Period: First ECTS: 6
Syllabus
Interactions and low-dimensional systems in Condensed Matter Physics
1. An introduction to low-dimensional systems.
- Two-dimensional systems: 2DEG, graphene, 2D crystals, etc.
- One-dimensional systems: Quantum points contacts, atomic chains, nanowires, carbon nanotubes, etc.
- Zero-dimensional systems: Quantum dots, nanocrystals, molecules.
2. Electronic quantum transport.
- Landauer formalism.
- Conductance quantization.
- Quantum tunneling: Scanning tunneling microscope, field emission.
- Resonant tunneling: Quantum wells, quantum dots.
- Coulomb Blockade and Kondo effect: Phenomenology
3. Experimental techniques.
- STM.
- Nanolithography.
- Break junctions (MCBJ or STM) in vacuum or solution.
- Nanolithography+ Electromigration+MCBJ.
- Mechanical exfoliation
4. Advanced theoretical/computational techniques: Quantum Transport
- Scattering formalism: Mode matching technique
- Green’s functions.
5. Advanced theoretical/computational techniques: Interactions
- Review of second quantization formalism
- Configuration Interaction
- Density functional theory.
6. A few important models
- The Anderson model
- The Stoner model
Bibliography
- P. Phillips, Advanced Solid State Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2012
- Supriyo Datta, Quantum Transport, Cambridge University Press, 2007
- G. D. Mahan, Condensed Matter in a Nutshell, Princeton University Press, 2011
Faculty
Coordinator Juan Jose Palacios
Email juanjose.palacios@uam.es
Website https://www.fmc.uam.es/members/academic-staff/professors/palacios-burgos-juan-jose/
More info on the course official guide (Guía docente)