Syllabus of Semester-I ( Common for All Branches)
1SF02 Applied Physics
Lectures/week: 03 Credits: 03
Course Prerequisites:
1. Elementary idea about electric charge, electricity & magnetism.
2. Basic knowledge of material science.
3. Fundamental knowledge of optics.
Course Objectives:
CLO 1: To enable the students to correlate the theoretical principles of fundamentals of
modern aspects in physics with applications oriented studies in engineering.
CLO 2: To understand the ballistics of charges particles in electric and magnetic fields
and applications of cathode ray oscilloscope.
CLO 3: To impart the knowledge of crystallography.
CLO 4: To impart the essential knowledge of interference and diffraction of light in
various application of engineering physics.
CLO 5: To impart the knowledge of laser and its various applications in Engineering Physics.
CLO 6: To impart the knowledge of fibre optics.
CLO 7: To enhance imagination and creativity in students by performing practical
experiments on related topics in various applications in engineering physics.
CLO 8: To impart the knowledge of fluid dynamics.
Course Outcomes:
CO 1: Apply the concepts of electric and magnetic fields in mass spectrograph and Cathode
Ray Oscilloscope.
CO 2: The students will gain the basic ideas about crystallography and will be able to identify
different types of crystal structures in solids.
CO 3: The students will be able to utilize the knowledge of interference and diffraction.
CO 4: The Students will gain the knowledge of LASER, its types and applications.
CO 5: The Students will acquire the knowledge of fibre optics, its types and applications.
CO 6: The Students will gain the knowledge of fluid dynamics and its applications.
UNIT I: Electron Ballistics: (08 Hours)
Motion of charged particle in uniform transverse electric and transverse magnetic fields, velocity
selector (energy filter), Bainbridge mass spectrograph, Hall effect, cathode ray oscilloscope :
working and its block diagram.
UNIT II: Crystallography: (06 Hours)
Crystal structure, Unit cell, Cubic crystal structure: SC, BCC and FCC, Unit cell characteristics:
Effective number of atoms per unit cell, atomic radius, coordination number, atomic packing
fraction, Miller indices, Bravais lattice Inter-planar distance between adjacent planes.
UNIT III: Interference and Diffraction of Light: (07 Hours)
Fundamental condition of interference, thin film interference due to reflected light, Newton’s rings
experiment and it’s applications, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, plane transmission diffraction
grating.
UNIT IV: (06 Hours)
Absorption, spontaneous and stimulated emission of radiation, population inversion, pumping,
metastable state, characteristics and applications of laser, Ruby laser,He-Ne Laser.
UNIT V: Fibre Optics:
(07 Hours)
Snell’s law, total Internal reflection, construction of optical fibre, acceptance angle and acceptance
cone, numerical aperture, types of optical fibre, attenuation, fibre optic communication system.
UNIT VI: Fluid Dynamics: (06 Hours)
Viscosity, Stoke’s law, streamline and turbulent flow of liquid, Poiseuille’s equation, Continuity
equation, Bernoulli’s theorem.
Text Books:
1. R.K.Gaur & S.L.Gupta: Engineering Physics, Dhanpat Rai & Sons.
2. Hitendra K. Malik & A.K.Singh: Engineering Physics, Tata McGraw Hill
3. M.N. Avadhanulu & P.G. Kshirsagar: Engineering Physics, S.Chand Pub., 2008
Reference Books:
1. Orazio Svelto: Principle of Lasers, Springer
2. Frank L.Pedrotti, Leno M. Pedrotti, Leno S. Pedrotti: Introduction to optics.
1SF07 Engineering Physics Lab
Practical: 02 Hours/week Credits: 01
Course Prerequisites:
1. Identify and handle various equipment likes vernier calliper, micrometer screw gauge,
multimeter, spectrometer.
2. Basic knowledge of graphical representation of observed values.
Course Objectives:
1) To gain practical knowledge by applying experimental methods to correlate with the theory.
2) Apply the analytical techniques and graphical analysis to the experimental data.
3) To develop basic understanding of various experimental principles involved.
Course Outcomes:
After completion of this course, the students will able to:
1) Develop experimental skills to impart practical knowledge in real time.
2) Understand principle, concept, working and applications of areas in physics and compare the
results obtained with theoretical calculations.
3) Conduct experiment and record experimental data, Analyse the obtained data and Draw
conclusions from the Labortary exercise based on the analysed data
List of Experiments/ Practicals:
Engineering Physics Lab
Minimum : 08 experiments/ Practicals are to be performed.
List of Experiments:
1. Study of CRO I: To measure A.C voltage, D.C voltage and frequency using CRO.
2. Study of CRO II: To determine frequency of unknown signal by using Lissajous patterns.
3. To determine wavelength of monochromatic light by using Newton’s Ring experiment.
4. To determine wavelength of monochromatic light by using Plane transmission diffraction
grating.
5. Determination of grating element of diffraction grating, using LASER beam.
6. Study of various crystal structures.
7. To determine Miller Indices of crystal planes.
8. To plot the V-I characteristics of LED and to find it’s striking potential.
9. To measure the intensity and divergence of given LASER beam.
10. To determine the coefficient of viscosity using Stoke’s law.
11. Study of Hall effect in semiconductor.
