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SYLLABUS

Unit - 1

1. Properties of Matter Elasticity – Stress-Strain Diagram and its Uses – Factors Affecting Elastic Modulus and Tensile Strength – Torsional Stress and Deformations – Twisting Couple – Torsion Pendulum: Theory and Experiment – Bending of Beams – Bending Moment – Cantilever: Theory and Experiment – Uniform and Non-Uniform Bending: Theory and Experiment – I-shaped Girders – Stress Due to Bending in Beams.

Unit - 2

2. Waves and Fiber Optics Oscillatory Motion – Forced and Damped Oscillations: Differential Equation and its Solution – Plane Progressive Waves – Wave Equation. Lasers: Population of Energy Levels, Einstein’s A and B Coefficients Derivation – Resonant Cavity, Optical Amplification (Qualitative) – Semiconductor Lasers: Homojunction and Heterojunction – Fiber Optics: Principle, Numerical Aperture and Acceptance Angle – Types of Optical Fibers (Material, Refractive Index, Mode) – Losses Associated with Optical Fibers – Fibre Optic Sensors: Pressure and Displacement.

Unit - 3

3. Thermal Physics Transfer of Heat Energy – Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids – Expansion Joints – Bimetallic Strips – Thermal Conduction, Convection and Radiation – Heat Conductors in Solids – Thermal Conductivity – Forbe’s and Lee’s Disc Method: Theory and Experiment – Conduction Through Compound Media (Series and Parallel) – Thermal Insulation – Applications: Heat Exchangers, Refrigerators, Ovens and Solar Water Heaters.

Unit - 4

4. Quantum Physics Black Body Radiation – Planck’s Theory (Derivation) – Compton Effect: Theory and Experimental Verification – Wave Particle Duality – Electron Diffraction – Concept of Wave Function and its Physical Significance – Schrodinger’s Wave Equation – Time Independent and Time Dependent Equations – Particle in a One – Dimensional Rigid Box – Tunnelling (Qualitative) – Scanning Tunnelling Microscope. 

Unit-5

5. Crystal Physics Single Crystalline, Polycrystalline and Amorphous Materials – Single Crystals: Unit Cell, Crystal Systems, Bravais Lattices, Directions and Planes in a Crystal, Miller Indices – Inter-Planar Distances – Coordination Number and Packing Factor for SC, BCC, FCC, HCP and Diamond Structures – Crystal Imperfections: Point Defects, Line Defects – Burger Vectors, Stacking Faults – Role of Imperfections in Plastic Deformation – Growth of Single Crystals: Solution and Melt Growth Techniques.