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 |[[3]]|F 4/1|Occupation function|A&M Ch 8 & Ch 12| |
-^Week 2^^Topic^Reading^Summary^Assignments|
+^Week 2^^Topic^Reading^Assignments|
 |[[4]]|M 4/4|Phonon scattering |A&M Ch 13|[[hw2|HW #2]]|
-|[[5]]|W 4/6|Phonon scattering|A&M Ch 13|{{::day4_2013.pdf|}}: Temperature dependent resistivity in metals predicted by phonon scattering matrix elements. Highest energy phonon sets important energy scale. Estimation of highest energy phonon. Introduction to electron transport in ballastic systems. | |
+|[[5]]|W 4/6|Phonon scattering|A&M Ch 13| |
-|[[6]]|F 4/8|Ballistic Transport|Kittel Ch 18 (Nanostructures)|{{::day5_2013.pdf|}}: Comparison with diffusive transport. CNT example. Calculating the conductance quantum. Definitions of 1d channels. Systems with multiple 1d channels.|{{::hw2solns.pdf|}} |
+|[[6]]|F 4/8|Ballistic Transport|Kittel Ch 18 (Nanostructures)| |
-^Week 3^^Topic^Reading^Summary^Assignments|
+^Week 3^^Topic^Reading^Assignments|
-|[[7]]|M 4/11|Adding scattering|Kittel Ch 18 (Nanostructures)|{{::day6_2013.pdf|}}: Add scattering to a ballistic system. One scattering site reduces current by transmission probability. Two scattering sites, transmission depends on wave interference.|[[hw3|HW #3]]|
+|[[7]]|M 4/11|Adding scattering|Kittel Ch 18 (Nanostructures)|[[hw3|HW #3]]|
-|[[8]]|W 4/13|Adding scattering|Kittel Ch 18 (Nanostructures)|{{::day7_2013.pdf|}}: Pair of inelastic scattering sites. See hw#3 for many inelastic scattering sites. Many elastic scattering sites. Anderson localization. Review of what we've covered so far. Temperature-dependent conductivity of lightly doped semiconductors. Gate-voltage-dependent conductivity of lightly doped semiconductors.| |
+|[[8]]|W 4/13|Variable range hopping. Mott Insulators|{{:mott_-_variable_range_hopping.pdf|Mott's txt bk}}, A&M p340 & 542| |
-|[[9]]|F 4/15|Variable range hopping. Mott Insulators|{{:mott_-_variable_range_hopping.pdf|Mott's txt bk}}, A&M p340 & 542|{{::day8_2013.pdf|}}: Disordered semiconducting materials: conductance vs. temperature predicted by variable range hopping theory. Introduction to Mott insulator state. Calculation of critical lattice constant for metal-insulator transition. Little //a// limit: Thomas-Fermi screening depends on the electron concentration. Big //a// limit: polarizability depends on the distance to neighboring dipoles. |{{::hw3solns.pdf|}}|
+|[[9]]|F 4/15|Electrons in B-field|Feynman Lecture on AB effect}} | |
 ^Week 4^^Topic^Reading^Summary^Assignments|
-|[[10]]|M 4/18|Electrons in B-field|{{::feynman_abeffect.pdf|Feynman Lecture on AB effect}} |{{::day9_2013.pdf|}}: Topological phenomena in electron transport. Electrons in B-field: Hall effect, Aharanov-Bohm effect.  |[[hw4|HW #4]]|
+|[[10]]|M 4/18|dd|{{::feynman_abeffect.pdf|dd |{{::day9_2013.pdf|}}: dd  |[[hw4|HW #4]]|
 |[[11]]|W 4/20|Quantum Hall Effect|{{::qhe_article.pdf|Article 1}}, [[http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/56/8/10.1063/1.1611351|Article 2]] |{{::day10_2013.pdf|}}: Aharanov-Bohm effect. QM description of cyclotron orbits. Landau levels. Fluctuation in electron density (constant chemical potential). The QHE experiment. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Hall_effect|Animation]]. QHE explanation based on ExB drift velocity. | |
 |12|F 4/22|Tunneling devices|[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_tunnelling#cite_note-21|Tunneling (wikipedia)]]|{{::day11_2013b.pdf|}}: Importance of tunneling device in technology. Calculating I_tunnel. Examples: STM microscopy, STM spectroscopy, tunnel magnetoresistance, tunnel diodes.|{{::hw4solns.pdf|}}|
-^Week 5^^Topic^Reading^Summary^Assignments|
+^Week 5^^Topic^Reading^Assignments|
-|[[13]]|M 4/25|Superconductivity|Ibach chapter|{{::day12_2013.pdf|}}: The experimental observations. Note about Type I vs. Type II. Composite bosons. Ionic lattice can be deformed: trail of deformation. Size scale for attractive interaction. The Cooper pair wavefunction. The Cooper pair binding energy at T = 0.  The number density of Cooper pairs. Temperature dependence of Cooper pair binding energy.  |[[hw5|HW #5]]|
+|[[13]]|M 4/25|Superconductivity|Ibach chapter 10|[[hw5|HW #5]]|
-|[[14]]|W 4/27|Superconductivity|Ibach chapter|{{::day13_2013.pdf|}}: Center of mass motion of Cooper pairs. Critical current density. London equation. London penetration depth. Solenoid field generated by a solid cylinder of superconductor. Critical B field for Type I superconductor. Explaining the difference between Type I and Type II superconductors. | |
+|[[14]]|W 4/27|Superconductivity|Ibach chapter 10| |
-|[[15]]|F 4/29 | | | ||
+|[[15]]|F 4/29 |Talks | | |