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Experimental Methods in Quantum Materials
Week Topic Additional reading 1 New Material Physics: constructing new ground states, on the known unknown and the unknown unknown, adaptation of known quantum systems, theoretical predictions, starting from scratch. - New material physics, Paul C Canfield
2 Bulk single crystal synthesis: solution growth (Flux), chemical vapor transport (CVT) growth, solid state growth. - Growth of single crystals from metallic fluxes.
- Chemical vapor transport reactions – a historical review.
- Springer
Handbook of Crystal Growth.
3 Thin film synthesis: pulsed laser deposition, molecular beam epitaxy.
- Springer Handbook of Crystal Growth.
- Molecular beam epitaxy, J.R. Arthur.
4 Structural characterization methods: powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), single crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD), Laue X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy.
- X-ray
diffraction crystallography.
- Principles
of protein X-ray crystallography.
- Practical
Raman Spectroscopy.
5 Neutron Scattering: introduction, scattering properties, scattering from a lattice, scattering from powder, inelastic scattering, magnetic scattering. - Neutron scattering – A Primer, by Roger Pynn.
6 Low temperature measurements: liquid Nitrogen, Liquification of Helium and the discovery of superconductivity, cooling below 1 Kelvin, Helium 3, dilution refrigerator, adiabatic demagnetization, low-T thermometry.
- Matter and methods at low temperatures.
7 Thermodynamics: specific heat and heat capacity, DC magnetization, AC susceptibility, de Haas-van Alphen quantum oscillations.
- Specific heats at low temperatures.
- Magnetic measurement Techniques for materials characterization.
- Strongly Correlated Systems – Experimental Techniques.
8 Electrical transport: magnetoresistance and temperature dependence in metals, high field measurements (DC vs. Pulsed), Shubnikov de-Hass quantum oscillations, Hall effect, anomalous Hall effect, quantum Hall effect.
- Magnetoresistance in metals. A.B. Pippard.
- Strongly
Correlated Systems – Experimental Techniques.
- Magnetic
oscillation in metals. D. Shoenberg.
- The
quantum Hall effect. D. Yoshioka.
9 Thermal transport: thermal conductivity, Seebeck and Peltier effects.
- Thermal
conductivity. Theory, properties and applications.
- Thermoelectric power of metals.
10 Spintronics: Basic concepts, giant magnetoresistance, spin scattering, magnetic tunnel junctions, spin transfer torque, domain wall motion, applications.
- Spintronics,
fundamentals and applications.
11 Angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES): introduction, kinematics of photoemission, three-step model and sudden approximation, one-particle spectral function, matrix elements and finite resolution effects, the system, demonstration.
- Strongly Correlated Systems – Experimental Techniques.
12 Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM): introduction, one-dimensional potential barrier model, the WKB tunneling approximation, density of states, Bardeen model, constant current and constant height modes, voltage-dependent imaging, tunneling spectroscopy, differential conductance and its relation to the density of states, asymmetry in the tunneling spectra, spectroscopic imaging. - Scanning
Probe Microscopy, Bert Voigtländer.
13 Fabrication, interference and mesoscopic: state-of-the-art fabrication, Aharonov-Bohm rings, universal conductance fluctuations, ballistic wires and quantum dots.
- Mesoscopic
physics and electronics.
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Textbooks
Textbooks
Experimental Methods in Quantum Materials – Literature
New material physics, Paul C Canfield. Rep. Prog. Phys. 83, 016501 (2020).
- Growth of single crystals from metallic fluxes. P. C. Canfield and Z. Fisk. Philosophical Magazine B 65, 6 (1992).
- Chemical vapor transport reactions – a historical review. Binnewies, Glaum and Schmidt.
- Springer Handbook of Crystal Growth, Govindhan Dhanaraj, Kullaiah Byrappa, Vishwanath Prasad, Michael Dudley (Eds.).
- Molecular beam epitaxy, J.R. Arthur. Surf. Sci. 500, 189–217 (2002).
- X-ray diffraction crystallography. Yoshida Waseda, Eiichiro Matsubara and Kozo Shinoda. Springer.
- Principles of protein X-ray crystallography. Chapter 12. Jan Drenth. Springer.
- Practical Raman Spectroscopy. D. J. Gardiner and P.R. Graves (Eds.). Springer-Verlag.
- Neutron scattering – A Primer, by Roger Pynn, Los Alamos Neutron Science Center.
- Matter and methods at low temperatures. Frank Pobell. Springer (2007).
- Specific heats at low temperatures, E.S.R. Gopal, Springer.
- Magnetic measurement Techniques for materials characterization, Victorino Franco, Brad Dodrill (Eds.), Springer.
- Strongly Correlated Systems – Experimental Techniques, Adolfo Avella, Ferdinando Mancini (Eds.), Springer.
- Magnetoresistance in metals. A.B. Pippard. Cambridge University Press.
- Magnetic oscillation in metals. D. Shoenberg. Cambridge University Press.
- The quantum Hall effect. D.Yoshioka. Springer.
- Thermal conductivity. Theory, properties and applications. Terry M. Tritt (Editor).
- Thermoelectric power of metals. Frank J. Blatt, Peter A. Schroeder, Carl L. Foiles and Denis Greig. Plenum Press (1976).
- Spintronics, fundamentals and applications. Puja Dey and Jitendra Nath Roy. Springer.
- Scanning Probe Microscopy, Bert Voigtländer, Springer.
- Mesoscopic physics and electronics. T. Ando, Y. Arakawa, K. Furuya, S. Komiyama and H. Nakashima (Eds.). Springer.
Textbooks
Lecture, Tutorial and office hours
Lecture, Tutorial and office hours
Office hours
Name Day Hours Building/Room E-mail Dr. Eran Maniv Thursday 14:00-16:00 54/216 eranmaniv@bgu.ac.il Lecture/Tutorial
Group What? Name Day Hours Building/Room All Lecture Dr. Eran Maniv Tuesday 17:00-20:00 Gutman [32] / Room 111 Lecture, Tutorial and office hours
Topics for final presentation
Topics for final presentation
Experimental Method List:
1. Transmission electron microscopy {Barak Barzilay}
2. Scanning Squid (Regular) {אליאור ניר}
3. Scanning Squid on Tip {Itamar Bloch}
4. Optics as a solid state probe (nonlinear optics)
5. NV center based magnetometry {Matan S}
6. Scanning single electron transistor {Yigal Reiss}
7. Muon Spin Rotation {Lion Sudit}
8. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism {Avia Hadar}
9. Spin polarized ARPES {Asaf Meir Eliyahu}
10. Atomic force microscopy {Elinor Slavsky}
11. Magnetic force microscopy
12. Kelvin probe force microscopy {Yoav Mairovich}
Topics for final presentation
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Course policy
Grading:
There will be frontal presentations of selected topics instead of a final exam.
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