שיטות ניסיוניות בחומרים קוונטיים, 2022ב
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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
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.
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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 -
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}
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Course policy
Grading:
There will be frontal presentations of selected topics instead of a final exam.
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