Physics 427A

The course ereserve can be found here.

Notes on Superconductivity. Draft 3/11/08.

Notes on Magnetic memories. Draft 3/12/08.

Discoverers of giant magnetoresistance win this year's physics Nobel, by Charles Day, in the December 2007 issue of {\it Physics Today}, gives a good account of the physics background and the importance of magnetoresistance.
Slides of Grunberg's Nobel lecture are heavy going in some places, but give a good survey both of the history of the discovery, and of actual applications.

Notes on Quantum Dots for Microscopy. Partial draft 2/28/08

The article Lighting up Cells with Quantum Dots, by Watson et al., gives a brief history of the subject, explains the physics and chemistry of use of quantum dots, and shows some nice examples. It was published in 2003 by people from the Quantum Dot Corporation.

Quantum Dots get Wet by Seydel (2003) is a brief account of quantum dots in Science.

Water Soluble Quantum Dots... by Larson et al. from Cornell (2003) is a more technical discussion in Science.

Fluorescent Toolbox for Assessing Protein Location ... by Giepmans et al., from UCSD (2006) is a more comprehensive discussion, covering other methods as well as quantum dots.

Notes on Nuclear magnetic resonance . Draft 2/21/08

Paul Lauterbur's Nobel lecture on MRI.

Peter Mansfield's Nobel lecture on MRI.

Notes on Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Energy. Revised 2/17/08.

Notes on Lasers.

Some readings on semiconductors and lasers.

Notes on Semiconductor Devices. Revised January 15.

Introduction to 427A Notes. Revised January 15.

General information.

Assignments.