Program: B Tech Ist Year
Session 2025-2026
Course Code Course Name Hours per week Total Total
L T P Hrs Credits
PH3001(T) Applied Physics (T) 3 0 2 5 4
Course Learning Objectives (CLOs):
The main objectives of this course are:
CLO01 To provide the basic concepts of laser & fiber optics and their various applications.
CLO02 To Learn the principles of wave optics and understand their applicability daily
life.
CLO03 To Understand the concept of Quantum Mechanics.
CLO04 To impart knowledge about nuclear structure, radiation, accelerators and detectors.
CLO05 To understand the fundamental concepts of crystal structure, semiconductor and
superconductivity.
CLO06 To develop the basic skills to apply knowledge by the topics covered in the course to
engineering problems.
UNIT-I Laser and Fiber Optics
Lasers: Three quantum processes in laser, Einstein’s A & B co-efficient, Population
inversion, Components of Laser, Properties of laser, Ruby Laser, He-Ne Laser, Applications
of Laser.
Fiber Optics: Introduction to optical fiber, propagation of light through optical fiber,
Acceptance angle, numerical aperture and fractional refractive index change, V-number,
Classification of optical fiber, Applications of Optical Fiber.
UNIT-II Wave Optics
Interference of light: Fundamentals of interference, Interference in thin film, Newton’s
ring experiment, Michelson’s Interferometer and its applications.
Diffraction of light: Types of diffraction, Fraunhofer diffraction for single slit, Plane
transmission Grating & its applications.
Unit-III Quantum mechanics
Limitations of Classical Mechanics, de-Broglie hypothesis for matter waves, Phase and
group velocity, Wave packet, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle (non-existence of
electron inside the nucleus), Compton effect.
Wave function, Schrodinger’s time dependent and time independent wave equation,
Application of Schrodinger’s wave equation; Particle in a one -dimensional infinite
potential well.
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Unit-IV Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Radiations: Introduction of nucleus, types of nuclear radiations (α, β, γ),
Interaction of nuclear radiations with matter, Applications and safety measure of nuclear
radiations.
Radiation Technology: LINAC, Cyclotron, Betatron, applications of accelerators, Geiger-
Muller (GM) counter.
Unit-V Solid State Physics
Crystal Physics: Types of Unit cell: SC, FCC, BCC, Packing fraction in different Unit Cell,
Miller indices, Bragg’s law of X-ray Diffraction and its application.
Semiconductor : Fermi level for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors, Hall effect and its
applications.
Superconductivity: Zero resistance, persistent current, superconducting transition
temperature (Tc), Meissner effect, Type-I and Type-II superconductors, applications of
superconductivity.
Textbooks:
1. A Textbook of Optics, N. Subramainyam, Brij Lal and M N. Avadhanulu,S. Chand,
New Delhi.
2. Engineering Physics, H. K. Malik and A. K. Singh, Tata McGraw Hill New Delhi.
3. Concepts of Modern Physics, A. Beiser, Tata McGraw Hill New Delhi.
4. Engineering Physics, Gaur and Gupta, Dhanpat Rai Publications.
5. Engineering Physics, Navneet Gupta and S K Tiwary, Dhanpat Rai Publications.
References:
1. An Introduction to Fiber Optics, Ghatak and Thiagarajan, Cambridge University
Press.
2. Nuclear Physics by S. N. Ghosal, S. Chand Publication.
3. Elements of Solid-State Physics, J. P. Srivastava, PHI Publication.
4. Concepts of Modern Physics, A. Beiser, S. Mahajan, S. R. Choudhary, 6th Edition,
SIE, Tata-McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2012.
5. Feynman Lectures on Physics, R.P. Feynman, R.B. Leighton and M.Sands, Vol. 1- 3
Addison-Wesley, Delhi 1995.
6. Radiation detection and Measurement, G. F. Knoll, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New
York.
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Course Outcomes (COs):
After completion of this course, the students shall be able to:
CO01 Recall the fundamentals of wave - optics, quantum mechanics, crystal BL01
structures, semiconductors and nuclear physics.
CO02 Understand various concepts of laser, optical fiber, interference, diffraction,
BL02
grating, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, solid state physics
and superconductivity.
CO03 Apply the concepts of Laser, fiber, wave- optics, Quantum mechanics, BL03
nuclear radiation, semiconductor and superconductivity in engineering.
CO04 Solve numerical problems based on Laser, optical fiber, interference,
BL04
diffraction, Quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, semi-conductor
and superconductivity.
CO05 Design innovative mini projects that demonstrate physics concepts through BL05
real-life applications.
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