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Lecturers: Peter Makk
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Responsible lecturer: Péter Makk
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Language (2021): English
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Schedule: 2 lectures/week, on Wednesday, 10:15-12:00, Seminar room of Dept. Theor. Phys.
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Neptun Code: BMETE11MF24
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MSTeams: Transport in Complex Nanostructures 2021
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Credits: 3
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Exam: The grade is based on an oral exam in the exam period. At the exam the printed out lecture notes can be used, the emphasis is put on the level of understanding.
Topics(2021)
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Nanowires, Landauer description, interference effects
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Quantum Hall effect, quantum dots
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Introduction to hybrid nanostructures
Superconducting (SC) nanostructures
Lecture notes
Part1:
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SC basic, Bogoljubov de Genne equation
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Andreev reflection, BTK theory, examples
Part2:
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Proximity effects, reflectionless tunneling, re-entrance
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SIN junctions, thermometry, Fabry-Perot oscillations, AR in magnetic field
Part3:
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SIS, SNS junctions, Multiple Andreev Reflection,
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Josephson effect, Shapiro, Photon Assisted tunneling
Part4:
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Flux quantization, RF-SQUID
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DC SQUID, Scanning SQUIDS
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Andreev interferometers, Heat interferometer
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Josephson interferometry
Part 5:
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Andreev Bound states, current - phase relation (CPR), Direct measurement of ABS
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Long/short juncions, Multiple Andreev Reflection
Part6
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Superconducting resonators, CPR readout, Andreev Qubit
Part7
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SC metallic dots,
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QDOTs coupled to SC electrodes: ABSs, Crossed Andreev reflection
Spintronics
Part8
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Interactions of ferromagnets, macrospin model
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Magnetoresistance effect (MR, AMR)
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GMR, exchange bias
Part9
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Spin injection, non-local measurements, Hanle
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TMR, TAMR
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Scanning Andreev, SIF junctions, spin filtering
Part10
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Semiconductor spintronics, Rashba/Dresselhaus effect, spin relaxation mechnisms
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Weak Anti-localization measurement
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Optical spin injection
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Spin Hall effect, Inverse Spin Hall effect, Quantum Spin Hall effect, Anomalous Hall Effect, Quantum Anomalous Quantum Hall effect
Part11
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Spin transfer torque, spin pumping, Domain wall movement, spin orbit torque
Lecture notes from previous semesters