Quantum Physics of Nanostructures

Class Times:	Monday, 15:15-16:45, Room 114, Brüderstrasse 16 (Lecture)
	Wednesday, 09:15-10:45, Room 114, Brüderstrasse 16 (Lecture) biweekly, starting 15.10.2014
	Wednesday, 09:15-10:45, Room 114, Brüderstrasse 16 (Tutorial) biweekly, starting 22.10.2014
Office Hours:	Thursday, 14:00-15:00 in Prof. Rosenow's office, please make an appointment in advance
Content:	quantum wires and quantum dots; quantum interference in nanostructures; dephasing (quantum to classical transition); Aharonov-Bohm effect and persistent currents; introduction to graphene (2D carbon); quantum Hall effect; mesoscopic superconductivity. Click here for the detailed module description.
Recommended Reading:	Y. Imry, "Introduction to mesoscopic physics", Oxford University Press
	T. Ihn, "Semiconductor Nanostructures", Oxford University Press
	E. Akkermans and G. Montambaux, "Mesoscopic Physics of Electrons and Photons", Cambridge University Press
	Y.V. Nazarov and Y.M. Blanter, "Quantum Transport: Introduction to Nanoscience", Cambridge University Press

For questions concerning the problem sets and tutorials, please write an e-mail to daniel.scherer_at_physik.uni-leipzig.de.

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1) Ballistic transport in free-standing graphene (exp.) [Tobias Abel];
click here for research article.
2) Measurement of the Fermi-velocity in graphene (exp.);
click here for research article.
3) IQHE at room temperature (exp.) [Pit Strub];
click here for research article.
4) Berry phase and Shubnikov-de-Haas oscillations (exp.);
click here for research article.
5) Concept of Berry phase (th.) [Kai Benning];
4.1 Random matrices [Onirban Islam];
4.2 Energy-level statistics and universal conductance fluctuations;
4.3 Statistics of transmission eingenvalues;
5.1 Quantum computers [Moritz Thurmair];
5.2 Quantum algorithms [Shane Carlson];
5.3 Quantum manipulations [Michael Mensing];
5.4 Qbits in quantum dots;