Syllabus
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1) Basic theory tools for studying electronic transport. Band structure calculations in three-dimensional and low-dimensional systems, Boltzmann, Kubo, and Landauer theories of transport. *
2) Basic experimental tools. Growth of crystals with atomic-layer precession (MBE), fabrication of nanostructures and contacts (electron-beam lithography), dc and ac transport measurements. *
3) Insulator to metal transition. Mott transition (electron-electron interactions), Anderson transition (disorder), transition in extrinsic semiconductors, weak localization, longitudinal and transverse conductivity *
4) Normal and quantum Hall effect in two-dimensional systems *
5) Extraordinary magnetoresistance. Anomalous Hall effect, anisotropic magnetoresistance, giant magnetoresistance, and spin-current induced magnetization switching in ferromagnetic conductors, spin Hall effect. *
6) Electronic transport in micro and nanostructures. Quantum conductance in a one-dimensional wire, Aharonov-Bohm effect, universal conductance fluctuations, Coulomb and magneto-Coulomb blockade in single-electron transistors.
Annotation
Introductory course on electronic band structures and transport in systems from mac-roscopic dimensions to dimensions comparable to inter-atomic distances in solid state crystals. The course focuses on theory aspects but will also be complemented with demonstrations of experimental techniques in selected nanoelectronic laboratories.
Some of the topics will be further elaborated on in the supplementary courses.