Short Answer Questions

1. Write the physical significance of Curl of a Vector field?

2. State Faraday’s Laws of electromagnetic induction?
3. Write the physical significance of divergence of vector field?
4. If A = iy+j(x2+y2) + k (yz+zx), then find curl A at point (2,2,-2)?
5. If S= S(x,y,z)=x2- x2y+xy2z2 then find the value of Grad S at the point (2,-1,-3)
6. State the Gauss Law electrostatics?
7. What is electronic polarization?
8. What is ionic Polarization?
9. What is Orientation Polarization?
10. What is Dipole moment?
11. What is Piezo electric effect?
12. What is Ferro electric Effect?
13. Explain the terms i) Spontaneous emission ii) stimulated emission iii) Population
inversion.

14. Write a note on three level schemes?

15. Write the applications of LASER?

16. What is condition to occur ‘total internal reflection’?

17. Mention different types of losses in optical fibers.
18. Write any two advantages of optical communication system over normal cable system.
19. Define the terms electrical conductivity and drift velocity?
20. Define effective mass of an electron?
21. Define conductor, insulator and semiconductor on the basis of band theory?
22. Write any four merits of classical free electron theory?
23. Mention Bloch’s conditions?
24. Write a short note on energy band formation?
25. What is intrinsic semiconductor?
26. What is Extrinsic Semiconductor?

27. What is Fermi energy Level?

28. What are direct and indirect band gap Semiconductor?

29. What is Photo conductivity?

30. What is Optical Response.

 Long Answer Questions

1. State and explain Ampere’s Law? 5M

2. Derive Maxwell equations in Differential form? 5M
3. What is displacement current? Based on this how we can explain ampere’s modified law
5M
4. State and Explain poynting theorem? 5M
5. Derive the wave equation for free space 5M
6. a)Explain Faraday’s Second law of electromagnetic induction
b) Explain Lenz law 2M+3M

7. Deduce Expression for electronic and Ionic Polarizability. 5M

8. What is Local field? Derive Expression for Clausius – Mosotti equation. 5M

9. What is Ferro electricity? Explain the Hysteresis curve exhibited by a ferro electric
material with neat sketch. Give the example for ferroelectric materials.
5M

10. a) Explain the concept of piezo electricity. 3M

b) The dielectric constant of He gas at NTP is 1.0000684. Calculate the electronic

polarisability of The atoms if the gas contains 2.7x1025 atoms per m3 2M

11. a) Explain the concept of pyro electricity. 2M

b) Explain the polarization Mechanism in BaTiO3 3M

12. a)What is Dielectric constant ? Deduce Expression for Dielectric constant. 2M

b) Write any five applications of Ferro electric materials. 3M

13) a) What do you understand by population inversion? How is it achieved?

b) Arrive at the relation among the Einstein coefficients. 2M+3M
14) Explain the construction and working of a Helium-Neon LASER. 5M
15) Describe in detail semiconductor LASER. 5M
16) Distinguish between Step index and Graded index optical fibers.
17) Draw the block diagram of optical fiber communication system and explain the function
of each block. 5M
18) a) Define the terms acceptance angle, acceptance cone and numerical aperture 2M
b) Obtain an expression for the numerical aperture of an optical fiber. 3M

19) Explain about classical free electron theory? mention its demerits (3+2)
20) Discuss Bloch’s Theorem?
21) Discuss the Kronig- Penny model for the motion of an electron in a periodic potential
well, with neat sketch
22) Explain Fermi- Dirac statistics
23) Drive an expression for the effective mass of an electron moving in a energy band of a
solid. Show it varies with wave vector?
24) Explain about quantum free electron theory and mention its merits and demerits?
25) Derive Expression for Electron concentration in intrinsic semiconductor?
26) Explain Drift and Diffusion currents in semiconductor

27) Deduce Continuity equation in semiconductor.

28) What is Hall Effect? Explain

29) Explain construction and working of LED.

30) Explain how Fermi level varies in Extrinsic semiconductor with respect to temperature.