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- Fujisawa Toshimasa
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- Thr3-4(S514)
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- Course number
- PHY.C444
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2017
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2017/3/17
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Course description and aims
This course focuses on quantum transport of electrons, electron spins, their energies, phonons and so on in materials at low temperatures. While high-quality semiconductors will be considered as typical materials to study quantum transport, other materials such as superconductors and molecules will be introduced as well. Some exercises will be provided for each section.
Quantum transport, such as in electrical conduction, is attractive for studying non-equilibrium phenomena that can be continuously varied from a nearly thermal equilibrium condition to a highly non-equilibrium situation. The lecture is organized to focus on the dimensionality of the system (two-, one-, and zero-dimensional motion) as well as various interferences, interactions and dynamics.
Student learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Understand fundamental laws in quantum transport
- Understand basic transport characteristics of low-dimensional electron systems.
- Understand intriguing quantum transport associated with interactions.
Keywords
Quantum transport phenomena, low-dimensional electron systems, quanyum Hall effect, quantum dot, fluctuation and dissipation.
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Sufficient understanding will be reached by providing a lecture and an exercise for each section. The lecture includes fundamental concepts and laws as well as up-to-date research topics. Students will be asked to submit reports for the exercises.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | The objective of the course and overview of quantum transport. | Understand the overview of quantum transport. |
| Class 2 | Semi-classical transport characteristics | Exercises (subject to change) |
| Class 3 | Quantum transport based on the scattering theory | Exercises (subject to change) |
| Class 4 | Quantum interference effects 1: Semiconductor and superconductor junctions | Exercises (subject to change) |
| Class 5 | Quantum interference effects 2: Semiconductor and superconductor junctions | Exercises (subject to change) |
| Class 6 | Quantum Hall effects: two-dimensional electron system | Exercises (subject to change) |
| Class 7 | Single-electron transport and zero-dimensional electron systems | Exercises (subject to change) |
| Class 8 | Quantum transport based on the density matrix | Review |
Textbook(s)
Lecture Note will be provided
Reference books, course materials, etc.
T. T. Heikkila, The Physics of Nanoelectronics, Transport and Fluctuation Phenomena at Low temperatures, Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics, ISBN-13: 978-0199673490
Yuli V. Nazarov and Yaroslav M. Blanter, Quantum Transport: Introduction to Nanoscience, Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 978-0521832465
Assessment criteria and methods
Reports
Related courses
- PHY.C340 ： Basic Solid State Physics
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
No requirements.
