COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUPERCONDUCTIVITY - I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PHY 5011 SUPERCONDUCTIVITY - I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KEMAL KOCABAŞ

Offered to

PHYSICS
PHYSICS

Course Objective

Enabling Pyhsics master students to understand the concepts of electrical and superconducting, the historical evolution of superconductors and the main properties of superconductors and the effect of magnetic fiedl to the superconducting and the superconducting theories is the aim of the course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the main concepts of superconducting
2   To understand the theories of superconducting
3   To understand teh Type ı and II superconducters
4   To understand the historical evolution of superconducting
5   To understand the applications of superconducting
6   To understand the main properties of superconducting and conductivity

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Main properties of crystal structures
2 Introduction to Conductivity Theories
3 Main properties and magnitude of electrical conductivity
4 The discovery and evolution of superconducting
5 Meissner effect
6 London Theory
7 Midterm-I
8 Magnetic properties of superconducting
9 Type I and II Superconductors
10 Coherence Length and Ginzburg-Landau Parameters
11 BCS Theory
12 Thermodynamic properties of superconducting
13 Josephson effect
14 Midterm-II

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Poole C.P., Farach, H.& Creswick, R. J.: Superconductivity, Academic Pres (1995)
2.Micheal Tinkham: Introduction to Superconductivity, McGraw- Hill,Inc, Academic Pres (1995)
3. Lannie K. Tran, New Research on Superconductivity and Magnetism, Nova Science Publishers, (2007)
4. Carl S. Winslow, New Topics in Josephson Junction and Superconductivity Research, Nova Science Publishers, (2007)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Question-answer
3. Discussion
4. Problem-solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the final scores.

Assessment Criteria

1. Student s presentation and projects will be added to midterm notes
2. Final exam will be assessed by written examination

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 80% of lessons .
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
3. The instructor has right to make applied quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.
4. The faculty member wil be made experimental study to students in superconductivity laboratory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kemal.kocabas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday and Friday Between hours 11:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 2 6 12
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 10 3 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 7 77
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 2 3 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 172

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1553
LO.25553
LO.3435
LO.44553
LO.5553
LO.65433

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