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A Brief Course On Superconductivity

Prof. Saurabh Basu · IIT Guwahati

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Lectures

Week 1: Introduction of Superconductivity and BCS Theory

  1. Historical introduction of superconductivity Video
  2. Meissner effect, Electrodynamics of Superconductors, coherence length and penetration depth Video
  3. Electron Pairing, Basics of BCS Theory Video

Week 2: BCS Theory and thermodynamics properties

  1. BCS ground state, variational calculation, expression for Tc Video
  2. Order parameter, Free energy functional, Ginzburg-Landau (GL) Theory, GL equations Video
  3. London Equations, Flux quantization Video
  4. Thermodynamic properties of superconductors, specific heat Video

Week 3: Unconventional Superconductivity

  1. Experimental determination of Superconducting properties Video
  2. Unconventional Superconductivity, Uemura plot, High-Tc superconductivity, d-wave pairing, ARPES Video
  3. Singlet and triplet states of two s =1/2 , magnetic Hamiltonian Video
  4. t-J model, discrete symmetry groups, example square lattice Video

Week 4: Non-Fermi Liquid Theory, Josephson Junctions

  1. Cuprate Superconductors, electron vs hole doped superconductors Video
  2. Non-Fermi Liquid Theory, Adiabatic continuity Video
  3. Quasiparticle lifetime, breakdown of Fermi Liquid Theory in cuprate superconductors Video
  4. Josephson junctions, Josephson equations Video
  5. AC Josephson effect, Superconducting Quantum Interference devices(SQUID) and its applications Video
  6. SQUID: RF SQUID, DC SQUID, Applications of Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 11-03-2021 Video
  2. Live Session 20-02-2020 Video
  3. Live Session 22-02-2022 Video
  4. Live Session 14-03-2024 Video
  5. Live Session 24-02-2025 Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Guwahati
Department
Physics
Teacher
Prof. Saurabh Basu
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
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