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Introduction to High Temperature Superconductor Physics - NFPL101
Title: Úvod do fyziky vysokoteplotních supravodičů
Guaranteed by: Department of Low Temperature Physics (32-KFNT)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2023
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Guarantor: RNDr. Jan Koláček, CSc.
Mgr. Michal Šindler, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): RNDr. Jan Koláček, CSc.
Mgr. Michal Šindler, Ph.D.
Classification: Physics > Solid State Physics
Annotation -
Physical properties of high temperature superconductors, relevant theoretical models, superconducting materials, vortices, vortex properties, vortex dynamics.
Last update: T_KFNT (22.05.2001)
Course completion requirements - Czech

Zkouška probíhá ústní formou. Požadavky ke zkoušce odpovídejí sylabu předmětu v rozsahu, který byl prezentován na přednášce.

Last update: Chlan Vojtěch, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (12.06.2019)
Literature - Czech

[1] C. P. Poole Jr., H. A. Farach, R. J. Creswick: Superconductivity (Academic Press)

[2] A.J. Leggett: https://courses.physics.illinois.edu/phys598sc2/fa2015/ (poznámky/skripta k přednásce)

[3] J. F. Annett: Superconductivity, Superfluids, and Condensates (Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics)

[4] L. Skrbek a kolektiv: Fyzika nízkých teplot II. část (Matfyzpress)

Last update: Šindler Michal, Mgr., Ph.D. (25.06.2025)
Syllabus -
I. Introduction
History of superconductivity. Record critical temperature. Physical units (cgs to SI conversion). London equations and Kramers-Kronig relations.

II. BCS theory
Bardeen, Cooper, Schriefer (BCS) theory. Basic parameters.Symmetry of the order parameter. Cooper pairs (singlet, triplet). BCS theory for d-wave superconductors. Description of p-wave systems (liquid He3)

III. Vortices
Basic concepts. Anisotropy of vortex. Vortices in classical and high-temperature superconductors. Vortex lattice. Phase diagram. Equation of vortex motion (pinning, viscosity, vortex mass)

IV. Materials.
Hydrides, MgB2, UTe2, heavy fermion superconductors and other unconventional superconductors.

Cuprates - structure, doping, phase diagram, normal state properties, superconducting dome, pseudogap, strange metal. Nickelates - cuprate analog.

Pnictides - structure, phase diagram, properties.

V. Application - current stage and the outlook.
Large-scale applications. Electric current transport. Transport (Maglev train). Quantum computing

Last update: Šindler Michal, Mgr., Ph.D. (25.06.2025)
 
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