SUBJECT

Title

Superconductivity

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

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)