Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s

Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune-48

(An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University)
Department of Engineering & Applied Sciences

BS10232A – Engineering Physics-CB

Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme
Credits: 03 CIE ISE SCE ESE TW Total
Lecture (L): 02 hrs / week 20 20 20 40 25 125
Practical (P): 02 hrs / week
Course objectives:
1. To teach fundamental principles of Physics relevant to circuit branches of Engineering.
2. Relate the fundamental principles of Physics to laboratory experiments.
3. Relate the fundamental principles of Physics to applications.
Course Outcomes:
After completing this course learners will be able
1. Explain basics of Semiconductor Physics & use them in understanding of working of diodes
2. Explain the basics of optical fibres and their applications in telecommunication
3. Explain the Physics of select sensors and their applications
4. Explain the basics of Quantum Physics and have a preliminary understanding of the basic
tenets of Quantum computing.
5. Apply concepts taught in Physics theory by solving problems in a participative/
collaborative learning process
6. Perform experiments and analyse the data to understand underlying Physics
7. Use Project Based Learning (PBL) as a tool to learn Applied Physics
Contents
Unit I – Semiconductor Physics (6 hrs)
Free electron theory, Fermi-Dirac distribution function, opening of band gap due to internal
electron diffraction from lattice, band theory, Density of states, Carrier density in intrinsic
semiconductors, position of Fermi energy in intrinsic semiconductor, Carrier density in extrinsic
semiconductor, position of Fermi energy in extrinsic semiconductors, p-n junction diode. Charge
density, potential and electric around the junction, and band structure of unbiased diode. Barrier
potential, Working of p-n junction diode in the forward and reverse bias on the basis band
structure. Ideal diode equation
Unit II – Optical Fibre (6 hrs)
Propagation of light through an optical fibre, Numerical Aperture, Dispersion: Intermodal
dispersion, concept of multi-mode step refractive index, multi-mode graded refractive index, single
mode optical fibre, Group velocity and Material Dispersion, Attenuation and selection of
wavelength for Optical fibre communication application
Unit III – Physics of Sensors & Measurements (6 hrs)
Hall sensor, accelerometer, temperature sensor, strain gauges, Measurements - Accuracy,
Precision, resolution, errors, error propagation, Calibration of sensors, noise, signal to noise ratio
Unit IV– Quantum mechanics & Basics of Quantum Computing (6 hrs)
 Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s
Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune-48
(An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University)
Department of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Introduction to Quantum mechanics, Wave nature of Particles, Time-dependent and time
independent Schrodinger equation for wave function, Born interpretation, probability current,
Expectation values, Free-particle wave function and wave-packets, Uncertainty principle.
Application/s of uncertainty principle. Qubits, Quantum Entanglement, Quantum Computation &
Quantum Algorithms.
Laboratory Work:
A) List of experiments (6 out of the following experiments)
1. To determine band gap of a semiconductor from temperature dependence of its electrical
resistance and hence determine the B factor of the thermistor made of this material
2. To determine the I-V characteristics and parameters of a Solar cell
3. To determine the Hall coefficient and number density of charge carriers of a semiconductor
4. To calibrate light sensor BPW34 against a Lux meter
5. To determine the temperature using Pt100 and/or semiconductor temperature sensor and
calibrate a carbon resistor
6. Determination of Numerical Aperture (NA) & Attenuation of an Optical Fiber.
7. To study propagation of error for series and parallel resistor combinations.
B) PBL
PBL on topics from the syllabus for all students
Textbooks:
1. A Text Book of Engineering Physics – M N Avadhanulu and P G Kshirsagar, S Chand
Publishing Ltd, New Delhi.
2. Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics – Hugh D Young and Roger A Freedman, Pearson
Education.
3. A Textbook of Optics – N Subrahmanyam and BrijLal, S Chand Publications
4. A Text Book of Physics and Non-linear Optics by B. B. Laud
Reference books:
1. Fundamentals of Physics – Halliday, Resnick and Walker, Wiley Publications.
2. Optics – Ajoy Ghatak, Tata McGraw Hill.
3. Fundamentals of Optics – Jenkins and White, Tata McGraw Hill
4. A course on Experiments with He-Ne Laser – R S Sirohi, New Age International Publishers 5.
Introduction to Solid State Physics - C. Kittel, Wiley Publications
6. Principles of Solid State – H V Keer, New Age International
7. Semiconductor Device Fundamentals – R F Pierret, Pearson
8. Physics of Semiconductor Devices – S M Sze and K K N, Wiley
9. Electronic Principles – Albert Malvino and David Bates, McGraw Hill
10. Integrated Electronics J Millman, C Halkias, McGraw Hill
11.Practical Physics (3rd Ed.) G L Squires, Cambridge University Press