CHAPTER 1

ORIGIN OF QUANTUM THEORY

BLACK BODY RADIATION

PLANCK’S LAW OF RADIATION
EINSTEIN’S PHOTO-ELECTRIC EFFECT
BHOR’S ATOMIC MODEL
QUANTUM NUMBERS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
NUMERICALS
CHAPTER 2

QUANTUM MECHANICS

WAVE MECHANICS: DE-BROGLIE WAVES

UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE AND ITS APPLICATIONS
SCHRODINGER EQUATION
APPLICATION OF SCHRODINGER EQUATION:
PARTICLE IN A BOX
NUMERICALS
CHAPTER 3

SOLID STATE PHYSICS

BAND THEORY OF SOLID

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
SEMICONDUCTOR THEORY
P-N JN DIODE
NPN/PNP TRANSISTOR
SUPERCONDUCTIVIY
NUMERICALS
CHAPTER 4

NUCLEAR PHYSICS

RADIOACTIVITY
NUCLEAR RADIATION DETECTORS
NUCLEAR BINDING ENERGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
NUCLEAR FUSION
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
NUMERICALS
CHAPTER 5

OPTICS : LASERS

REVIEW OF OPTICS
INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER
REQUIREMENTS OF LASER
PROPERTIES OF LASER BEAM
EINSTEIN’S’ COEFFICIENTS
SOLID STATE LASER: RUBY LASER
GAS LASERS: HE-NE LASER AND CO2 LASER
LASER APPLICATIONS