Engineering Physics

Introduction to Quantum mechanics Wave nature of Particles operators Time-dependent and timeindependent Schrodinger equation for wavefunction Application: Particle in a One dimensional Box Born interpretation Free-particle wavefunction and wave-packets vg and vp relation Uncertainty principle

Huygens’ principle superposition of waves and interference of light by wave front splitting and amplitude splitting Young’s double slit experiment Newton’s rings Michelson interferometer MachZehnder interferometer Farunhofer diffraction from a single slit and a circular aperture the Rayleigh criterion for limit of resolution and its application to vision Diffraction gratings and their resolving power

Free electron theory of metals Fermi level of Intrinsic and extrinsic density of states Bloch’s theorem for particles in a periodic potential Kronig-Penney model(no derivation) and origin of energy bands V-I characteristics of PN junction Zener diode Solar Cell Hall Effect

Einstein’s theory of matter radiation interaction and A and B coefficients amplification of light by population inversion laser speckles Introduction to Optical fiber acceptance angle and cone Numerical aperture V number attenuation different types of lasers: gas lasers ( He-Ne CO2) solid-state lasers(ruby Neodymium) Properties of laser beams: mono-chromaticity coherence directionality and brightness applications of lasers in science engineering and medicine

Calculation of electric field and electrostatic potential for a charge distribution Electric displacement Basic Introduction to Dielectrics Stokes’ theorem Gauss Theorem Continuity equation for current densities Maxwell’s equation in vacuum and non-conducting medium Poynting vector Gradient Divergence and curl