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Engineering PhysicsPH-101
PH-101core Course
Engineering Physics
3 Credits
6 Modules
Updated 12/31/2024
01
Electrostatics and Electrodynamics
6 Lectures
Gauss‘s Law in dielectric medium Equation of continuity
displacement current Maxwell‘s equations wave equation for electromagnetic radiation electromagnetic
wave propagation in free space and isotropic dielectric medium Poynting theorem & Poynting vector.
02
Laser Physics
6 Lectures
Concepts of laser spontaneous and stimulated emission elementary idea about Lasers
basic principles involves in laser three and four level laser system coherence characteristics of laser light;
ruby He-Ne CO2 and semiconductor lasers application of lasers.
03
Fibers Optics and Photonics
6 Lectures
: Optical Fiber physical structure and basic theory modes in optical fibers
step index and graded index fibers losses in optical fibers sources and sensors for optical fibers
applications of optical fibers in communication.
04
Quantum Mechanics
6 Lectures
: Need of quantum mechanics Compton effect Born‘s concept of wave function
Eigen function and Eigen values operators in quantum mechanics expectation values time independent
time dependent Schrodinger‘s wave equations and its applications viz. particle in one dimensional
potential well.
05
Introduction to Solids
6 Lectures
Free electron theory (Classical & Quantum): Assumptions Merits and drawbacks
Fermi level Density of states Periodic potential Bloch‘s theorem Kronig–Penny modal E–K diagram
Effective mass Origin of energy bands in solids Classification of materials : Metals semiconductors and
insulators.
06
Superconductivity
6 Lectures
Introduction and discovery of superconductivity superconducting materials Meissner
effect critical magnetic field and critical current type-1 and type-2 superconductors isotope effect theory
of superconductivity.