Unit 1. Error Analysis:
1.1 Uncertainties in Measurements: Sources and estimation of errors, accuracy and
precision, systematic error, random error, Significant figure and round off
1.2 Uncertainties, Parent and Sample Distributions, Mean and Standard Deviation of
Distributions
1.3 Average error, r.m.s error, probable error and error propagation
1.4 Introduction to regression analysis and its uses
1.5 Applications with numericals
Unit 2. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics:
2.1 Origin of quantum mechanics
2.2 Dual nature of matter, concept of wave group, Davisson and Germer experiment
2.3 Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle and its applications, Schrodinger’s wave equation
2.4 Interpretation of wave equation and wave function
2.5 Applications of Schrodinger’s wave equation
Unit 3. Acoustics and Ultrasonics:
3.1 Introduction to waves
3.2 Characteristics of Sound waves
3.3 Architectural Acoustics, Absorption Coefficient, Reverberation, Sabine’s formula,
Factors affecting acoustics of buildings and their remedies
3.4 Ultrasonics: Introduction and properties
3.5 Production: piezoelectric and magnetostriction method
3.6 Detection of Ultrasonic waves
3.7 Applications with numericals
Unit 4. Physics of Laser and its applications:
4.1 Lasers and its properties, Spontaneous and stimulated emission
4.2 Einstein coefficients
4.3 Gas laser (He-Ne Laser), Semiconductor Laser, Applications of Laser
4.4 Basic Principle of Holography, Construction and reconstruction of hologram,
Applications of Holography
4.5 Introduction to optical fibre, Numerical Aperture of optical fibre
4.6 Types of optical fibre, applications of optical fibre
Unit 5. Condensed Matter and Material Physics
5.1 Basics of Crystal structure
5.2 X – Ray: properties, production, applications of X – Rays
5.3 Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors: Band theory of Solids
5.4 Energy gap, Fermi energy, Electrical conductivity and mobility
5.5 Hall effect
5.6 Introduction to magnetic materials
5.7 Basics of superconductivity and its applications
Unit 6. Nanoscience
6.1 Introduction to nanomaterials
6.2 0D, 1D, 2D nanostructures
6.3 Bottom-up and Top-down approach to synthesis of nanomaterials
6.4 Structural characterization by XRD and SEM
6.5 Applications of nanomaterials