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Dop Course Outline
OS7121 Topics on Mesoscopic Physics
Last Revised: 2018-10-02
Course Objectives
Learning the physics and numerical skills for researches in the topological insulators related topics
Prerequisite
Textbook Text book:
A Short Course on Topological Insulators: Band Structure and Edge States in One and Two Dimensions (Lecture Notes in Physics)
by János K. Asbóth and László Oroszlány
Reference Book:
Topological Insulators and Topological Superconductors
by B. Andrei Bernevig and Taylor L. Hughes
Topical Outline 1. Berry phase
2. Chern number
3. Zak phase
4. 1D and 2D lattice models
5. Graphene model and descrete symmetries
6. Quantum Hall Effect
7. Haldane model
8. Kane-Mele & BHZ models
9. Z2 invariants
10. Topological photonics
11. Topological acoustics
12. Topological mechanics
Prerequisite
Textbook Text book:
A Short Course on Topological Insulators: Band Structure and Edge States in One and Two Dimensions (Lecture Notes in Physics)
by János K. Asbóth and László Oroszlány
Reference Book:
Topological Insulators and Topological Superconductors
by B. Andrei Bernevig and Taylor L. Hughes
Topical Outline 1. Berry phase
2. Chern number
3. Zak phase
4. 1D and 2D lattice models
5. Graphene model and descrete symmetries
6. Quantum Hall Effect
7. Haldane model
8. Kane-Mele & BHZ models
9. Z2 invariants
10. Topological photonics
11. Topological acoustics
12. Topological mechanics
