Admission Requirements
Introduction to solid state physics: bandstructure, crystal symmetries, phonons. Introductory quantum mechanics course.
Description
In this course we provide students that have an experimental interest with an overview of topics that are of interest in current condensed matter physics research, with an emphasis on the research performed in the condensed matter groups in the Leiden institute of physics. The teaching material will be made available through blackboard.
Course objectives
Mesoscopic physics, Coulomb blockade, co-tunneling, Kondo effect, Graphene, Drude model, mobility
Quantum Hall effect, Fractional quantum hall effect, nuclear magnetic resonance as a probe of electronic states, triplet superconductivity, Mott insulator, strange metal, phase diagram.
Timetable
Mode of instruction
12 times a 2 hour lecture and 6 times a 2 hour workgroup
Assessment method
100% of the grade is due to the exam.
Blackboard
Blackboard is used to distribute Course information
To have access to Blackboard you need a ULCN-account.Blackboard UL
Reading list
Material will be available through blackboard and must be studied before the start of each lecture.
Contact information:
Lecturers
Prof.dr.ir.T.jerk Oosterkamp
Dr.ir. Sense Jan van der Molen