APPLIED PHYSICS – II

APPLIED PHYSICS – II

Definitions of various terms, Gibb’s Phase rule, Application of phase rule to one component system – the water system and Sulphur system

UNIT I

Electromagnetic Theory (EMT)

Motion of Charged Particles in crossed electric & magnetic fields, Velocity Selector & Magnetic focussing, Gauss law, continuity equation, inconsistency in Ampere’s Law, Maxwell’s equations (differential and integral forms), poynting vector, Poynting Theorem (Statement only), propagation of plane electromagnetic waves in conducting
and non-conducting medium.

UNIT II

Quantum Mechanics & Statistical Physics:

De-Broglie Hypothesis, Davisson Germer experiment, wave function and its properties, expectation value, Wave Packet, Uncertainity principle. Schrodinger Equation for free Particle, Time Dependent Schrodinger Equation, Particle in a box (1-D), Single step Barrier, Tunneling effect. Qualitative Features of Maxwell Bollzman, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics distribution, functions & their comparison (no derivation)

UNIT III

Statistical Mechanics:

Applications of Bose-Einstein Distribution Function, Statistical Distributions.

UNIT IV

Solid State Physics

Formation of energy bands in metals, semiconductors and insulators; intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, Fermi energy levels for doped, undoped semiconductors and pn junction; Tunnel diode, Zener diode. Superconductivity: Meissner Effect, Type I and Type II Superconductors, BCS theory (Qualitative only), London’s equation, properties of superconductors & applications.

Unit V

X-Rays81_0_10026_Electromagnetic Waves 2021-22

production and properties, Crystalline and Anorphous solids (Brief) Bragg’s Law, Applications.
Ultrasonics: Introduction, Production of Ultrasonics (Magentostriction and
piezoelectric methods), engineering applications