ENGINEERING PHYSICS – I SYLLABUS - ANNA UNIVERSITY MADURAI

ENGINEERING PHYSICS – I SYLLABUS(10APH01)

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UNIT I ULTRASONICS          9

Introduction – Production - Magneto striction effect – Magnetostriction Generator –Piezoelectric effect – Piezoelectric generator – Properties – Detection of Ultrasonic

waves – Determination of Velocity of Ultrasonic waves using Acoustic grating –Applications – SONAR – Industrial & Medical – sonogram – Non destructive testing.

UNIT II LASERS      9

Introduction – Principle of spontaneous emission and stimulated emission – Population inversion – Pumping methods – Deviation of Einstein’s coefficients A and B – Types of Lasers – He – Ne Laser – Co2 Laser – Nd YAG Laser – Semiconductor Lasers (homojunction and heterojunction) - Characteristics and properties of Laser -

Applications – Industrial – Medical – Holography –Construction and re construction of Hologram – Applications of Hologram.

UNIT III FIBRE OPTICS   9

Principle and propagation of light in optical fibers – Numerical aperture and Acceptance angle – Classification of optical fibers ( Material, refractive Index, Mode ) – Production –

Double crucible technique – Optical fiber losses – Attenuation, Dispersion and Bending losses – Fiber optics communication systems (Block Diagram) – Applications – Sensors ((Temp, Displacement, Pressure).

UNIT IV QUANTUM PHYSICS: 9

Black body radiation – Plank’s theory (deviation) Deduction of Wein’s displacement law and Rayleigh – Jean’s law from Plank’s theory – Compton effect – Theory and experimental verification – Schrodinger’s wave equation – Time independent and time dependent equations – Physical significance of wave function – Particle in one dimensional box – Extension to 3 dimension electrons in metals (qualitative) – degeneracy.

UNIT V CRYSTAL PHYSICS    9

Lattice – Unit cell – Bravais Lattices – Lattice planes – Miller indices – Inter planar distance d in a cubic lattice – Calculation of number of atoms per unit cell, Atomic

radius, Co-ordination number and Packing factor for SC, BCC, FCC and HCP structures– NaCl, ZnS, Diamond and graphite structures.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. “Engineering Physics”, R. K. Gaur and S.C. Gupta, Dhanpat Rai Publications, New Delhi(2003).

2. “A Text book of Engineering Physics”, M.N. Avadhanulu and PG Kshirsagar, S.Chand and company, Ltd., New Delhi, 2005.

REFERENCES:

1. “Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics”, Serway and Jewett,6th Edition, Thomson Brooks/Cole, Indian reprint (2007).

2. “Engineering Physics”, Rajendran.V and Marikani A, Tata McGraw Hill Publications Ltd, III Edition, New Delhi, (2004).

3. “Engineering Physics”,Palanisamy, P.K., Scitech publications, Chennai,(2007).

4. “Engineering Physics”,Jayakumar. S, R.K. Publishers, Coimbatore, (2003).

5. “Engineering Physics”,Chitra Shadrach and Sivakumar Vadivelu, Pearson Education, New Delhi, (2007).


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