Annexure ‘CD – 01’

FORMAT FOR COURSE CURRICULUM

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Course Title:APPLIED PHYSICS - I for Engineering UNITS
2 1 2 - 4
Course Code:
Credit Units:4
Level:UG
Course Objectives:Aim of this course is to introduce the students about fundamentals of graduate level Physics, which forms the basis of all Applied Science and
Engineering disciplines.

Pre-requisites:

Student Learning Outcomes:After the completion of this course students will be able to gain the basic knowledge of EM waves, Opticsand. Relativistic mechanics.
Further they will be able to apply these basic ideas in Engineering applications

Course Contents/Syllabus:

Weightage (%)
Module I: Wave Optics
Interference:
Coherent Sources, Conditions of Interference; Interference in thin films- parallel and Wedge shaped, Newton’s
rings
Diffraction:
Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction,Fraunhofer diffraction at a Single Slit, and N Slits, Plane Transmission 30
grating, Rayleigh criterion and Resolving power of grating.
Polarization:
Birefringence, Nicol prism, Production and Analysis of Plane, Circularly and Elliptically Polarized Light,
Half and Quarter Wave Plates, Optical and Specific Rotation, Laurent half shade and Bi-quartz polarimeter

Module II: Lasers and Fiber Optics

Lasers: 25
Introduction of Lasers, Induced Absorption, Spontaneous and Stimulated Emission, Einstein Coefficients, Population
inversion, Temporal and Spatial Coherence, Concept of Three and Four Level Lasers, Construction and Working of He-Ne
 and Ruby Laser
Fiber Optics:
Fundamental ideas about optical fibers, Classification of optical fibers, Propagation of light through fiber, Numerical
Aperture, Acceptance Angle and Cone, Applications of Fiber Optics

Module III: Electromagnetic Theory

Scalar and Vector fields, Gradient, Divergence and Curl, Gauss’s and Stoke’s Theorems, Gauss’s Law in
Electrostatics, Differential form of Gauss’s Law, Ampere’s Law, Displacement Current, Maxwell’s Equations 25
in Free Space & in Isotropic media, EM Wave Propagation in Free Space and dielectric media, Poynting
theorem and Poynting vector

Module IV:Relativistic Mechanics

Inertial and Non-inertial Frames, Michelson-Morley Experiment, Postulates of Special Theory of Relativity, Lorentz 20
Transformation, Length Contraction and Time Dilation, Addition of Velocities, Mass Energy Equivalence, Variation of
Mass with Velocity.

Lab/Practicals details, if applicable:

List of Experiments:

 To determine the wavelength of sodium light by Newtons’s rings method.

 To determine the dispersive power of the material of prism with the help of a spectrometer.
 To determine the specific rotation of sugar by Bi-quartz or Laurent half shade polarimeter.
 To determine the width of a narrow slit using diffraction phenomena.
 To determine the temperature coefficient of platinum wire, using a platinum resistance thermometer and a Callender&Grif/fth’s bridge.
 To determine the resistance per unit length of a Carey Foster’s bridge wire and also to find out the specific resistance of a given wire.
 To plot graph showing the variation of magnetic field with distance along the axis of a circular coil carrying current, and hence estimate the radius of the coil.
 To determine the value of acceleration due to gravity (“g”) in the laboratory using bar pendulum.
 To determine the moment of inertia of a flywheel about its own axis of rotation.
 To determine the density of material of the given wire with the help of Sonometer
 To measure the numerical aperture of an optical fiber using a He-Ne Laser source.
 Assessment/ Examination Scheme:
Theory L/T (%) Lab/Practical/Studio (%) Total(%)

75 25 100

 Theory Assessment (L&T):

Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment

Components (Drop down) Mid Term Exam Home Assignment Viva Attendance
End Term Examination

Weightage (%) 10% 7% 8% 5% 70%

 Lab/ Practical/ Studio Assessment:

Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment

Components (Drop down Lab Record Performance Viva Attendance End Term Examination

Weightage (%) 10% 10% 5% 5% 70%

Text & References:

 Introduction to Electrodynamics: D. J. Griffith(Prentice Hall)

 Electrodynamics: Gupta, Kumar & Singh (PragatiPrakashan)
 Optics: A. K. Ghatak ( Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Ltd., New Delhi)
 Optics: Brijlal&Suramanian (S. Chand)
 Principles of Lasers: A Svelto, V Edition (Springer)
 Engineering Physics: Satya Prakash(PragatiPrakashan)
 Textbook of Engineering Physics: Part I, Neeraj Mehta (PHI Learning, Pvt. Ltd.)
 Optical Fiber and Laser: Anuradha De.( New Age International)
 Practical Physics: C.L. Arora (S Chand)