FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTAR:

Module !:

Interference: Interference by division of amplitude, fringe production in thin parallel film (fringes
of equal inclination, fringes of equal thickness- Newton’s ring;. (3L)

Polarization: Double refraction, states of polarization, production of circularly polarized light.

(4L)

Laser and Fiber optics (4L +1L )

12L

Module 2:

Waves and Oscillation: Damped and forced oscillation, application to electrical circuits, waves,
Musical physics.
12L

Module3:

Old Quantum Physics: Relativity, (Galillean transformation, Lorentz transformation,

relativistic mass, mass-energy relation, length contraction, time dilation, simultaneity of an event)
;Blackbody radiation, X-ray
( 7L+3L) 10L

Module4:

Quantum Mechanics: de- Broglie’s wave concept, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle,

Schrodinger wave equation, particle in 1-D potential box, 3D potential well-concept of
degeneracy, expectation values of the observables.
11L