Number of hours
- Lectures 10.0
- Projects 0
- Tutorials 10.0
- Internship 0
- Laboratory works 0
ECTS
ECTS 2.0
Goal(s)
Give students a general knowledge on the physical properties of materials at low temperature (metals, insulators, superconductors, helium) to have the skills to analyze experimental results and extract characteristic quantities.
Contact Elsa MERLEContent(s)
I - Materials at low temperatures (A. Sulpice): duration 10h
Thermal and electrical properties of metals and insulators: specific heat, thermal expansion, electrical resistivity, thermal conduction.
II. Superconductivity (O. Buisson): duration 10h
1) Introduction:
Experimental facts : perfect conductivity, Meissner Effect
2) Macroscopic quantum model
London theory
critical current of a superconducting wire
problems of nucleation
type II superconductivity: the vortex.
3) Quantum effects:
Josephson effect
voltage Standard
SQUID
Prerequisites
Materials at low temperature and superconductivity
Two hours written exam
Examen Ecrit : 100%
This course brings 3.0 ECTS to students in UE Energetic
This course brings 3.0 ECTS to students in UE Energy JUAS-ESIPAP
"Physique de l'état solide" ou "Solid state physics" C. Kittel
"Principles of Superconductive Devices and Circuits" T. Van Duzer
"Low-Temperature Physics" C. Enss and S. Hunklinger
"Introduction to Superconductivity" M. Tinkham