PHYS 498 SQD Fall 2019
PHYS 498 SQD :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
The following is an outline of topics to be covered and an approximate timetable. It should not be regarded as a firm schedule since changes in time, order, and content may occur.
| Lecture | Date | Day | Topic | |
| Superconductor materials and phenomena | ||||
| 0 | Aug | 27 | Tues | NO CLASS --- qualifying exam |
| 1 | Aug | 29 | Thurs | History and occurrence of superconductivity |
| 2 | Sep | 3 | Tues | Defining phenomena: zero resistance, diamagnetism, energy gap, … |
| Sep | 5 | Thurs | NO CLASS --- cancelled | |
| 3 | Sep | 10 | Tues | Phenomenological theories: two-fluid, London, thermodynamic, ... |
| 4 | Sep | 12 | Thurs | Ginzburg-Landau theory 1 |
| 5 | Sep | 17 | Tues | Ginzburg-Landau theory 2 |
| 6 | Sep | 19 | Thurs | Ginzburg-Landau theory 3 |
| 7 | Sep | 24 | Tues | BCS theory 1 |
| 8 | Sep | 26 | Thurs | BCS theory 2 |
| 9 | Oct | 1 | Tues | BCS theory 3 |
| 10 | Oct | 3 | Thurs | BCS theory 4 |
| 11 | Oct | 8 | Tues | Beyond BCS --- unconventional superconductivity, … |
| Quasiparticle and Josephson tunneling | ||||
| 12 | Oct | 10 | Thurs | Quasiparticle tunneling - theory |
| 13 | Oct | 15 | Tues | Quasiparticle tunneling - applications |
| 14 | Oct | 17 | Thurs | Josephson tunneling - theory |
| 15 | Oct | 22 | Tues | Josephson tunneling – dc/ac effects |
| 16 | Oct | 24 | Thurs | Josephson tunneling – magnetic field effects and Josephson interferometry |
| 17 | Oct | 29 | Tues | Josephson tunneling – the RSJ model |
| Oct | 30 | Wed | Superconducting phenomenon/material paper due | |
| 18 | Oct | 31 | Thurs | Josephson tunneling - Microbridges/SNS Junctions/SFS junctions |
| 19 | Nov | 5 | Tues | dc SQUIDS - model |
| 20 | Nov | 7 | Thurs | dc SQUIDS - operation and applications |
| Superconductor devices for Quantum Information | ||||
| 21 | Nov | 12 | Tues | Quantum computing --- advantages and algorithms |
| 22 | Nov | 14 | Thurs | Macroscopic quantum tunneling and coherence |
| 23 | Nov | 19 | Tues | Conventional superconducting qubits |
| 24 | Nov | 21 | Thurs | Superconducting qubit technology |
| Nov | 26 | Tues | Thanksgiving Break | |
| Nov | 28 | Thurs | Thanksgiving Break | |
| 25 | Dec | 3 | Tues | Topological materials and Majorana fermions |
| 26 | Dec | 5 | Thurs | Majorana qubits --- nanowires |
| 27 | Dec | 10 | Tues | Majorana qubits --- S-TI-S junctiosn |
| Dec | 12 | Thurs | READING DAY | |
| Dec | 18 | Wed | "FINAL EXAM" --- Superconductor device paper due | |