COURSE CONTENT

Applied Physics - I Semester I

Teaching Scheme Examination scheme
Lectures: 3 hours/week End semester exam (ESE): 60 marks
Duration of ESE: 03 hours
Internal Sessional Exams (ISE): 40 marks

Unit-I: Environmental Science No. of Lectures: 08 Hours, Marks: 12

a) Energy Sources (Non-conventional): Introduction to non-conventional energy sources, Solar
cell (Principle, Construction, Working and Characteristics), Wind energy - Wind Mill, Biogas
and Biomass (Brief explanation about way of harnessing or utilization, advantages),
Advantages of non-conventional energy.
b) Energy Sources (Conventional): Introduction to Nuclear Fission, Fusion, Chain reaction,
Multiplication factor, Nuclear Reactor (with diagram and working), Numericals.
Unit-II: Laser and Fiber Optics No. of Lectures: 08 Hours, Marks: 12
a) Laser: Introduction, Laser beam characteristics – Coherence, Directionality, Intensity,
Monochromaticity, Mechanism of laser–Stimulated absorption, Spontaneous emission,
Stimulated emission, Laser terminology – Active medium, Population, Population inversion,
Pumping and Metastable state. Types of laser – Gas laser (He-Ne laser), Nd-yag laser,
Applications of laser, Holography – Introduction, Principle of holography, recording of 3D
images using hologram, Reconstruction of 3D images, Comparison with ordinary photography.
b) Fiber Optics: Structure of optical fibre. Principle of optical fibre. Propagation mechanism in
optical fibre – Angle of acceptance, Numerical aperture, Critical angle, Optical fibre
communication system (only diagram), Advantages of optical fibre, Applications of optical
fibre.
Unit-III: Crystallography and X-rays No. of Lectures: 08 Hours, Marks: 12
a) Crystallography: Introduction, Space lattice – Translation vectors, the basis and crystal
structure, Unit cell and Lattice parameters, Bravais lattices, the cubic crystal – The Simple
Cube (SC), Body Centered Cube (BCC), Important parameters of cubic lattice – Number of
atoms per unit cell, Co-ordination number, Atomic radius, packing density or Packing factor,
Calculation of lattice constant. Miller indices – Rules for finding miller indices, Important
features of miller indices, Miller indices for cubic crystal, Numericals.

First Year Syllabus w.e.f. 2017-18