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Physics Syllbus

The document outlines the course structure for Engineering Physics 1. The objective is to provide students with fundamental physics principles and their applications in engineering. The course is divided into 2 modules worth 4 credits total. Module 1 covers topics like interference, diffraction, polarization, solid state physics, and is worth 24 teaching hours. Module 2 covers relativistic mechanics, wave mechanics, the Schrodinger equation, and particle in a box, also worth 24 teaching hours. 5 reference textbooks are provided.

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Physics Syllbus

The document outlines the course structure for Engineering Physics 1. The objective is to provide students with fundamental physics principles and their applications in engineering. The course is divided into 2 modules worth 4 credits total. Module 1 covers topics like interference, diffraction, polarization, solid state physics, and is worth 24 teaching hours. Module 2 covers relativistic mechanics, wave mechanics, the Schrodinger equation, and particle in a box, also worth 24 teaching hours. 5 reference textbooks are provided.

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Course Structure (Session 2023-24)

BPHS 1002: ENGINEERING PHYSICS - I


W.E.F. ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-24

OBJECTIVE: The Syllabus is designed and styled for B. Tech I year students to provide a sound
base in fundamental physics as well as to give them exposure to a wide range of its utility in
engineering and technology.

Credits: 04 L–T–P: 3–1-0


Semester I &II
Module Content Teaching
No. Hours
(Approx.)
Interference: Principle of superposition, Coherent Sources, Interference due to division of wave
front- Biprism experiment and division of amplitude, interference in wedge shaped film, Newton’s
ring experiment.
Diffraction: Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, diffraction due to Single-slit, Qualitative
description of N slits diffraction.
I Polarization: Concept of polarization of light, Phenomenon of double refraction, Huygens’ theory 24
for double refraction, Superposition of ordinary and extra ordinary rays: Plane, Circularly and
elliptically polarized light, Optical activity, Fresnel’s theory, Specific rotation.
Solid State Physics: Classification of solids, Temperature dependence and temperature
independence of conductivity of intrinsic semiconductors, Hall effect, Superconductivity,
Meissner effect, Type I and Type II superconductors.
Relativistic Mechanics: Inertial and non-inertial frames, Galilean transformations, Michelson-
Morley experiment, Einstein’s postulates, Lorentz transformation equations: Length contraction,
Time dilation, Addition of velocities, Variation of mass with velocity, Einstein’s mass energy
equivalence.
II 24
Wave Mechanics: Wave - particle duality, de-Broglie hypothesis, wave packet, Heisenberg’s
uncertainty principle and its applications: Non-existence of electrons in nucleus and Bohr’s first
orbit radius, Wave function and its normalization, Schrödinger’s wave equation: time dependent
and time independent, Particle in one dimensional potential box.

Reference Books/ Text Books


1. Optics by Ajoy Ghatak (Tata Mc-Graw Hill)
2. A Textbook of Optics by N. Subrahmanyam, Brij Lal and M. N. Avadhanulu
3. Concept of Modern Physics - by Beiser (Tata Mc-Graw Hill)
4. Materials Science and Engineering - by V. Raghavan (Prentice- Hall India)
5. Solid State Physics by S. O. Pillai (New Age International Publishers)

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