Format No. QSP/7.1/01.F01Issue No. 04  Rev. No 3 Dated: Jan 25, 2010

UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & ENERGY STUDIES

COURSE PLAN

SUBJECT Physics-I PROGRAMME B. Tech. (All Branches)

SUBJECT CODE

Phys-101 SEMESTER ICREDIT POINTS

4 DURATION OF SEMESTER

July 2013- Dec 2013 (17 W)

PREREQUISITE SUBJECTS

School level physics and Mathematics

SESSION DURATION 60 Minutes

Faculty Member: Department of Physics

APPROVED BY:

(HOD) (Director)

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1.0 LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:

Students should have knowledge of basic concepts of physics and mathematics.

1.1 PREREQUISITE

Physics and Mathematics understanding up to 10+2 standard

1.2 CORE REQUISITE

Physics at 10+2 standard

2.0 OBJECTIVES OF COURSE:

The objectives of this course are:(a) The prime objective of this course is to develop an understanding of the

concepts, fundamental laws & principles, which make students familiar with different types of processes in the field of Physics.

(b) This course provides the students with a strong comprehension of the fundamental concepts of Engineering Physics and shows how these concepts are applicable for the industry.

(c) To develop the ability to apply the knowledge and understanding of Physics to unfamiliar situations

(d) To develop the scientific attitude/skills in the practical aspects of handling apparatus, recording observations and drawing diagrams, graphs etc.

3.0 SYLLABUS

Sl. No Unit Contents

1. Unit - 1 Interference, Diffraction, Polarization

2 Unit – 2 Laser and Fiber Optics

3 Unit – 3 Semiconductor Physics

4 Unit – 4 Nuclear PhysicsSpecial Theory of Relativity

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5 Unit – 5

4.0 PEDAGOGY:

The course will be taught using lecture method. The concepts will be adequately illustrated with examples to make applications of theoretical concepts clear. Students will be required to make presentations and solve numerical problems.

5.0 EVALUATION OF GRADING:

Students will be evaluated based on the following 3 stages.5.1 Internal Assessment - 30%5.2 Mid term Examination - 20%5.3 End term Examination - 50%

Component Activity Duration

(hr)Weightage (%)

Remark

Internal Assessment

Class Test/Quiz #1

1 5 1st Week, Sept. 2013

Class Test /Quiz#2

1 5 4th week, Nov. 2013

Home Assignments

10 After completion of each unit

Class Discipline

5 Regular assessment

Tutorial Assessment

5 Regular assessment

Total 30Mid-Term ExamOct.13

L1 to L-21 2 20

End-Term Exam

L-1 to L-42 3 50

Internal Assessment Record Sheet (including Mid Term Examination marks) will be displayed on LMS at the end of semester i.e. last week of regular classroom teaching.

5.1.1CLASS TESTS/QUIZZES: Two Class Tests based on descriptive type theoretical & numerical questions and Two Quizzes based on objective type questions will be held; one class test and one quiz at least ten days before the Mid Term Examination and second class test and second quiz

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at least ten days before the End Term Examination. Those who do not appear in Viva-Voce and quiz examinations shall lose their marks.

The marks obtained by the students will be displayed on LMS a week before the start of Mid Term and End Term Examinations respectively.

5.1.2ASSIGNMENTS: After completion of each unit or in the mid of the unit, there will be home assignments based on theory and numerical problems. Those who fail to submit the assignments by the due date shall lose their marks.

The marks obtained by the students will be displayed on LMS after each submission and subsequent evaluation.

5.1.3 GENERAL DISCIPLINE: Based on student’s regularity, punctuality, sincerity and behaviour in the class.

The marks obtained by the students will be displayed on LMS at the end of semester.

5.2 MID TERM EXAMINATION: WEIGHTAGE – 20%Mid Term examination shall be Two Hours duration and shall be a combination of Short and Long theory Questions.

Date of showing Mid Term Examination Answer Sheets: Nov. 02/03, 2013

5.3 END TERM EXAMINATION: WEIGHTAGE – 50%End Term Examination shall be Three Hours duration and shall be a combination of Short and Long theory/numerical Questions.

6.0 GRADING:

The overall marks obtained at the end of the semester comprising all the above three mentioned shall be converted to a grade.

7.0. ATTENDANCE:

Students are required to have a minimum attendance of 75% in the subject. Students with less than the stipulated percentage shall not be allowed to appear in the End Term Examination

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8.0 DETAILED SESSION PLAN

No. ofSessions Pedagogy

Detail of References

Coverage

L-1 to L-5

Lectures with the aid of video clips, Tutorials andOne Home assignment

T-1; Ch-1,4T-2; Ch-1R-1; ch-2,ch-13-17

INTERFERENCE; Principle of superposition, Coherent sources, Conditions of Interference, Division of wave-front and amplitude, Fresnel’s Biprism experiment, Displacement of fringes, Interference in thin films, Newton’s Rings & its applications

L-6 to L-9

Lectures with the aid of video clips, Tutorials andOne Home assignment

T-1; Ch-5T-2; Ch-2R-1; ch-18-19

DIFFRACTION; Classes of diffraction, Fraunhoffer diffraction at a single slit, Multiple slit Diffraction Grating, Rayleigh’s criterion of limit of resolution, Resolving power of Grating.

L-10 to L-14

Lectures with the aid of video clips, Tutorials andOne Home assignment

T-1; Ch-6T-2; Ch-3R-1; ch-22

POLARIZATION; Polarization of light, Brewster’s law, Malus law, Double refraction, Ordinary & Extra-Ordinary rays, Construction and working of Nicol Prism, Production and analysis of Plane, Circularly and Elliptically polarized light.

L-15-16 REVESION CLASS AND CLASS TESTL-17 to L-23

Lectures with the aid of video clips, Tutorials

T-1; Ch-8T-2; Ch-4,5R-1; ch-26,27

LASER; Spontaneous and Stimulated emission of radiation, Einstein’s A and B coefficients, Population inversion & types of pumping, Properties of laser beam,

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andOne Home assignment

Construction & working of Diode Laser and Helium-Neon laser and their application, Elementary idea of holography; constructive and reconstructive of holography, Fundamental ideas about optical fiber, Types of fibers, Acceptance angle and cone, Numerical aperture, Propagation mechanism and communication in optical fiber.

L-24 to L-31

Lectures with the aid of video clips, Tutorials andOne Home assignment

T-2; Ch-17R-3; Ch-2,3

SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICSIntroduction to semiconductors, momentum energy diagram for band gap explanation P and N Type semiconductors, direct and indirect band gap materials, Hall effect, Barrier formation in P-N junction diode, forward and reverse biasing of P-N junction diode, Shockley equation, Avalanche breakdown, Zener breakdown, Zener diode, Photodiode, Photovoltaic effect, LED construction and materials, organic semiconductors.

L-32 to L-36

Lectures with the aid of video clips, Tutorials andOne Home assignment

T-2; Ch-11R-2; ch-1

SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY Inertial & Non-inertial frames, Michelson-Morley Experiment, Postulates, Lorentz transformations, Length contraction, Time dilation, velocities addition, variation of mass with velocity, Mass-energy equivalence and Energy momentum relation.

L-37 & 38

REVESION CLASS AND CLASS TEST

L-38 to L42

Lectures, Tutorials

T-2; Ch-12R-2; ch-

NUCLEAR RADIATIONS AND DETECTION; Nuclear Radiations, their characteristics,

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andOne Home assignment

11,12measurement units and detectors; Proportional, G-M, Scintillation Counters

9.0 SUGGESTED READINGS:

9.1 TEXT BOOK:

T1: Modern Engineering Physics by A. S. Vasudeva, S. Chand, New Delhi.

T2: Engineering Physics by Hitendra K Malik & A K Singh,TMH, New Delhi.

9.2 REFERRENCE BOOKS:

R1: Optics, Ajoy Ghatak, TMH IVth edition R2: Modern Physics, A Beiser, TMH, VIth editionR3: Basic Electronics, V K Mehta, S Chand

10.0 OTHER RESOURCES

10.1 VIDEO RESOURCES:

Available with Department of Physics

10.2 WEB RESOURCES:

http://www.hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu

http://www.ocw.mit.edu

http://www.youtube.com/physics

http://www.physicsweb.org

http://www.osa.org

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