QFT principles for engineering applications in nano and microelectronics. Examples include quantum computing, topological quantum computing, and superconductivity. Focus on solids and quasiparticles. Relation between energy, momentum, and mass. Quantization, Klein Gordon, Dirac, Pauli, and Schrödinger equation. Introduction to topological states and the Majorana condition. Lagrange invariance and the need for gauge fields (electrodynamics).
3 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit
QFT principles for engineering applications in nano and microelectronics. Examples include quantum computing, topological quantum computing, and superconductivity. Focus on solids and quasiparticles. Relation between energy, momentum, and mass. Quantization, Klein Gordon, Dirac, Pauli, and Schrödinger equation. Introduction to topological states and the Majorana condition. Lagrange invariance and the need for gauge fields (electrodynamics).