UNIT1 CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
Single crystalline, polycrystalline and amorphous materials Ó single crystals: unit cell, crystal systems, Bravais lattices, Miller indices, directions and planes in a crystal Ó inter-planar distances – coordination number and packing factor for SC, BCC, FCC, HCP structures – Crystal imperfections Ópoint, line, surface and volume imperfections.

UNIT 2 CONDUCTING AND SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS
Conductors: classical free electron theory Ó electrical conductivity – Success and failures of classical free electron theory – Quantum free electron theory of metals – Fermi distribution function – Density of energy states for a metal Ó Carrier concentration in a metal. Superconductors: properties Ó Meissner effect Ó type I & II superconductors Ó BCS theoryÓApplications: Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID), Magnetic levitation.

UNIT 3 SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS
Intrinsic Semiconductors Ó Energy band diagram Ó direct and indirect band gap semiconductors Ó Carrier concentration in intrinsic semiconductorsÓ Fermi level Ó Variation of Fermi level with temperature Ó electrical conductivity Ó band gap determination Ó extrinsic semiconductors – Hall effect ÓDetermination hall coefficient Ó Applications ÓPhoto detectors (PIN & Avalanche).

UNIT 4 MAGNETISM
Basic concepts Ó magnetic moment, susceptibility, permeability – Origin of magnetic moment Ó Bohr magneton Ó Dia, Para and Ferro magnetism Ó Domain theory Ó HysteresisÓ soft and hard magnetic materials Ó anti ferromagnetic materials Ó Ferrites and its applications – Magnetic storage devices- magnetic hard disc, bubble memory.

UNIT 5 LASER AND FIBRE OPTICS
Spontaneous and stimulated emission – Population inversion – EinsteinÙs A and B coefficients- Types of lasers Ó CO2, Semiconductor lasers – Industrial and Medical Applications. Optics Fibre: Principle and propagation of light in optical fibres Ó Numerical aperture and Acceptance angle – Types of optical fibres (material, refractive index, mode) Ó Losses in optical fibre- attenuation, dispersion, bending-Fibre Optical Communication system (Block diagram).

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1 Rajendran.V, ÜEngineering PhysicsÝ,2017, Tata Mcgraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, NewDelhi.
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Text Book:

1 S.O. Pillai, ÜSolid State PhysicsÝ, 10 th Edition, 2023, New Age International Private Limited.
2 Gaur R.K. And Gupta S.L, ÜEngineering PhysicsÝ, 2013, Dhanpat Rai publishers.
3 M N Avadhanulu, P G Kshirsagar & TVS Arun Murthy, ÜA Textbook of Engineering PhysicsÝ, 11 th edition, 2020, S . Chand Publishing.
4 R Murugeshan & Kiruthiga Sivaprasath, ÜModern PhysicsÝ,18 th edition, 2019 S.Chand Publishing.
5 Hitendra K. Malik (Author), A.K. Singh (Author), ÜEngineering PhysicsÝ, 2 nd Edition, 2017, McGraw Hill Education.