Unit-1: Physical Quantities, Motion in Two or Three dimensions
Standards and Units, Unit consistency and conversions, Uncertainty and Significant figures, Estimates and
orders of magnitude, Position and velocity vectors, The Acceleration vector, Projectile motion, Motion in a
circle, Relative velocity, Free body diagrams, Conservative and Non-conservative Forces; Central forces,
Noninertial frames of reference.
Unit-2: Mechanics of Solids
Angular velocity and acceleration, Rotation with constant angular acceleration, Relating linear and angular
kinematics, Energy in rotational motion, Parallel axis theorem, Moment of Inertia calculations, Conditions
for equilibrium, Bending Stress, Shear stress, Concept of strain energy, Elastic Module, Concepts of
elasticity and plasticity.
Unit-3: Wave Optics

Superposition of waves and interference of light by wave front splitting and amplitude splitting, Fresnel bi-
prism; wedge shaped film, Newton’s rings, Farunhofer diffraction from a single slit, The Rayleigh criterion for limit of resolution and its application to vision, Diffraction gratings and their resolving power.
Unit-4: Electrostatics in vacuum and dielectric medium
Calculation of electric field and electrostatic potential for a charge distribution,Divergence and curl of
electrostatic field, Laplace’s and Poisson’s equations for electrostatic potential,Laws of electrostatics,
Polarisation, Permeability and dielectric constant, Polar and non-polar dielectrics, Solving simple
electrostatics problem in presence of dielectrics like Point charge at the centre of a dielectric sphere.

Unit-5: Magneto static in a linear magnetic medium
Bio-Savart law, Divergence and curl of static magnetic field,vector potential and calculating it for a given
magnetic field using Stokes’ theorem, Magnetisation, Solving for magnetic field due to simple magnets like
a bar magnet, Permeability and Susceptibility, Classification of magnetic materials, Ferromagnetism,
Paramagnetic and diamagnetic materials, Magnetic domains and hysteresis.
Unit-6: Faraday’s law and Electromagnetic waves
Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction, Continuity equation for current densities, displace current and
magnetic field arising from time dependent electric field, Maxwell’s equation in vacuum, Energy in an
electromagnetic field, Flow of energy and Pointing vector, Plane electromagnetic waves in vacuum, Their
transverse nature and polarization, Relation between electric and magnetic fields of an electromagnetic wave.
Unit-7: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Wave nature of Particles, Time-dependent and time-independent Schrodinger equation for wave function,
Born interpretation, Expectation values (only basic), Free-particle wave function and wave-packets,
Uncertainty principle, Solution of stationary-state Schrodinger equation for one dimensional problem like
particle in a box.

Unit -8: Solid electronic materials
Electron in periodic potential, Kronig-Penny model (only basic to introduce origin of band gap), E-k
diagram, Electron conduction, Conductivity, Drift velocity, Energy bands in solids, Direct and indirect band
gaps, Types of electronic materials: metals, semiconductors, and insulators, Occupation probability, Fermi
level, Effective mass, Density of states and energy band diagrams.
Unit -9: Semiconductors
Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, Electron and hole concentration, Concept of Fermi Level,
Dependence of Fermi level on carrier-concentration and temperature, Doping, impurity states, n and p type
semiconductors, Carrier generation and recombination, Law of mass action, Charge neutrality condition
,Carrier transport: diffusion and drift, p-n junction, Depletion region and potential barrier, Energy band
structure of PN junction in forward and reverse biasing ,Metal semiconductor junction (Ohmic and
Schottky).
Unit-10: Lasers & Fibre Optics
Einstein’s theory of matter radiation interaction and A and B coefficients, amplification of light by
population inversion in optical resonator, different types of lasers: gas lasers (He-Ne,), solid-state lasers
(ruby, Neodymium), semiconductor laser, Properties of laser beams.
Fibre Optics: Introduction, Optical fibre as a dielectric wave guide, Total internal reflection, Numerical
aperture and various fibre parameters, Losses associated with optical fibres, Step and graded index fibres,
Application of optical fibres.

Text Books:
1. Introduction to Mechanics-Mahendra K. Verma,Universities Press, Hyderabad
2. David Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, Addison-Wesley Professional
3. H. J. Pain, The Physics of Oscillations and Waves, Wiley
4. J. Singh, Semiconductor Optoelectronics: Physics and Technology McGraw-Hill Inc
5. Quantum Mechanics, Ajay Ghatak S. Lokanathan, Trinity
6. Engineering Physics by Gaur & Gupta,DhanpatRai Publications

Reference Books:
1. Engineering Physics by PG Kshirsagar& M N Avadhanulu, S. Chand Publications
2. Modern Physics for Engineers, S.P. Taneja, R. Chand
3. Engineering Physics, Malik and Singh, Tata McGraw Hill
4. Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics, Volume-1 Mechanics, Pearson
5. Mechanics, Mathur, S.Chand Publishing
6. Electromagnetic Theory, Prabir K. Basu&HrishikeshDhasmana, AneBooks
7. David Griffiths, Quantum Mechanics, Pearson Education
8. Quantum Mechanics: A Text Book for undergraduates, Mahesh C Jain, TMH
9. A. Ghatak , Optics, McGraw Hill Education
10. O. Svelto, Principles of Lasers, Springer Science & Business Media
11. The Physics of waves and Oscillations, N.K. Bajaj, TMH
12. H. C. Verma, Concepts of Physics Vol – 1&2, Bharti Bhawan Publication
13. Halliday and Resnick, Physics.