Assignment I

Applied Physics-II (BS- 106)

Q1 (a) What do you understand by wave packet? Explain the difference between phase velocity and group
velocity. Show that the de Broglie group velocity associated with the wave packet is equal to the velocity of the
particle.
(b) Explain de-Broglie’s hypothesis. Describe an experiment for the confirmation of wave nature of electrons.
(c) Find the phase and group velocities of an electron whose de-Broglie wavelength is 1.2 Ǻ.

Q2 (a) State Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. Give its experimental verification and use it to prove the non-
existence of electrons in the nucleus.
(b) Find the smallest possible uncertainty in position of the electron moving with velocity 3×107m/s.

Q3. (a) Derive Schrodinger time dependent wave equation for non-relativistic particle. Give physical
interpretation of Hamilton operator H.
(b) Set up the Schrodinger equation for a free quantum particle. Write two examples of functions which
are not acceptable as wave functions. Write another two which are acceptable.

Q4. (a) Set up the Schrodinger equation for a particle in an infinite well/box (one-dimensional) Solve
it for eigenvalues and Eigen functions and plot the first three Eigen functions Ψ1, Ψ2, and Ψ3.
(b) Find the probability that a particle trapped in a box ‘l’ wide can be found between 0.30 l and 0.65
l for the first excited state.
(c) A particle of mass m is moving in an infinitesimal deep square well potential extending from x=0
and x=l. Show that <E> = n2h2/8ml2 and <px> = 0.

Q5. (a) What is potential barrier and tunnel effect? Calculate the transmission probability for
rectangular barrier for the condition of E<Vo, where E is energy of particle and Vo is barrier height.
(b) Electrons with energies 1 eV and 2 eV are incident on a barrier 10eV high and 0.5 nm wide.
Find (a) the respective transmission probabilities (b) how are these affected if the barrier is doubled
in width?

Q6. Set up the Schrodinger equation for the ca se of Harmonic oscillator. Write its energy Eigen
values and explain zero-point energy.

Q7. Write down the principle and working of scanning electron microscope and transmission electron
microscope.