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Dept     : AIML
Sem      : 2
Regul    : R2023
Faculty : P.SABEENADEVI
phone  : NIL
E-mail  : sabeena.p.phy@snsct.org
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Syllabus

UNIT
1
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
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
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
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
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:

1 Rajendran.V, “Engineering Physics”,2017, Tata Mcgraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, NewDelhi. 2 Wiley Editorial ,Wiley Precise Textbook Series , “Engineering Physics”, 2013, Wiley 3 A.S.Vasudeva,“Modern Engineering Physics”, Revised Edition, 2013, S Chand Publishing. 4 Charles Kittel, “Introduction to Solid State Physics”, 8 th Edition, 2019, John Wiley & Sons, NJ, USA. 5 D.K.Battacharya, Poonam Tandon, “Engineering Physics”, 2017 Oxford University Press. 6 B.K.Pandey and S.Chaturvedi, “Engineering Physics”, 2nd Edition,2021, Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd. 7 C.P. Poole and F.J. Owens, “Introduction to Nanotechnology”, 1st Edition, Kindle Edition, 2008, Wiley-Interscience.

Text Book:

1 S.O. Pillai, “Solid State Physics”, 10th Edition, 2023, New Age International Private Limited. 2 Gaur R.K. And Gupta S.L, “Engineering Physics”, 2013, Dhanpat Rai publishers. 3 M N Avadhanulu, P G Kshirsagar & TVS Arun Murthy, “A Textbook of Engineering Physics”, 11th edition, 2020, S . Chand Publishing. 4 R Murugeshan & Kiruthiga Sivaprasath, “Modern Physics”,18th edition, 2019 S.Chand Publishing. 5 Hitendra K. Malik (Author), A.K. Singh (Author), “Engineering Physics”, 2nd Edition, 2017, McGraw Hill Education.