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)