Duration
20h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
First year this course is being taught. It follows on from Prof. Silhanek's course on superconductivity. We will therefore cover:
- Applications of superconductivity related to magnetism
- BCS theory
- BCS Hamiltonian in the tight-binding framework
- Bogoliubov-de Gennes transformation
- Excitations
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The aim of this course is to give you a general overview of applications using superconductivity and its connections with magnetism:
- Superconductivity-magnetic field interactions (SQUID, levitation, etc.)
- The effective formalism (Landau theory, etc.)
- The electronic formalism through strong correlations (Hubbard Hamiltonian, tight binding)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
quantum mechanics
solid state physics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lecture, homework exercises corrected by the student on the blackboard and computer lab exercises
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Further information:
whatever is convenient based on our respective schedule
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- Microsoft Teams
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
Continuous assessment
Further information:
Generally, there are three evaluations:
- Written exam
- Oral presentation
- Continuous assessment
I keep the best of the three grades.
Work placement(s)
uliege: group PHYTHEMA, TOM, SPIN, EPNM
Belgium: IMEC
France: Spintec, IJL, Paris Jussieu
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Bertrand.dupe@uliege.be