PH
- Physics Special Degree
EP
- Engineering Physics Special Degree
CP
- Computational Physics Special Degree
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Available
in the first semester |
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Course
is conducted throughout the academic year |
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Title |
Credit
Value |
Type |
PH
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EP |
CP |
PH4001 |
Solid
State Physics
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3 |
45L |
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PH4002 |
Methods
in Computational Physics
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3 |
15L60P |
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PH4007 |
Industrial
Management
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3 |
45L |
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PH4012 |
Advanced
Optics
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3 |
45L |
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PH4030 |
Advanced
Physics Laboratory II
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6 |
180P |
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PH4031 |
Engineering
Physics Laboratory II
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6 |
180P |
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PH4040 |
Physics
Project
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6 |
180P |
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PH4041 |
Engineering
Physics Project
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6 |
180P |
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PH4042 |
Computational
Physics Project
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6 |
180P |
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CS4005 |
Intelligent
Systems
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3 |
45L |
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CS4007 |
High
Performance Computing
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3 |
30L30P |
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PH4005 |
Electronic
Communication Techniques
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3 |
45L |
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PH4008 |
Nuclear
& Particle Physics
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3 |
45L |
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PH4009 |
Mathematical
Physics II
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3 |
45L |
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PH4010 |
Quantum
Mechanics II
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3 |
45L |
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PH4011 |
Electromagnetic
Fields II
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3 |
45L |
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PH4013 |
Solid
State Devices and Opto Electronics
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3 |
45L |
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EC4001 |
Industrial
Training (enhancement course)
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2 |
60P |
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CS4002 |
Distributed
Systems
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3 |
45L |
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CS4008 |
Advanced
Computer Graphics and Vision
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3 |
30L30P |
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CS4012 |
Communication
Networks
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3 |
30L30P |
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CS4013 |
Applied
Robotics and Embedded Systems
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3 |
30L30P |
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CS4017 |
Wirelss
Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks
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3 |
30L30P |
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CS4019 |
Computational
Pattern Recognition
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3 |
30L30P |
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CS4020 |
Advanced
Concepts in Software Design & Development
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3 |
30L30P |
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PH 4001: Solid State Physics (45L, 3C)
Dependencies:
PH 3001 and PH 3053 are strongly recommended
Syllabus:
Crystal structure of solids: Elementary crystallography, Typical
crystal structures, Imaging of crystal structures: Scattering,
Reciprocal lattices, X-ray diffraction, Neutron Scattering
and electron scattering, Crystal Dynamics: Lattice Vibrations
in one-dimensional crystals, Lattice Vibrations in three dimensional
crystals, Heat capacity from lattice vibrations, Anharmonic
effects, Thermal conduction by phonons, Free electrons in
metals: The free electron model, Transport properties of the
conduction electrons, Nearly free electron theory, Band theory
of solids: Classification of crystalline solids, Band structure
effective masses, Semiconductors: Holes, Optical properties
of semiconductors, The Hall effect, Non-equilibrium carrier
densities, Magnetism: Diamagnetism and paramagnetism, Ordered
magnetic materials, Ferromagnetism, Hard and soft magnets,
Superconductivity: Magnetic properties of superconductors,
Theory of superconductors, High temperature superconductors;
Electrical properties of insulators: Dielectrics, Real metals:
Fermi surfaces, Experimental determination of Fermi surfaces;
Crystallization and amorphous solids, Polymers
Assessment:
End of semester written examination
Suggested Readings:
Introduction to Solid State Physics (C. Kittel),
Solid State Physics (J.R. Hook and H.E. Hall)
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PH 4002 : Methods in Computational Physics (15L/60P, 3C)
Dependencies: CS
1001 and CS 2002 are strongly recommended.
Syllabus:
Experimental errors; random & systematic errors, combining
errors, linear situations, non-linear situations, Distributions;
Binomial, Poisson, Gaussian, correlated variables, error matrix
manipulations, Parameter fitting & hypothesis testing;
Maximum likelihood method, Least square fitting, Kinematic
fitting, Basic mathematical operations; numerical differentiation,
numerical quadrature, finding roots, Ordinary differential
equations; simple methods, multistep and implicit methods,
Runge-kutta methods, stability, Boundary value and Eigen value
problems; Numerov algorithm, Matrix operations; inversion,
eigenvalues of a tri-diagonal matrix, reduction to tri-diagonal
form, Minimisation; Golden section search, search with first
derivatives, Downhill simplex method, Powell’s method, Modelling
data; fitting data to a model, data with errors in both co-ordinates,
non-linear models, Monte-Carlo calculations; simple Monte-Carlo
applications, using random numbers, generating random variables
with a specified distribution, algorithm of Metropolis et.
al., the Ising model in 2D, non-uniform distributions and
correlated variables, non-physics applications.
Assessment: 30%
for assignments and 70% for laboratory examination
Suggested Readings:
Computational Physics (S.E. Koonin), Numerical Recipes (WH
Press et. al.), Statistics for Nuclear and Particle Physicists
(L Lyons).
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PH 4005 : Electronic Communication Techniques (45L, 3C)
Dependencies: PH
2001 is strongly recommended.
Syllabus: Basics
of electronic communication techniques; Radio frequency amplifiers;
small signal RF amplifier analysis and design, coupling tuned
circuits, Oscillators; oscillator circuit analysis, Hartley,
Colpitts, Clapp, tuned/untuned oscillators, stability and
spectral purity, crystal oscillators, Signal Modulation; voice
transmission and multiplexing, amplitude modulation (AM) and
demodulation, AM receiver systems, gain and stability, noise
considerations, Transmitter circuits; power amplifiers, impedance-matching
networks, Receiver circuits; mixers, tuning, filter requirements,
distortion and feed back, Frequency and phase modulation;
FM transmitter and receiver circuits, Pulse and digital modulation;
pulse code modulation (PCM), Data communication concepts;
coding, signalling (Baud) rate, bandwidth considerations,
power in digital signals, PCM system analysis, PCM telephone
circuitry, error detection, data errors and error control,
serial transmission and interfacing, carrier systems and modems,
synchronous communication techniques, Open system inter-connect
and ISDN, Computer applications in digital communication systems,
Antennas and radio wave propagation; antenna radiation, power
and electric field strength, dipole antenna, folded dipole,
Yagi-Uda, loop antenna, dish antennas, Basics of TV reception
and transmission; digital radio and space communication, fibre-optics
communication systems.
Assessment:
End of semester written examination
Suggested Readings:
Telecommunication Principles, Circuits and Systems (S Ramabhadran),
The Art of Electronics (P Horowitz and W. Hill), Electronic
Communication Techniques (PH Young)
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PH 4007 : Industrial Management (45L, 3C)
Dependencies:
None.
Syllabus: Industry
and Business: characteristics, competitive advantage, business
strategy, entrepreneurship, Financial Management: functions,
the double entry system, ledgers and journals, trial balance,
trading and profit & loss account, balance sheet, manufacturing
accounts, cash flow, financial analysis. Cost and Management
Accountancy: allocation of overheads, depreciation methods,
job costing, process costing, standard costing, variance analysis,
marginal costing, break-even analysis, profitability analysis,
valuation of stocks. Management Information Systems: scope
of Information Technology in an industrial organization, design
of MIS, decision support systems, software requirements analysis.
Project and operations planning: project scheduling using
network methods, resource allocation, optimization, materials
management, manufacturing resources planning systems (MRP),
Organizational management: overview of organizational theory,
relevant industrial psychology, human relations and counseling,
organizational growth and development, organizational structures
and systems, understanding the environment and strategy, management
and leadership roles, management of organizations and introducing
changes, fundamentals of marketing, Industrial law: contract
of employment and its relevance in present day context, comparison
between law of contract and employment contract, companies
Act in general, Partnership law, employment relationships,
introducing sale of goods, bills of exchange and insurance
law, Industrial disputes Act, Trade union Act, Termination
of employment Act, Social welfare legislation; EPF Act, ETF
Act, Payment of gratuity Act, etc.
Assessment:
End of semester written examination
Suggested Readings:
Wheldon’s Costing Simplified (Owler and Brown), Financial
Accounting (Esskew and Jenson), Production of Inventory Management
(Fogarty, Blackstone and Hoffman), Organizational Behaviors
(Fred Luthans), Human Resources Management (Graham and Bennett).
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PH 4008 - Nuclear and Particle Physics (45L, 3C)
Dependencies:
PH 3004 is strongly recommended
Syllabus:
Nuclear forces; The deuteron; Charge independence of nuclear
forces; Isotopic spin; Spin dependent and Tensor forces; Nucleon-nucleon
forces; Exchange forces; Nuclear reactions; General features
of cross-sections; Inverse reaction; Detailed balance; Reaction
mechanisms; Q valve; Threshold energy; The scattering theory,
The compound nucleus; Direct reactions; Heavy-Ion nuclear
reactions; Nuclear models; The shell model; Energy shells
and angular momentum; The magnetic dipole moment of the nucleus;
Calculation of the magnetic dipole moment. The electric quadruple
moment of the nucleus; Excited states of nuclei; Some general
features of excited states; The decay of excited states; Collective
nuclear model; Rotational levels; Leptons and the electromagnetic
and weak interactions; The quarks Mass; Lifetime and other
particle properties; The instability of the heavy leptons;
Muon decay; Parity violation; Nucleon and the strong interactions;
Properties of the proton and the neutron; The quark model
of nucleons; pions and other bosons and their decay modes;
Feynmann diagrams Spin; and intrinsic parity; Classification
of Hadrons and Quarks; Particle accelerators; The Cyclotron,
Betatron and the Synchrotron; Colliding beams.
Assessment: End
of semester written examination.
Suggested Readings:
The Atomic Nucleus (Evans), Nuclei & Particles
(E Segre), The Atomic Nucleus (JM Reid), Particles & Nuclei
(Martin Lavelle), Basic Ideas and Concepts in Nuclear Physics
(Heyde), Particle Physics (Khanna)
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PH 4009 : Mathematical Physics II (45L, 3C)
Dependencies: AM
2006, PH 3057, and PH 2004 are strongly recommended.
Syllabus: Laplace
transforms; properties, inversion problem, convolution theorem,
applications. Complex variables; Cauchy-Riemann condition,
transformations, Cauchy theorem and integral formula, theory
of residues and its applications, branch points and branch
cuts, Cauchy principle value integral. Fourier series; Dirichlet
conditions, convergence theorem, convergence in the mean.
Parseval's theorem, spectrum analysis, parity properties,
cosine and sine series, applications, differentiation and
integration. Fourier analysis; integral theorem, cosine and
sine transforms, derivation of Dirac delta functions, basic
theorems, analysis of transient waveforms, applications, convolution
theorem, physical interpretation, auto-correlation, cross-correlation,
linear response functions, transfer functions, Fraunhoffer
diffraction, diffraction at a slit, from a grating and two
diffracting screens. Green's Functions and Response functions;
Green's functions, dissipative response junctions. solutions
of linear differential equations, eigen function expansion,
Green's functions in spherical and cylindrical polar co-ordinates.
Tensors; covariant, contravariant and mixed tensors, symmetric
and skew symmetric tensors, operations, quotient rule, pseudo,
metric and Levi-Civita tensors, Christoffel symbols, covariant
derivatives, tensor differentiation. Special Relativity; Minkowskian
space-time; 4-vectors, Lorentz transformations of 4-velocity,
4-momentum, 4-force, 4-current density and Maxwell's equations.
Assessment:
End of semester written examination
Suggested Readings:
Mathematical Physics (E Butkov), Mathematical Methods for
Physicists (G. Arfken), Introduction to Fourier Transforms
(K.A.I.L. W. Gamalth), The theory of Relativity (C Moller),
An introduction to Theory of Relativity (W.G.V. Rosser).
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PH 4010: Quantum Mechanics II (45L, 3C)
Dependencies: PH
3001 is strongly recommended
Syllabus:
Wave packets; Momentum space wave function; Time variation
of expectation values; Ehrenfest's theorem; Virial theorem;
Matrix representation of wave functions and operators; Time
evolution of a quantum system; Angular momentum: orbital angular
momentum operator, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, matrix
representations of angular momentum operators, spin angular
momentum operator and its general properties, addition of
angular momenta; Approximation methods: time-independent perturbation
theory for non-degenerate and degenerate levels, fine-structure
of one-electron atoms, variational method, time-dependent
perturbation theory for transitions induced by constant and
periodic perturbations, Fermi's golden rule; Several- and
many-particle systems: systems of identical particles and
the physical meaning of identity, symmetric and anti-symmetric
wave functions and their construction from unsymmetrized functions,
Fermi gas, Pauli exclusion principle, two-electron atoms and
application of approximation methods to obtain their ground
and excited state energies, L-S coupling and j-j coupling
schemes for many-electron atoms; Interaction of one-electron
atoms with: electromagnetic radiation, constant external electric
fields, constant external magnetic fields; Introduction to
quantum collision theory.
Assessment:
End of semester written examination
Suggested Readings:
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (BH Bransden & CJ Joachain),
Quantum Physics (MS Rogalski & SB Palmer), Quantum Physics
(S Gasiorowicz), Quantum Mechanics (PJE Peebles), Introductory
Quantum Mechanics (RL Liboff)
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PH 4012: Advanced Optics (45L, 3C)
Dependencies: PH
1002 is strongly recommended
Syllabus:
Light in bulk matter; Quantum field theory; Polarization:
Dichroism; Birefringence; Polarization by scattering and reflection;
Optical modulators; Liquid crystals; Mathematical description
of polarized light; Measurements of the state of polarization;
Role of polarization in optical instrumentation; Interference:
Wavefront-splitting and amplitude-splitting interferometers;
Multiple-beam interference; Applications of single and multi-layer
films; Applications of interferometry; Diffraction: Some applications
in Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction; Fourier Optics: Fourier
transforms; Optical applications; Basics of coherence theory:
Visibility; Degree of coherence; Stellar interferometry; Modern
Optics: Lasers and laser light: Production; Different types:
Technological applications; Spatial distribution of optical
information; Holography: Holographic recording; Different
types, properties and requirements of holograms;Nonlinear
optics: Polarization; Optical coefficient; Symmetry properties;
Wave propagation in a medium; Conservation of energy and momentum;
Optical fibres: Introduction; Ray theory transmission; Mode
theory for propagation; Graded and step index fibres.
Assessment:
End of semester written examination
Suggested Readings:
Optics (Eugene Hecht); Modern Optics (Robert Guenther); Introduction
to Modern Optics (Grant R. Foles); Polarized Light and Optical
Measurement (D. Clarke and J.F. Grainger)
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PH 4030: Advanced Physics Laboratory II (180P, 6C)
Dependencies: PH
1020, PH 2020 and PH 3030 are strongly recommended
Syllabus: This
course is intended to give a further training in experimental
physics techniques through advanced laboratory experiments
in physics & micro-computer training kits, design &
construction of electronic circuits and workshop training.
The students are expected to execute and document the experiments
including experimental procedures, results and data analysis.
Assessment:
Evaluation will be through continuous assessment
Suggested Readings:
Refer the practical instruction sheets
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PHS 4031: Engineering Physics Laboratory II (180P, 6C)
Dependencies:
PH 1021, PH 2021 and PH 3031 are strongly recommended
Syllabus:
This course consists of set-practicals on advanced electronics,
non-linear electronics, instrumentation techniques, engineering
software tools, computer hardware engineering, micro controller
interfacing and applications, and mini projects on design
and construction of electronic circuits, and workshop technology.
Assessment:
Evaluation will be through continuous assessment
Suggested
Readings: Refer the practical instruction sheets
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PH 4040: Physics Project (180P, 6C)
Dependencies: Permission
of the department
Syllabus:
Individual or group of students will be assigned a Physics
based research project of one-year duration. A dissertation
submitted on the project will be examined at a seminar presentation.
Assessment:
Dissertation and Seminar
Suggested Readings:
Depend on the selected topic
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PH 4041: Engineering Physics Project (180P, 6C)
Dependencies: Permission
of the department
Syllabus: Individual
or group of students will be assigned an Engineering Physics
based research project of one-year duration. A dissertation
submitted on the project will be examined at a seminar presentation.
Assessment:
Dissertation and Seminar
Suggested Readings:
Depend on the selected topic
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