超導體物理教學大綱

超導體物理教學內容涵蓋下列主題: Survey of superconductivity; Perfect conductivity; the classical model; Macroscopic quantum model; Type II superconductivity; Vortex interaction and dynamics; Basic Josephson junction; generalized junction and devices; the macroscopic model and high-Tc superconductivity. The contents include:
Chapter 1 Survey of superconductivity
1.1 Basic properties of superconductivity
1.2 Simple superconducting systems
1.3 Problems
Chapter 2 Perfect conductivity
2.1 First London Equation
2.2 Field inside a perfect conductor
2.3 Problems
Chapter 3 The classical model
3.1 Second London Equation
3.2 The two-fluid model
3.3 Anisotropic superconductivity
Chapter 4 Macroscopic quantum model
4.1 Macroscopic quantum current
4.2 Flux quantum
4.3 BCS Theory
4.3 Problems
Chapter 5 Type II superconductivity
5.1 Vortex
5.2 Critical fields
5.3 Vortex in anisotropic superconductors
5.4 Problems
Chapter 6 Basic Josephson junction
6.1 Josephson tunneling
6.2 Short Josephson junctions
6.3 Long Josephson junctions
6.4 SQUIDs
6.5 Problems
Chapter 7 Generalized junctions and devices
7.1 Response to ac driving sources
7.2 Digital circuits
7.3 Problems
Chapter 8 Beyond the Macroscopic model
8.1 Ginburg –Landau theory
8.2 Ginburg –Landau Equations
8.3 Upper critical fields
8.4 Problems
Chapter 9 High-Tc Superconductivity
9.1 Properties of High-Tc superconductors
9.2 High-Tc Josephson junctions and SQUIDs
9.3 High-Tc SQUID and biomagnetism
9.4 Problems

Text book

1. Fundations of applied superconductivity
Terry P. Orlando
Kevin A. Delin
Addition-Wesley Publishing company, Inc. (1991).

2. Introduction to Superconductivity; Second Edition
Michael Tinkham