NPTEL : NOC:A Brief Course on Superconductivity (Physics)

Co-ordinators : Dr. Saurabh Basu


Lecture 1 - Historical introduction of superconductivity

Lecture 2 - Meissner effect, Electrodynamics of Superconductors, coherence length and penetration depth

Lecture 3 - Electron Pairing, Basics of BCS Theory

Lecture 4 - BCS ground state, variational calculation, expression for Tc

Lecture 5 - Order parameter, Free energy functional, Ginzburg-Landau (GL) Theory, GL equations

Lecture 6 - London Equations, Flux quantization

Lecture 7 - Thermodynamic properties of superconductors, specific heat

Lecture 8 - Experimental determination of Superconducting properties

Lecture 9 - Unconventional Superconductivity, Uemura plot, High-Tc superconductivity, d-wave pairing, ARPES

Lecture 10 - Singlet and triplet states of two s =1/2, magnetic Hamiltonian

Lecture 11 - t-J model, discrete symmetry groups, example square lattice

Lecture 12 - Cuprate Superconductors, electron vs hole doped superconductors

Lecture 13 - Non-Fermi Liquid Theory, Adiabatic continuity

Lecture 14 - Quasiparticle lifetime, breakdown of Fermi Liquid Theory in cuprate superconductors

Lecture 15 - Josephson junctions, Josephson equations

Lecture 16 - AC Josephson effect, Superconducting Quantum Interference devices (SQUID) and its Applications

Lecture 17 - RF SQUID, DC SQUID, Applications of Magnetoencephalography (MEG)