Engineering Physics I : For WBUT

Cover
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Roadmap to the Syllabus
Chapter 1: Oscillations
	1.1 Introduction and preliminary concepts of simple harmonic motion (SHM)
	1.2 Superposition of SHMs in two mutually perpendicular directions
	1.3 Lissajous figures
	1.4 Damped oscillations [or vibrations]
	1.5 Forced vibrations
	1.6 Resonance
	1.7 Applications in LCR circuit
	Formulae
	Solved Problems
	Multiple-choice Questions
	Answers
	Review Questions
Chapter 2: Optics
	Part I: Interference of electromagnetic waves
		2.1 Introduction
		2.2 Conditions for sustained interference
		2.3 Young’s double slit experiment
		2.4 Coherence
		2.5 Newton’s rings
	Part II: Diffraction of light
		2.6 Introduction
		2.7 Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction
		2.8 Fraunhofer diffraction at single slit
		2.9 Fraunhofer diffraction at double slit
		2.10 Fraunhofer diffraction at a circular aperture
		2.11 Plane diffraction grating [Diffraction at n slits]
		2.12 Grating spectrum
		2.13 Rayleigh’s criterion for resolving power
		2.14 Resolving power of a plane transmission grating
	Part III: Polarization
		2.15 Introduction
		2.16 General concept of polarization
		2.17 Representation of polarized and unpolarized light
		2.18 Plane of vibration and plane of polarization
		2.19 Plane, circularly and elliptically polarized light
		2.20 Polarization by reflection
		2.21 Brewster’s law
		2.22 Double refraction
		2.23 Ordinary and extraordinary rays
		2.24 Nicol prism
		2.25 Polaroid
		2.26 Quarter-wave plate
		2.27 Half-wave plate
		2.28 Theory of circular and elliptically polarized light
		Formulae
		Solved Problems
		Multiple-choice Questions
		Answers
		Review Questions
Chapter 3: Lasers
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Characteristics of laser radiation
	3.3 Spontaneous and stimulated emission
	3.4 Einstein’s coefficients
	3.5 Population inversion
	3.6 Optical resonator and condition necessary for active laser action
	3.7 Helium–Neon gas [He–Ne] laser
	3.8 Ruby laser
	3.9 Applications of lasers
	Formula
	Solved Problem
	Multiple-choice Questions
	Answers
	Review Questions
Chapter 4: Holography
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Basic principle of holography
	4.3 Recording of image on a holographic plate
	4.4 Reconstruction of image from a hologram
	4.5 Applications of holography
	Multiple-choice Questions
	Answers
	Review Questions
Chapter 5: Crystallography
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Space lattice (or) crystal lattice
	5.3 The basis and crystal structure
	5.4 Unit cell and lattice parameters
	5.5 Crystal systems and Bravais lattices
	5.6 Structure and packing fractions of simple cubic [SC] structure
	5.7 Structure and packing fractions of body-centred cubic structure [BCC]
	5.8 Structure and packing fractions of face-centred cubic [FCC] structure
	5.9 Crystal planes, directions and Miller indices
	Formula
	Solved Problems
	Multiple-choice Questions
	Answers
	Review Questions
Chapter 6: X-rays
	6.1 Origin of characteristic and continuous X-rays
	6.2 Diffraction of X-rays by crystal planes and Bragg’s law
	6.3 Powder method
	6.4 Calculation of lattice constant
	Formulae
	Solved Problems
	Multiple-choice Questions
	Answers
	Review Questions
Chapter 7: Quantum Physics
	7.1 Variation of mass with velocity
	7.2 Mass–energy equivalence
	7.3 Energy and momentum relation
	7.4 Black body radiation
	7.5 The ultra-violet catastrophe
	7.6 Derivation of different laws from Planck’s radiation law
	7.7 Compton effect
	7.8 Wave–particle duality–de Broglie hypothesis–Matter waves
	7.9 Davisson–Germer experiment
	7.10 Wave packet
	7.11 Heisenberg uncertainty principle
	Formulae
	Solved Problems
	Multiple-choice Questions
	Answers
	Review Questions
Semester 1: Question Papers
Selected Solutions to Semester 1: Questions
Semester 2: Question Papers
Selected Solutions to Semester 2: Questions
Index