FYSS5420 Quantum Materials (5 cr)
Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of Physics
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028
Description
- Ordered phases: order parameter, spontaneous symmetry breaking, critical temperature, coherence length, Goldstone bosons and other collective modes
- Magnetism: ferro/ferri/antiferromagnetism, hysteresis curves, ferromagnetic resonance, spin waves, magnetic textures
- Superconductivity: Cooper pairing, basic properties of BCS theory, Josephson effect, applications
- Ferroelectricity, multiferroics
- Two-dimensional materials: graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, moiré patterns. Dirac materials
- Topological matter: quantum Hall effect, topological charges, bulk-boundary correspondence, topological insulators, semimetals and superconductors
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will be able to
recognize the main properties of ordered phases of matter
- describe basic properties of magnets
- explain the basic properties of superconductors and the basic theory behind its applications
- describe other ordered electronic phases of matter
- describe two-dimensional materials such as graphene
- recognize the main principles of different types of topological materials
Description of prerequisites
FYSS5301 and FYSS5302 Materials physics, part A & B or similar
FYSA2030 and FYSA2032 Quantum mechanics, parts A & B or similar
FYSA2040 and FYSA2042 Statistical physics, part A & B or similar
Study materials
Lecture notes in TIM
Literature
- https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139020916
- Mahan: Condensed Matter in a Nutshell
Completion methods
Method 1
Description:
Exercises + exam
Evaluation criteria:
Total points from course elements, decided by the lecturer (e.g., 50 % from exercises, 50 % from exam)
Time of teaching:
Period 3
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Participation in teaching (5 cr)
Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English