PROGRAM: B.

TECH IN ECE SEC: A, SEM:2ND

COURSE NAME: PHYSICS-I
COURSE CODE: BSPH201

Course Faculty: Dr. Esa Bose

 METHODOLOGY OF TEACHING & EVALUATING THE COURSE:

• Weekly 3L(EB)+ 1T(EB/SP)+ Online Classes whenever required.

• PPT has to be submitted on given topic[Individual activity]

• There will be online quizzes. [Individual activity]
• Assignments will be given. [Individual activity]
• Flipped Classroom activities will be there** [Group & Individual activity]
• 2 Centralized Mid Term tests [1 pen & paper, 1 online] will be conducted too.
[Individual activity]
• Final exam will be conducted by MAKAUT.
 Total marks=100, 30 internal, 70 end semester exam
DURING THE SEMESTER UNIVERSITY HAS PROVISION
FOR SENDING YOUR INTERNAL MARKS 4 TIMES
CA1(PPT Submission, Due date: 12/3/24)
CA2(Assignment, Due date: 20/3/24)
CA3(Written Test, Tentative date: 16-17/4/24)
CA4(Online Test)##
**CA means Continuous Assessment
**Each CA is done out of 25 marks
5 marks is awarded on the basis of Attendance.
 COURSE: Physics-I COURSE CODE: BS-PH201
CONTACT HOURS: 3 L+1T hours/Week. CREDITS: 4

1. Mechanics (7 L)
[WILL NOT BE DONE DIRECTLY IN CLASS]
1. Introduction (1 L): Newton's laws of motion, Conservation of Energy and Momentum),
Limitations of Newtons laws: -Problems involving constraints and friction, - Inertial and non-inertial
reference frames, -Motion of a rigid body in a plane and in 3 D, the need to use angular velocity vector and
Moment of Inertia to study rigid body dynamics.
2. Simple Harmonic Oscillator (2L): Overview including the differential equation and solution (no
derivations required). Introduction of damping term in differential equation and solution (no
derivation) three cases of damping: Under-damped, critically damped and overdamped motion.
Logarithmic decrement, power dissipation, relaxation time, quality factor (no derivations) (1 L)
Forced vibrations: Differential equation and solution (no derivation), Resonance: amplitude and
velocity resonance (no derivations), applications (1L)

3. Basic ideas of vector calculus (3L): Gradient, divergence, curl and physical significance;
Line, surface, volume integrals, Statement of Stoke's theorem and divergence theorems (no
derivations) Conservative and non-conservative forces, Potential energy function F = grad V,
equipotential surfaces and meaning of gradient.
4. Basic ideas of partial differential equations and their solutions (1 L)
Optics (5 L) [Flipped Classroom]
1. Interference and Diffraction ( 2 L): Distinction between interference and
diffraction, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, Expressions and qualitative
descriptions of fringes for single slit, double slit and multiple slit Fraunhofer
diffraction. Diffraction grating: resolving power and applications.
2. Polarisation (1L): Polarisation: Introduction, polarisation by reflection,
polarisation by double reflection, scattering of light, circular and elliptical
polarisation, optical activity.
3. Lasers** (2L) : Principles and working of laser : population inversion, pumping,
various modes, threshold population inversion with examples.
3. Electromagnetism and Dielectric and Magnetic Properties of Materials (8L)
1. Maxwell's equations: In integral and differential forms and concept of displacement current (3L)
2. Polarization and Dielectrics: Polarisation, permeability and dielectric constant, polar and non-polar
dielectrics, internal fields in a solid, Clausius- Mossotti equation (expression only), applications of
dielectrics. (2L).
3. Magnetic Properties of Materials: Magnetisation, permeability and susceptibility, classification of
magnetic materials, ferromagnetism, magnetic domains and hysteresis, applications. (3L)

4. Statistical Mechanics (8L)

1. Introduction, Macrostate and Microstate, Density of states (4 L)
2. Qualitative treatment of Maxwell Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac and Bose -Einstein statistics. (4L)
5. Quantum Mechanics (16L)
1. Introduction to quantum physics: black body radiation, Planck's hypothesis, explanation using
the photon concept, Compton effect. (2 L)
2. de Broglie hypothesis, wave-particle duality, verification of matter waves, uncertainty principle (2
L)
3. Postulates of Quantum Mechanics. Concept of wave functions, operators,
commutators, probabilities, expectation values, eigenvalues and eigen functions(4 L).
4. Schrodinger's time dependent wave equation (TDSWE) : Solution, Particle in a box (1-D and
3-D), Boundary conditions, Degeneracy (4 L).
5. Examples of Schrodinger's wave equation (SWE) and its solution for Quantum Harmonic
Oscillator (QHO) and Hydrogen (H) atom ( 4 L) (No derivation required): Only describe the
potential energy functions and SWE for these two cases and eigenvalues and eigen functions,
boundary conditions, quantum numbers and degeneracies, what is meant by ground state energy for
QHO, Bohr's correspondence equation for H-atom. (4 L).
 AT THE END OF THE COURSE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
CO Course Outcome Statement
Utilise fundamentals of mechanics, Vector Calculus and Oscillations
CO1
Understand wave particle duality in quantum mechanics.
CO2
Construct Schrodinger’s equation for preliminary quantum mechanical
CO3 systems.
Classify Maxwell Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac and Bose -Einstein statistics
CO4

Summarize various phenomenon of light namely Diffraction, polarization

CO5 and the principles of lasing action.

Interpret Maxwell's equations and Dielectric and Magnetic Properties of

Materials
CO6
 TOPIC FOR PPT(CA1)

Laser:
Principles and working of laser, population inversion,
pumping, various modes, threshold population inversion
with examples
Individual Activity,
Files have to be submitted in Moodle(Convert to PDF, file
size not more than 20MB),
No 2 ppts should be same
Last Date: 12/3/24
 TUESDAY 27/02/24 AND THURSDAY
29/02/24– SP SIR WILL TAKE THEORY CLASS

WEDNESDAY 28/02/24 CLASS

SATURDAY 01/03/24 I WILL START