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UNIT
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UNIT I CRYSTAL STRUCTURE

Single crystalline, polycrystalline and amorphous materials – single crystals: unit cell, crystal systems, Bravais lattices, Miller indices, directions and planes in a crystal – inter-planar distances - coordination number and packing factor for SC, BCC, FCC, HCP structures - Crystal imperfections –point, line, surface and volume imperfections.

UNIT
2
UNIT II CONDUCTING AND SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS

Conductors: classical free electron theory – electrical conductivity - Success and failures of classical free electron theory - Quantum free electron theory of metals - Fermi distribution function - Density of energy states for a metal – Carrier concentration in a metal. Superconductors: properties – Meissner effect – type I & II superconductors – BCS theory–Applications: Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID), Magnetic levitation.

UNIT
3
UNIT III SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS

Intrinsic Semiconductors – Energy band diagram – direct and indirect bandgap semiconductors – Carrier concentration in intrinsic semiconductors– Fermi level – Variation of Fermi level with temperature – electrical conductivity – band gap determination – extrinsic semiconductors - Hall effect –Determination hall coefficient – Applications –Photo detectors (PIN & Avalanche).

UNIT
4
UNIT IV MAGNETISM

Basic concepts – magnetic moment, susceptibility, permeability - Origin of magnetic moment – Bohr magneton – Dia, Para and Ferro magnetism – Domain theory – Hysteresis– soft and hard magnetic materials – anti ferromagnetic materials – Ferrites and its applications - Magnetic storage devices- magnetic hard disc, bubble memory.

UNIT
5
UNIT V LASER AND FIBRE OPTICS

Spontaneous and stimulated emission - Population inversion - Einstein’s A and B coefficients- Types of lasers – CO2, Semiconductor lasers - Industrial and Medical Applications. Optics Fibre: Principle and propagation of light in optical fibres – Numerical aperture and Acceptance angle - Types of optical fibres (material, refractive index, mode) – Losses in optical fibre- attenuation, dispersion, bending-Fibre Optical Communication system (Block diagram).

Reference Book:

Rajendran.V, “Engineering Physics”,2017, Tata Mcgraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, NewDelhi. Wiley Editorial ,Wiley Precise Textbook Series , “Engineering Physics”, 2013, Wiley A.S.Vasudeva,“Modern Engineering Physics”, Revised Edition, 2013, S Chand Publishing. Charles Kittel, “Introduction to Solid State Physics”, 8 th Edition, 2019, John Wiley & Sons, NJ, USA. D.K.Battacharya, Poonam Tandon, “Engineering Physics”, 2017 Oxford University Press. B.K.Pandey and S.Chaturvedi, “Engineering Physics”, 2nd Edition,2021, Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd. C.P. Poole and F.J. Owens, “Introduction to Nanotechnology”, 1st Edition, Kindle Edition, 2008, Wiley-Interscience.

Text Book:

S.O. Pillai, “Solid State Physics”, 10th Edition, 2023, New Age International Private Limited. Gaur R.K. And Gupta S.L, “Engineering Physics”, 2013, Dhanpat Rai publishers. M N Avadhanulu, P G Kshirsagar & TVS Arun Murthy, “A Textbook of Engineering Physics”, 11th edition, 2020, S . Chand Publishing. R Murugeshan & Kiruthiga Sivaprasath, “Modern Physics”,18th edition, 2019 S.Chand Publishing. Hitendra K. Malik (Author), A.K. Singh (Author), “Engineering Physics”, 2nd Edition, 2017, McGraw Hill Education.