Description
The course emphasizes the phenomenological description of superconductivity and superconducting systems.
Topics:
Ginzburg-Landau description of superconductivity
Electronic coherence length
Magnetic penetration depth
Type-I and Type-II superconductors
Josephson junction and SQUID (=Superconducting Quantum Interferometer Device)
Programme form
Lectures and literature discussion
Literature
To be announced in due course
Schedule
Form of examination
Written exam
Prerequisites
Elementary solid state physics
More information
Lecturer: Prof.dr. J. Aarts (Jan) and Prof.dr.ir. T.H. Oosterkamp (Tjerk)