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MAHENDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Salem-Campus, Attur Main Road, Minnampalli, Salem -636 106.

Class: IV Year
Time : 1 Hr. 30 Min.
Date: 25.07.2019
Subject Code: EC6016
Marks : 50
Subject Name: OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES

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Answer All Questions

Part A— (10 X 2=20)

1 State Braggs Law. Apply CO1

2 List out any two applications of Hall Effect? Apply CO1

3 Give the expression for electrical conductivity of a semiconductor Remember CO1

4 What are the intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductor. Remember CO1

5 State “Malus’s” Law. Apply CO1

6 What are blackbody Sources. Understanding CO1

7 What is diffraction? Remember CO1

8 What are the black body sources? Apply CO1

9 State Heisenberg uncertainty principle Apply CO1

10 Distinguish between interference and diffraction. Understanding CO1

Part B — (02 X 15=30)

 Explain in detail about the excess carriers in
semiconductors and hence derive an expression for the
11.a) 15 Applying CO1
variation of excess carriers concentration with distance
and time.
[OR]

Explain the following in detail

11.b) i. Wave nature of light and the principle of 5 Remembering CO1
superposition.

With a neat diagram explain the interference effects in

ii. 5 Understanding CO1
a thin film of refractive index “n”
Discuss about drift and diffusion current of carriers
iii. 5 Comprehending CO1
with relevant mathematical expressions.

From the Schrodinger equation, explain the formation

12.a) i. 7 Applying CO1
of energy bands in solids.

What is heterojunction? Explain its operations with

ii. 8 Remembering CO1
sketches. Derive expressions for injection efficiency.

[OR]

Derive an expression for electrical conductivity in

12.b) i. 8 Applying CO1
solids.
Write a short note on Fermi dirac distribution
ii. 7 Comprehending CO1
function.

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