Tue 10:40 - 12:30 & Thur 13:40-14:30 Room P-422
G&Y ▸ Girvin, Steven M., and Kun Yang, Modern condensed matter physics, Cambridge University Press, 2019.
CK ▸ Charles Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th Edition, Wiley, 2004.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool".
Homework 25%, Term project 20% (Report + presentation), 2 Midterms each 15%, and Final Exam 25% (Total 100).
All exams are closed book but you are allowed to have one A4 size page cheat sheet which you must hand-write yourself.
For term project, choose one of the seminal papers listed here.
Letter grades will be given as follows
AA (90), BA (85), BB (80), CB (75), CC(70), DC (65), DD(60), FD(50), FF (0)
Less than 85% attendance will receive a letter grade NA independent of the exams and the homework.
Asking questions is mandatory. Randomly selected students will be demanded to ask questions in every class.
Late homework are not accepted. Attendance is required for the full lecture duration and no late comers or early goes are accepted.
You are required to keep both your microphone and camera open during the entire lecture.
(*) Additional requirements can be posted in case of abuse.
By registration, you are assumed to accept the code of ethics & core values of METU and commit to maintain academic honesty and integrity for this course.
Non-local transport in mesoscopic systems (Lecture notes)
Mar 07 Landauer formula, conductance quantization and universal fluctuations
Mar 14 Boltzman transport, classical diffusion, noise
Homework #1 (Due Mar. 19, 23:59)
Anderson localization (Lecture notes)
Mar 21 Semiclassical diffusion, weak and strong localization
Mar 28 Scaling theory of localization
Homework #2 (Due Apr. 3, 23:59)
Apr 04 Midterm 1
Integer quantum hall effect (Lecture notes)
Apr 11 Classical and quantum dynamics, edge states, percolation
Apr 18 Anomalous QHE in graphene
Apr 26 Magnetic translation, magnetic Bloch bands
Homework #3 (Due May 14, 23:59)
Berry phase and Topology (Lecture notes)
May 02 Berry Phase, Ahoronov-Bohm effect, anomalous velocity
May 09 Midterm 2
May 18 Topological quantization of Hall conductance, Polyacetylene, SSH model
May 23 Edge states, Atiyah-Singer index theorem, Thouless charge pump, Haldane model
Homework #4
Topological insulators and semimetals (Lecture notes)
May 30 Kane-Mele model, Z2 topological insulators
Jun 02 Weyl semimetals, Fermi arcs, Chiral anomaly
Jun 15 Final Exam (9:30, room P7)
(**)The content outlined is subject to change depending on our pace in this semester.