributed via email at he end of each class.
Reference books: - M. Tinkham, "Introduction to Superconductivity" - P.G. de Gennes, "Superconductivity of Metals and Alloys" - Charles P. Poole Jr., Horacio A. Farach and Richard J. Creswick, "Superconductivity" |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Along the course each student must select a topic of interest related to the course and make a short presentation of about 30 minutes (20%). The final evaluation consists of a writen or oral exam (80%) | |||||||||||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| This course is given in English. | |||||||||||||||||
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Contacts :
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| Alejandro V. Silhanek Département de Physique Université de Liège Bât. B5, R/51 Allée du 6 août, 17 B- 4000 Sart Tilman BELGIUM Phone : 04 366 36 32 Email: asilhanek@ulg.ac.be | |||||||||||||||||
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Items online :
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 | Ensemble des documents du cours Fichiers pdf |
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