St. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING , CHENNAI – 119.

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE

PH8252 – PHYSICS FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE

WORKSHEETS

UNIT - IV OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

1._________________ materials are capable of transmitting light with relatively little

absorption and reflection (a). Transparent (b). Translucent (c). Opaque

2. A device which converts electrical energy in the form of current into optical energy is called
as a) Optical source b) Optical coupler c) Optical isolator d) Circulator

3. The amount of radiance in planar type of LED structures is

a) low b) High c) Zero d) Negligible

4._____________________ is the maximum distance up to which a light wave in metals can

travel.
(a)Skin depth (b) Skin layer (c) layer depth (d) maximum depth

5. Visible light is one type of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from
(a) 0.39 to 0.77 μm (b) 0.39 to 0.66 μm (c) 0.39 to 0.50 μm (d) 0.39 to 0.55 μm

6. If the photons may give their energy to the material the process is called as
(a) Absorption (b) Reflection (c) Refraction (d) Transmission

7. As compared to planar LED structure , dome LEDs have ----------------------- external power
efficiency , --------------------- effective emission area and ---------------------- radiance.
a) Greater , lesser , reduced b) Higher , greater, reduced c) Higher , lesser , increased
d) Greater , greater , increased

8. If photons may not interact with the material structure then the process is known as
(a)Transmission (b) Absorption (c) Reflection (d) Refraction

9. The depletion region must be ----------------------- to allow a large fraction of the incident
light . a) thick b) thin c) Long d) Inactive

10. The device in which the photons interact with the electron is called an
_____________ device.
11. _______ is fully depleted by employing electric fields.
a) Avalanche photodiode b) P-I-N diode c) Varactor diode d) P-n diode

12. Blue color in the sunlight gets scattered more than other colors in the visible spectrum and
thus making sky look blue then scattering is known as
(a). Rayleigh scattering (b). Tyndall effect (c). Compton scattering
13. Which of the following is a characteristic of semiconductor lasers?
a) Output in Visible region b) High Efficiency c) Output in UV region
d) Pulsed output

14. What is the difference between Photodiode and Solar cell?

a) No External Bias in Photodiode b) No External Bias in Solar cell
c) Larger surface area in photodiode d) No difference

15. Increase in the forward current always increases the intensity of an LED.
a) True b) False

16. ________________ photodiodes have very large dark current.

a) GaAs b) Silicon c) GaSb d) Germanium

17. __________________ always leads to the generation of a hole and an electron.

a) Repulsion b) Dispersion c) Absorption d) Attenuation

18. Which of the following light is scattered in all directions by gas particles more than all other
colors?
(a) Blue (b) Red (c) Yellow (d) Green

19. ___________ has more sophisticated structure than p-i-n photodiode.

a) Avalanche photodiode b) p-n junction diode c) Zener diode d) Varactor diode

20._______________ is a process where electron-hole pairs are created by exciting an electron

from the valence band of the semiconductor to the conduction band, thereby creating a hole in
the valence band.
(a) Carrier generation (b) Recombination
 UNIT- V NANO DEVICES
1.Nanomaterials are the materials with at least one dimension measuring less than
___________
a) 1 nm b) 10 nm c) 100 nm d) 1000 nm

2.The motion of electrons or holes are confined in one or more dimensions by potential
barriers is called as -------------------------

3.What’s the procedure in Top-down fabrication method?

a) Nano-particles -> Powder -> Bulk b) Powder -> Bulk – > Nano-particles
c) Bulk -> Powder – > Nano-particles d) Nano-particle – > Bulk -> Powder

4.A material with one dimension in Nano range and the other two dimensions are large is
called ___________
a) Micro-material b) Quantum wire c) Quantum well d) Quantum dot

5.A collection of units (atoms or molecules) of up to about 50 units are called as

(a) Colloids (b) Cluster (c) Nanoparticle (d) Nanocrystal

6.When mean free path of the electron is longer than the dimension of the medium through
which the electron travels is called as
(a) Ballistic Transport (b) Coulomb Blockade (c) Tunneling

7. The colour of the nano gold particles is ___________

a) Yellow b) Orange c) Red d) Variable

8. A solid particle that is a single crystal in the nanometer range is called as

(a)Nanocrystal (b) Colloids (c) Nanoparticle (d) Cluster
9. Most promising applications of the CNT is _________
a) Paper batteries b) Solar cells c) Space elevators d) Stab proof

10. ________________ is used to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly to cancer cells to

minimize damage to healthy cells.
(a) Nanoparticles (b) Nano shells (c) Quantum dot (d) Nanotubes

11. When semiconductors are reduced to nanometers they become pure conductors.
a) True b) False

12._________________ are used in broken bones to provide a structure for new bone
material to grow
(a) Nano shells (b) Nanoparticles (c) Quantum dot (d) Nanotubes

13. The suppression of electron flow is called as

(a) Coulomb Blockade (b) Tunneling (c) Ballistic Transport
14. The melting point of particles in nano form ___________
a) Increases b) Decreases c) Remains same d) Increases then decreases

15. The stiffest and strongest fibres with significant electronic properties and applications
called as
(a) Carbon Nanotubes (b) Nano sheets (c) Nano spheres

16. Nano wires are used in________

a) Transistors b) Resistors c) Capacitors d) Transducers

17. In how many methods the CNT can be prepared?

18. With which carbon nanostructure CNTs are capped on both ends?
a) Graphite b) Diamond c) C60 d) Benzene

19. The current used in the arc discharge method is about _________
a) 100mA b) 200mA c) 300mA d) 400mA

20. The main purpose of CNTs in fuel cells is ___________

a) Production of energy b) Active medium c) Catalyst d) Storage