| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Survey of Superconductivity | Chapter 1 |
| 2 | Perfect Conductivity | Sections 2.1-2.3 |
| 3 | Magnetoquasistatics | Section 2.4 |
| 4 | London's Equations | Sections 2.5-2.6 |
| 5 | Classical Model of a Superconductor | Sections 3.1-3.4 |
| 6 | Electromagnetic Power | Section 3.5 |
| 7 | Transmission Lines | Sections 4.2, 4.4 |
| 8 | Perfect Diamagnetism | Section 4.5 |
| 9 | Macroscopic Quantum Model | Sections 5.1-5.4 |
| 10 | Supercurrent Equation | Section 5.5 |
| 11 | Basic Josephson Junctions | Sections 8.1-8.2 |
| 12 | SQUIDs | Sections 8.3-8.4 |
| 13 | Generalized Josephson Junctions | Sections 9.1-9.2 |
| 14 | Josephson Circuits and Devices I | Sections 9.3-9.6 |
| 15 | Superconducting Digital Circuits | |
| 16 | Type II Superconductors and Thermo | Sections 6.3-6.4 |
| 17 | Critical Fieds, Flux Flow, Pinning | Sections 6.5 and 7.1-7.5 |
| 18 | Ginzburg-Landau Theory | Sections 10.1-10.3 |
| 19 | Microscopic Interactions and Cooper Problem | |
| 20 | BCS I | |
| 21 | BCS II | |
| 22 | Quantum Circuits I | |
| 23 | Quantum Circuits II | |
| 24 | Quantum Tunneling Devices and Detectors | |
| 25 | Quantum Tunneling Devices and Detectors (cont.) | |
| 26 | Class Presentations |
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Study Materials
Readings
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The reading assignments refer to the course textbook:
Orlando, T. P., and K. A. Delin. Foundations of Applied Superconductivity. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991. ISBN: 0201183234.
Please look at the Errata for Foundations of Applied Superconductivity (PDF)
Related readings can be found in the related resources section.