Lecture Notes


Date Notes Subject  
 
23.04.10
pdf Introduction, Conductance quantization
27.04.10
pdf Scattering Matrix
30.04.10
pdf Scattering in Operator Formalism

pdf Introduction to Second Quantization: Chapter 2.1, A. Altland and B. Simon, "Condensed Matter Field Theory" (2006).

pdf Appendix C. Second Quantization: M. P. Marder, "Condensed Matter Physics" (2000).
04.05.10
pdf Electron counting statistics I
07.05.10
pdf Electron counting statistics II

pdf Multi-terminal circuits I
11.05.10
pdf Multi-terminal circuits II
14.05.10
pdf Quantum Inteference
18.05.10
pdf Time-dependent transport: Tien-Gordon effect; adiabatic pumping
28.05.10
pdf Andreev scattering I
01.06.10
pdf Basic elements of BCS-theory: mean field approach
02.06.10
pdf Andreev scattering II: Andreev bound states, Josephson effect
08.06.10
pdf Andreev scattering III: SQUID, multiple Andreev reflections
11.06.10
pdf Spin-dependent scattering
15.06.10
pdf Coulomb blockade I: Charging Energy
16.06.10
pdf Coulomb blockade II: Single-electron tunneling
22.06.10
pdf Cotunneling
25.06.10
pdf Cotunneling rate (notes by Qiang Qian)
29.06.10
pdf Qantization of Cooper pair box
02.07.10
pdf Cooper pair box: Charging regime, Josephson regime
06.07.10
pdf Quantum Information Processing Primer
09.07.10
pdf Quantum Manipulation: Rotating Wave Approximation
13.07.10
pdf Quantum Dots
16.07.10
pdf Double quantum dot singlet-triplet qubit (Petta, Science, 2005 )
20.07.10
pdf Kondo Model
23.07.10
pdf Anderson Model - transport through quantum dots in Kondo regime