Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic discipline
FIS/03 (MATERIAL PHYSICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Curriculum
Fisica della materia
Period
1st semester (04/10/2021 - 19/01/2022)
Lesson hours
48 lesson hours
Language
Italian & English friendly.
Prerequisites
Basic notions of electromagnetism, solid state physics.
Learning outcomes
Experimental physics of quantum materials.
Course contents
The course deals with the experimental physics of quantum materials:
The physics of quantum materials [Keimer]. Electric and optical experiments on the quantum Hall liquid and study of the fractional charges [Stormer]. Graphene and experiments on the Dirac Fermions [Geim]. Anyons and topological quantum computers [Castelvecchi]. ARPES spectroscopy and visualization of the graphene linear bands [Pichler]. Experiments on quantum materials at the European laboratories EMFL, ESRF and FELIX. Quantum mirages [Manoharan]. Superconductivity in magic angle graphene [Gibney]. Hofstadter butterfly in graphene [Johnston]. Topological materials [Ramirez].
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Reccomended or required readings
- Castelvecchi, “Welcome anyons! Physicists find best evidence yet for long-sought 2D structures”, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01988-0
- Geim et al. “The rise of graphene”, http://www.condmat.physics.manchester.ac.uk/pdf/mesoscopic/publications/graphene/Naturemat_2007Review.pdf
- Gibney, “How ‘magic angle’ graphene is stirring up physics”, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07848-2
- Johnston, “Hofstadter's butterfly spotted in graphene”, https://physicsworld.com/a/hofstadters-butterfly-spotted-in-graphene/
- Keimer et al., “The physics of quantum materials”, https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys4302
- Manoharan et al.,” Quantum mirages formed by coherent projection of electronic structure”, https://www.nature.com/articles/35000508
- Pichler “Unraveling Electron Chirality in Graphene”, https://physics.aps.org/articles/v4/79
- Ramirez et al., “Dawn of the topological age?”, https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.4567
- Stormer, ”The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect” ,
https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/stormer-lecture.pdf
Assessment methods
The exam consists of a joint discussion, in which knowledge of the topics covered in the course and mastery of the methodologies presented are verified. In the first part of the exam the student can present, in depth, a topic chosen from the topics presented in the course. Later in the interview will take place on other topics addressed during the course.
Further information
It is recommended to focus on the physical understanding of the topics addressed. It is important to be able to illustrate the physics underlying the phenomena and the experimental methods used to measure them.
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