Organizer: Prof. Dr. Michael Fleischhauer
Thursday, Oct. 13, room 46/387
09:45 - 10:00 coffee
10:00 - 11:30 lecture 1
11:30 - 13:00 lunch
13:00 - 14:30 lecture 2
14:30 - 15:00 coffee
15:00 - 16:30 lecture 3
Friday, Oct. 14, room 46/387
09:45 - 10:00 coffee
10:00 - 11:30 lecture 4
11:30 - 12:30 lunch
12:30 - 14:00 lecture 5
Topics:
- Integer quantum-Hall effect: phenomenology, edge states, topological transport (Thouless pump), Berry phases and Chern-number, QHE effect on a lattice
- Topological insulators: Graphene, Haldane model, classification of topological phases: the "ten-fold way"
- Symmetry-protected topological systems in 1D: Su-Schrieffer-Heeger & Rice-Mele model