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The document outlines a course on Physics for Information Science, focusing on the electrical, semiconductor, magnetic, optical properties of materials, and quantum computing. It includes detailed units covering classical theories, semiconductor physics, magnetic storage materials, optical storage techniques, and the fundamentals of quantum computing. The course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of these topics and their applications in technology.

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PIS Syllabus

The document outlines a course on Physics for Information Science, focusing on the electrical, semiconductor, magnetic, optical properties of materials, and quantum computing. It includes detailed units covering classical theories, semiconductor physics, magnetic storage materials, optical storage techniques, and the fundamentals of quantum computing. The course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of these topics and their applications in technology.

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PH23211 PHYSICS FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE LT PC

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COURSE OBJECTIVES:
• To make the students understand the importance in studying electrical properties of
materials.
• To enable the students to gain knowledge in semiconductor physics.
• To instill knowledge on magnetic properties of materials.
• To establish a sound grasp of knowledge on different optical properties of materials,
optical displays and applications.
• To inculcate an idea of significance of nano structures, quantum confinement, ensuing
nano device applications and quantum computing.
UNIT I: ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS 9
Classical free electron theory - Expression for electrical conductivity – Matthiessen rule,
Thermal conductivity, expression - Wiedemann - Franz law – Success and failures – electrons
in metals – Fermi- Dirac function – Density of energy states – Electron in periodic potential –
Energy bands in solids – tight binding approximation - Electron effective mass – concept of
hole.
UNIT II: SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS 9
Intrinsic Semiconductors – Energy band diagram – direct and indirect band gap semiconductors
– Carrier concentration in intrinsic semiconductors – extrinsic semiconductors – Variation of
carrier concentration with temperature – variation of Fermi level with temperature and impurity
concentration – Hall effect and devices.
UNIT III: MAGNETIC STORAGE MATERIALS 9
Magnetic dipole moment – atomic magnetic moments- magnetic permeability and
susceptibility - Magnetic material classification: diamagnetism – paramagnetism –
ferromagnetism – antiferromagnetism – ferrimagnetism – Ferromagnetism: origin and
exchange interaction- saturation magnetization and Curie temperature – Domain Theory- M
versus H behaviour – Hard and soft magnetic materials – examples and uses—Magnetic
principle in computer data storage – Magnetic hard disc (GMR sensor).
UNIT IV: OPTICAL STORAGE MATERIALS 9
Classification of optical materials – carrier generation and recombination processes Absorption
emission and scattering of light in metals, insulators and semiconductors (concepts only) -
photo current in a P-N diode – solar cell - LED – Organic LED – Laser diodes – Optical data
storage techniques.
UNIT V: QUANTUM COMPUTING 9
Introduction to quantum computing - quantum cellular automata - Quantum system for
information processing - quantum states – classical bits – quantum bits or qubits –CNOT gate
- multiple qubits – Bloch sphere – quantum gates – advantage of quantum computing over
classical computing.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Jasprit Singh, “Semiconductor Devices: Basic Principles”, Wiley (Indian Edition), 2019.
2. S.O. Kasap. Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices, McGraw-Hill Education (Indian
Edition), 2020.
3. Parag K. Lala, Quantum Computing: A Beginner's Introduction, McGraw-Hill Education
(Indian Edition), 2020.
REFERENCES:
1. Charles Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, Wiley India Edition, 2019.
2. Y.B.Band and Y.Avishai, Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Nanotechnology and
Information Science, Academic Press, 2013.
3. Nouredine Zettili, “Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications”, 3rd Edition, Wiley
Edition, 2022
4. Nouredine Zettili, Atowar Rahman, “Fundamentals of Magnetism and Spintronics”,
Zorba Publishers, 2022.

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