Welcome to the 8.513 webpage,
Fall 2008,
Coherent and collective phenomena in quantum transport
Problem set 11
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due Dec 4 in lecture; solutions:
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Reading on one-dimensional localization: Density of states
pdf ; Lyapunov exponent, localization length
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Lecture 23 (Nov 25) One-dimensional models of disordered systems:
lecture notes , photos
Lecture 22 (Nov 20) Scattering and transfer matrices; statistics of transmissions
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Lecture 21 (Nov 18) Thouless energy and its relation to conductance; level correlation in a mesoscopic conductor
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Lecture 20 (Nov 13)
Hermitian and circular ensembles, spectral rigidity, pair correlation function
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Problem set 10
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due Nov 13 in lecture; solutions:
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Lecture 19 (Nov 6)
Spectral statistics of random matrices
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Topics in random matrix theory:
course by Jacobus Verbaarschot
Relation between random matrices, quantum chaos and Anderson localization:
Lecture 3 by Boris Altshuler;
Lecture by Oriol Bohigas and Marie-Joya Giannonni
Lecture 18 (Nov 4)
Wigner-Dyson random matrix theory.
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Problem set 9
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due Nov 6 in lecture; solutions:
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Reading on weak localization, weak antilocalization, and universal conductance fluctauation: Jorgen Rammer "Quantum Transport Theory"
Chap. 9 , Chap. 11
Experimental data discussed in Lectures 14-17 can be found here:
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Lecture 17 (Oct 30)
Mesoscopic Aharonov-Bohm effect. Universal conductance fluctuations. Weak antilocalization with SO scattering.
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Lecture 16 (Oct 28) Weak localization and Anderson localization; Magnetoresistance in a strip geometry
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Problem set 8
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due Oct 30 in lecture; solutions:
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Lecture 15 (Oct 23) Weak localization, dephasing length, megnetoresistance
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Lecture 14 (Oct 21) Coherent backscattering; Weak localization;
Aharonov-Bohm effect
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Problem set 7
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due Oct 23 in lecture; solutions:
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Lecture 13 (Oct 16) Drude formula; Ward identity for j-A response; weak localization
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Lecture 12 (Oct 14) Averaging the Greens functions over disorder; the non-crossing approximation, Drude conductivity
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Reading on Greens functions and disordered systems: Jorgen Rammer "Quantum Transport Theory"
Chap. 2 , Chap. 3
Lecture 11 (Oct 9) Kubo formula, Matsubara Greens functions, and analytic continuation
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Problem set 6
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due Oct 16 in lecture; solutions:
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Lecture 10 (Oct 7) Retarded and advanced Greens functions, perturbation theory
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Problem set 5
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due Oct 9 in lecture; solutions:
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paper on boundary scattering: H. Sondheimer, Adv. Phys. 1, 1 (1952) pdf
Lecture 9 (Oct 2)
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Problem set 4
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due Oct 2 in lecture; solutions:
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Lectures 5, 6, 7
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Problem set 3
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due Sep 25 in lecture; solutions:
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Lecture 4
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Properties of S-matrix (from Baz, Zeldovich and Perelomov "Scattering, reactions and decays in quantum mechanics")
Lecture 3
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Lecture 2
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Problem set 2
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due Sep 18 in lecture; solutions:
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Lecture 1
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Problem set 1
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due Sep 11 in lecture; solutions:
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Lectures: Tu, Thr, 1:00-2:30,
in Rm. 2-151
by Prof Leonid Levitov,
Office 6C-345,
Telephone: x3-6817,
levitov@mit.edu,
Office hours: Tu, 2:30-3:30 in 6C-345
Problem sets:
weekly, 13 in total, due Thursday in class (at the beginning of the lecture);
Term paper:
A list of term paper topics
will be provided and discussed in class;
Grade:
problem sets 60%, grading 10%, term paper 30%
Course syllabus
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and weekly schedule
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Please tell us what you expect to learn in 8.513
and provide information on your background by answering these
questions:
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Last modified: September 5, 2006
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