Lecture | Superconductivity and Low Temperature Physics 1
W 2024
The content of the lecture includes the following topics:- Basics properties of superconductors and superconducting materials (different types of superconducting materials, superconductors in a magnetic field, type-I and type-II superconductors, thermodynamic properties)- Phenomenological description of superconductivity (London theory, superconductivity as a macroscopic quantum phenomenon, Ginzburg-Landau theory)- Fluxoid quantization, Josephson effects- Overview of microscopic BCS theory- Critical currents- Applications of superconductivity- Unconventional superconductors (e.g. cuprates, iron-pnictides)