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Questions Engineering Physics

1. Why do we observe different colors in thin films in sun light? With
neat diagram, derive an expression for optical path difference) in
interference in thin films of constant thickness due to reflected light.
And hence deduce the conditions for constructive and destructive
interference
2. What do you mean by thin film? Derive an expression for Optical path
difference due to interference of monochromatic ray of reflected light
by thin film of constant thickness. Also deduce condition for
constructive and destructive interference.
3. What is the nature of interference fringes in wedge shaped film and
why? Derive an expression for bandwidth.
4. Show that interference fringes in wedge shaped film due to reflected
light are equidistant. Consider case of normal incidence.
5. What is Anti-Reflection Coatings? Discuss it in details with phase and
amplitude conditions.
6. What do you mean by antireflection coatings? Discuss antireflection
coatings in details in terms of path difference, thickness, and refractive
indices for thin film.
7. Why fringes in Newton’s Rings experiment are Circular? Show that
diameter of dark rings are proportional to square root of order/integer?
8. Explain determination of wavelengths of visible spectra using plane
diffraction grating.
9. Explain stimulated emission and hence explain working of laser with
help of its components.
10. Differentiate between spontaneous emission and stimulated emission.
11. Write short note on Holography.
12. Define acceptance angle, fractional index change of an optical Fiber.
Derive an expression for Numerical Aperture of Step Index Fiber.
Discuss the significance of numerical aperture.
13. Explain phenomenon of Spontaneous, stimulated emission and
Population inversion. With the help of neat labelled diagrams explain
the construction and working of He-Ne Laser.
14. Explain phenomenon of stimulated emission, metastable state, Optical
Pumping. With the help of neat labelled diagrams explain the
construction and working of Nd:YAG Laser.
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15. Differentiate Step Index Fiber and Graded Index Fiber. Draw Profile
index Diagram for Step Index Fiber and Graded Index Fiber.
16. With help of block diagram, explain optical fiber communication
system. What are the advantages and disadvantages of optical fiber
communication system over wired and wireless communication?
17. What do you mean by modes in optical fiber? Explain different type
of modes travelling through fiber in short.
18. Show that de Broglie group velocity associated with the wave packet
is equal to the particle velocity.
19. What do you mean by matter wave? Explain Properties of matter
waves.
20. Using Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, show that electron cannot
exist within the nucleus.
21. Derive one dimensional Time Dependent Schrodinger equation for
matter waves.
22. Derive one dimensional Schrodinger's Time Independent wave
equation.
23. Show that the energy of an electron in the box varies as the square of
natural number.
24. Derive the expression for energy Eigen values for a free particle in one
dimensional potential well.
25. Show that energy levels of a particle in one dimensional infinite
potential well are quantized.
26. Derive microscopic form of Ohm’s law. Deduce conductivity for an
intrinsic semiconductor.
27. What do you mean by Fermi energy? Explain it with Fermi Dirac
distribution function.
28. Show that Fermi energy lie at the midway of band gap in intrinsic
semiconductor.
29. What is effect of Temperature and doping concentration on Fermi
Energy in N type semiconductor? Explain with necessary diagram.
30. What is effect of Temperature and doping concentration on Fermi
Energy in P type semiconductor? Explain with necessary diagram.
31. Write a short note on LED with suitable diagrams.
32. Write short note on photovoltaic cell with suitable diagrams.
33. What do you mean by nanomaterials? How nanoparticles are differ
from their bulk form in terms of properties?
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34. Explain following properties of nanoparticles in details: SVR, Blue-

shift, Superparamagnetism, Quantum confinement.
35. Explain Top Down and Bottom up approaches for the synthesis of
Nanomaterials with examples.
36. What do you mean by bottom up and top down approach to synthesize
nanomaterials? Write short note on ball milling method.
37. Explain Principle and working of Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
with suitable diagram.
38. Explain Principle and working of Scanning Electron Microscope
(SEM) with suitable diagram.
39. What are the applications of nanomaterials?
40. How transducers differ from sensors? Explain concept of sensitivity,
selectivity, accuracy and precision.
41. Define Hall Effect. Derive an expression of Hall Voltage. Explain
physical significance of Hall coefficient.
42. Why photodiode is used in reversed bias for light sensing? Explain
construction and working of Photodiode with I-V characteristics.
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43. A sample of n type silicon has donar density of 10 /m3. It is used in
Hall effect experiment. If the sample of width 0.76 mm is kept in a
magnetic field of 6000 Gauss with current density 800 A/m2.
Calculate Hall potential, Hall Coefficient and Hall Angle (Given:
Mobility is 0.15 m2 / Vsec.)
44. The resistivity of Cu is 1.72 × 10-8 Ohm -m. Calculate the mobility of
electrons in Cu. Given number of electrons per unit volume is 10.41 x
1021 / m3
45. Find resistivity of intrinsic germanium at 300 K Given density of
carriers is 1.45 x 1021 / m3. Mobility of electrons is 0.43 m2/V sec.
and for holes 0.21 m2/V sec.
46. Find out probability of electron not occupying in Energy level E in
conduction band at 500 K for pure Si of Band gap 0.7 eV.
47. Find out probability of electron occupying energy level E lying above
Fermi energy by 0.12 eV energy at 400K.
48. Find out probability of electron occupying energy level E lying below
Fermi energy by 0.17 eV energy at 600K.
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49. A light ray enters an optical fiber of core refractive index 1.492 and
cladding refractive index 1.455 Find the following: Critical Angle at
core-cladding interface, Numerical Aperture, V Number and Number
of modes travelling through fiber of core radius 48 m and 1450 nm is
wavelength of light.
50. Why Newton’s rings are circular in nature? A Newton’s ring setup is
illuminated by a beam of light containing two wavelengths; 6400 Å
and 5600 Å. It is found that nth dark ring due to one wavelength
coincides with (n+3)th dark ring of another wavelength. If radius of
curvature of the lens is 67 cm then find order and radius of nth dark
ring?
51. In Newton’s ring experiment the diameter of 5th and 10th dark ring
are 4.5 mm and 6.4 mm respectively. Find the diameter of 15th dark
ring. If a liquid is introduced between Plano-convex lens and glass
plate then new diameter of 15th dark ring appears to be 6.45 mm.
Calculate refractive index of liquid.
52. In a wedge shaped air film, 25 dark fringes are observed within 2 mm
spacing. If wavelength of incident light is 5893 Å , find the wedge
angle in degree, minutes and seconds
53. How many orders will be visible if the wavelength of incident
radiation is 6500 Å and the number of lines on the grating is 6000 in
one inch..?
54. White light is incident on soap film at an angle sin-1(4/5) and
reflected light after examination by spectroscope showed dark bands.
Two consecutive dark bands are observed at wavelengths 5500 Å and
5000 Å, if the refractive index of the film is 4/3, what will be the
thickness of the film?
55. White light falls normally on a soap film of refractive index 1.5 and
thickness 4320 Å. Which wavelengths within the visible spectrum (
= 4000 A0 to 7000 Å ) will be strongly reflected?
56. A plane transmission grating having 5000 lines per cm is used to
obtain a source of light with the third order. Calculate the angular
separation between the spectral lines whose wavelengths are 550 and
615 nm.
57. A diffraction grating used at normal incidence gives a line 4500 Å in
certain order superimposed on another line 4000 Å of next higher
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order. If the angle of diffraction is 39º, find the no. of lines per cm on
the grating.
58. State and Explain de Broglie Hypothesis. An electron beam is
accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 125 V.
Calculate the associated wavelength.
59. Calculate de Broglie wavelength associated with an
accelerated by a potential difference of 12 kV. Mass of is
.
60. An electron is trapped in a one dimensional box of length 0.3 nm.
Calculate the energy required to excite the electron from its ground
state to the second excited state.
61. A position and momentum of 3 KeV electron are simultaneously
measured. If position is located within 12 nm then what is the
percentage uncertainty in its momentum?
62. The speed of an electron is measured to within an uncertainty of 4 x
105 m/s. What is the minimum space required by the electron to be
confined to an atom?