UNI

VERSI
TYOFHYDERABAD
School
ofPhy
sics

M.
Sc.(
Phy
sics)
Cour
seSt
ruct
ureandCour
sedet
ail
s

Mar
ch2017
Semest
erI Tot
alNo.ofCr
edi
ts:24
Cour
se Nameoft
hecour
se Cont
acthour
sandCr
edi
ts
No.
Classroom Experi
mentsin Total
Lectures Laborat
ori
es Credit
s
PY401 Mat
hemat
ical
Met
hodsI 4 --- 4
PY402 Cl
assi
cal
Mechani
cs 3 -
-- 3
PY403 El
ect
romagnet
icTheor
yI 3 -
-- 3
PY404 El
ect
roni
cDev
ices&Ci
rcui
ts 3 -
-- 3
PY405 Quant
um Mechani
csI 4 -
-- 4

PY406 El
ect
roni
cCi
rcui
tsLab. 1 4 3
PY001 Howt hingswork,
The 4
Physicsofeverydayl
if
e
(FoundationCour
se)

SemesterI
I Tot
alNo.ofCr
edi
ts:
23
Course Nameoft
hecour
se Cont
acthour
sandCr
edi
ts
No.
Classroom Experi
mentsin Total
Lectures Laborat
ori
es Credit
s
PY451 Mat
hemat
ical
Met
hodsI
I 4 --- 4
PY452 El
ect
romagnet
icTheor
yII 3 -
-- 3
PY453 Quant
um Mechani
csI
I 4 -
-- 4
PY454 Numer i
cal Methods 4 2
TheoryandLab
PY455 Digi
talElect
ronicsTheory 2 4 3
andLab
PY456 ModernPhy sicsLab 1 4 3
PY002 HandsonElect
roni
cs 4 4
(
Foundat
ionCourse)
Semest
erI
II Tot
alNo.ofCr
edi
ts:
24
Cour
se Nameoft
hecour
se Cont
acthour
sandCr
edi
ts
No.
Classroom Experi
mentsin Total
Lectures Laborat
ori
es Credit
s
PY501 St
ati
sti
cal
Mechani
cs 4 --- 4
PY502 Sol
i
dSt
atePhy
sics 4 -
-- 4
PY503 Par
ti
clePhy
sics 4 -
-- 4
PY504 LaserPhy
sics 4 -
-- 4
PY505 Sol
i
dSt
atePhy
sicsLab 1 4 3
PY506 Laser
Phy
sicsLab 1 4 3
PY507 Pr
oject -
-- -
-- 2

SemesterI
V Tot
alNo.ofCr
edi
ts:
22
Cour
se Nameoft
hecour
se Cont
acthour
sandCr
edi
ts
No.
Classroom Experi
mentsin Total
Lectures Laborat
ori
es Credit
s
PY551 Atomi candMolecul
ar 3 --- 3
Spectroscopy
PY552 Microwav e&Nucl
ear 4 -
-- 3
PhysicsLab
PY553 Proj
ect -
- -
-- 4
PY55x Opt
ional
I 4 -
-- 4
PY55x Opt
ional
II 4 -
-- 4
PY55x Opt
ional
III 4 -
-- 4

Opti
onalIhast obechosenf
rom Opt
ionalPaper
sA.Opt
ionalI
IandI
IIcanbe
chosenfr
om ei
therAorB.

Opt
ional
Paper
s:A

PY555.Adv
ancesi
nOpticsandPhotoni
cs
PY556.Adv
ancedCondensedMatt
erPhysi
cs
 PY557.Quantum Fi
eldTheory
PY558.AdvancedElect
roni
cs

At
leastt
woopti
onal
stobeav
ail
abl
etoot
herSchool
sar
etobeof
fer
edar
emar
ked
wi
thaStar(
*)

Opt
ional
Paper
s:B

PY559. Adv ancedSt at isti

calMechani cs
*PY560 Gener al Theor yofRel at ivi
t y
PY561. Adv ancedQuant um Mechani cs
PY562. ManyBodyTheor y
*
PY563.Phaset ransitionsandCr itical Phenomena
*PY564.Dy nami cal sy st emsandChaos
*PY565.Semi conduct orPhy si
cs
*PY566.ProbesofCondensedMat ter
PY567.Liqui dCr ystal s
PY568.Quant um Opt i
cs
PY569.Opt oel ectroni cs
PY570.Nonl inearSpect roscopy
*PY571.LieGr oups&Li eAl gebr a
PY572Ul t
raf astPhenomena
*PY573.Adv ancedQuant um Mechani csandManybodyTheor y
PY574.Low- temper atur eTechni ques
PY575.Nanosci enceandNanot echnol ogy
*PY576Adv ancedPar ticlePhy si cs
PY577Quant um Theor yofSol ids
PY578 Signal sandSy st ems
PY579 Adv ancedSol idSt atePhy sicsLab.
PY580 Phy sicsofMat er i
als
PY581 Fer r
oel ectrics&El ectr
ocer ami cs
PY582Cav i
tyQuant um El ectrody nami cs
PY583 Coher ence&Quant um I nterference
PY584 MEMSTheor y&Labor ator y
PY585 Integr atedOpt icsTheor y&Lab.
*PY586 Adv ancedComput ati
onal Techni ques
*PY587 Nanost ruct ur i
ngbyv ar i
ousmet hods(l
aser
s,i
onbeams,sput
ter
inget
c.)
PY588 Opt i
cal Cool ing
PY589 Opt i
cal ResonanceandTwo- l
ev elAtoms
PY590 Mat hemat i
cal Met hodsI I
I
PY591 Nonl inearOpt ics
PY592 Exper i
ment al Met hods

Anystudentopti
ngtoearnanextracreditcandosobychoosi
nganaddi
ti
onal
pr
ojectorareadi
ngcour
seoranopt
ionalpaper
.
 Semest
er1

PY401 Mat
hemat
ical
Met
hodsI

Vect
orspaces,Li
neardependence. Basi
s subspace,Li
nearf
unct
ions,Li
near
oper
ator
s,I
nver
seandr
ankofanoperat
or.

Ei
genv
aluesandEi
genv
ect
ros.Mat
ri
xrepr
esent
ati
on,
Changeofbasi
s.

Norm and I nner pr

oduct. Cauchy -Schwar
z. I nequali
ty. Ort
hogonal
it
y and
compl et
eness.Hermitian,
unit
ary,pr
ojecti
onoperat
ors.
Changeofort
honormalbasi
s.
Orthogonal
izati
on procedure.
Dir
ectsum, quot
ientand t ensorpr
oductofv ector
spaces.

Fouri
erser
iesandFouri
ertr
ansfor
ms,t
hei
rpr
oper
ti
es&appl
i
cat
ions.Def
ini
ti
onand
proper
ti
esofDir
acdelt
afuncti
on.

Themethodofseparat
ionofvar
iabl
esf orpar
ti
aldi
ff
erent
ialequat
ion,boundar
y
val
uepr
oblemsi
nvol
vi
nguseofFouri
erexpansi
on.

Li
nearor di
nar
y di
ff
erenti
alequati
ons wi
th const
antcoeff
ici
ent
s and the Eul
er
equati
on.TheFrobenius methodofseri
essoluti
on.Fuch’
stheorem.Poly
nomial
Solut
ions.

Lapl
acet
ransf
orm &appl
i
cat
ions.

Recommendedbooks:

1. MathematicsforPhysi
cists Dennery&Kr y
zywi
cki
2. Ori
narydi
fferent
ial
equations R.L.Rabenst
ein
3. Li
nearVectorSpaces R.R.Halmos
4. Par
tialDi
ff
erenti
alEquationforSci
ent
ist
s G.Stephenson

PY402 Cl
assi
cal
Mechani
cs

A bri
efand qui
ckr
evi
ew ofNewt
oni
an mechani
csofa par
ti
cleand a sy
stem
par
ti
cles.

Lagr
angi
an For
mal
i
sm : f
orce,pot
ent
ial
s,conser
vat
ive sy
stems const
rai
ns,
generali
zed coor
dinat
es.Lagr angeequati
ons,variat
ionalpr
inci
ples,conser
vat
ion
theorems and sy mmetry propert
ies.Lagrangi
an ofa char ged parti
clein an
elect
romagneticfi
eld. Twobodycent r
alforceprobl
em,scatter
ingduet osimple
potenti
alsl
ikecentr
alfor
cefiel
ds.

Hamil
toni
anf ormali
sm,conj
ugat
emomenta,conser
vat
ionl
aws,Hami
l
toni
anofa
char
gedpart
icleinel
ect
romagnet
icf
iel
d.

Poi
ssonbr
acket
sandt
hei
rpr
oper
ti
es,
equat
ionofmot
ion.Canoni
cal
transf
ormat
ion.

Abriefi
ntr
oduct
iont
otheHamil
ton-
Jacobi
’
sTheoryandactionangl
ev ar
iabl
es.
Theoryofsmall
osci
l
lati
ons,
nor
malmodesofthesystem.
Thekinemati
csofri
gidbodymoti
on,i
nfi
nit
esi
malrotat
ions,t
heCorioli
sforce,r
igi
d
bodyequati
onsofmoti
on.

Recommendedbooks:

1. Cl
assi
calDynamics J.B.Mari
on
2. Cl
assi
calMechanics H.Goldstei
n
3. Mechani
cs Landau-
Lif
shit
z
4. Cl
assi
calMechanics A.K.Raichaudhur
i
5. Cl
assi
calDynamics Jog&Rana

PY403 El
ect
romagnet
icTheor
y–I

Maxwel
l
’sequat
ionsf
orel
ect
rost
ati
csandmagnet
ost
ati
csi
ndi
ff
erent
ial
andi
ntegr
al
f
orm.

Electrostat
icpotentialandelectrostati
cf i
eldduet opoi ntchar gesandcont i
nuous
chargedi str
ibut
ions.El ect
rostati
cfieldenergy.Boundar yvaluepr oblemsandt heir
soluti
onsbysepar ati
on ofv ariabl
es. Met hod ofimagesand Gr een f
unctions.
Mul t
ipoleexpansion.El ect
ricdipoleandquadupol emoment s.Di electr
icmaterial
s.
Polarizati
on. Maxwel l’
s equat i
ons forel ectr
ostat
ics in pr esence ofdi el
ect r
ic
mat erial
s.Boundaryv alueproblemsi npresenceofdielectri
cs.

I
ntr
oducti
ontovectorandscal
arpotenti
alsi
nelect
rost
ati
cs.Gauget r
ansf or
mati
ons,
magneti
cfiel
dandv ect
orpotent
ialforsimpl
esteadycurr
entconfi
gurations.For
ce
andtor
queoncurrentcar
ryi
ngconductors.Magneti
cmulti
poleexpansion.

Di
a,paraandf
err
o-magnet
icmat
eri
als,
Maxwel
l
’sequat
ionsi
npr
esenceofmagnet
ic
mater
ial
s.

Ti
me v
ary
ing f
iel
ds. Far
aday
’s Laws ofi
nduct
ion. Maxwel
l
’s equat
ions of
el
ect
rody
nami
cs.Magnet
icf
iel
dener
gy.Sel
fandmut
ual
induct
ance.

Recommendedbooks:

1. I
ntr
oducti
ontoElect
rody
nami cs Gri
ffi
ths
2. El
ectr
odynamicsofcont
inuousmedi
a Landau&Li
fshi
tz
3. Cl
assical
Fiel
ds Landau&Li
fshi
tz

PY404 El
ect
roni
csDev
icesandCi
rcui
ts(
EDC)(
3cr
edi
ts)

p-nJuncti
ondiodeoperationalpr
incipl
e,di
odecir
cui
tsandapplicat
ionsashalfwave,
ful
lwav eand br i
dger ecti
fi
er,Fil
tersand wav eshapi
ng ci
rcuit
s. Reversebias
breakdown,Zenerdiodeasv ol
tageregulat
or.Loadl
ine.

Transi
storAmpli
fier
s:BJTStruct
ureandoperati
onalpri
nci
ples,TheCE,CBandCC
confi
gurati
ons.Loadli
ne,operat
ingpoi
nt,tr
ansist
orasswi t
ch,Transi
storbi
asi
ng,
ACmodel s,Volt
ageampli
fi
er,
Poweramplifi
er.Conceptoff
eedback.

Low-frequencyampli
fi
ers.Thetransist
orhy
bri
dmodelandtheh-par
ametersfora
tr
ansistor. Conv
ersi
onf or
mulaef ortheh-
paramet
ersofthedif
fer
enttransi
stor
confi
gur at
ions.Anal
ysi
sofa t r
ansistorCEampli
fi
eratl
ow fr
equenci
esusingh-
paramet er
s.

Thef
iel
deffecttr
ansist
oranditssmal
lsi
gnalmodel
.TheCSandCDampl i
fi
ersat
l
owfr
equencies.Biasi
ngtheFET.TheCSandCDampl i
fi
ersathi
ghf
requenci
es.

Hi
ghfrequencymodel
sofampl
i
fierci
rcui
ts.Anal
ysi
sofaspeci
fi
cBJTor FET
ampl
i
fier
s.

Operati
onal Ampl i
fi
ers : Di ffer
enti
al Ampl i
fi
ers, Char
acter
ist
ics of an ideal
Operati
onalampl i
fi
er.I nv er
ti
ngandNon- i
nverti
ngampl i
fi
ers. Summi ngcir
cuits,
i
ntegrat
ion and Differ
ent i
ati
on. Appl i
cati
ons ofoper ati
onalamplifi
ers – zero
cr
ossing det ect
or,v oltage l ev
el detect
or, smoke det ector
, phase shifter,
i
nstrumentat
ionampl if
ier
, Oscil
l
atorsandWav efor
m generat
ors.

Recommendedbooks:

1. I ntegratedEl
ect
ronics by Mil
l
manandHalki
as
2. El ectronicPr
onci
ples by Al
bertMal
vi
no
2. Oper ati
onalAmpli
fier
sandl
i
nearInt
egr
atedci
rcui
tsbyRober
tCoughl
i
nand
Fr
eder
ick
F.Dr
iscol
l

PY405 Quant
um Mechani
cs–I

Revi
ew ofli
nearal
gebr
aandi
ntr
oduct
iont
oHi
l
ber
tspace.Di
racBr
a-Ketnot
ati
ons,
Fockrepr
esent
ati
on

Schrodingerwav e equati
on. Ehr enfestt heorem,st ati
onary states and t hei
r
properties. Postul
atesofQuant um Mechani cs. Thegener alsolution ofwav e
equation and i t
s appli
cati
ons to Harmoni c oscil
lat
or,deltaf unction potenti
al,
potentialwelli
nt hr
eedimensions.Hy drogenat om andrigi
drot at
or.Wav epackets
andt heuncer tai
nlypri
ncipl
e. Generalf or
mul ati
onofuncer tainl
ypr i
ncipl
e. Time
developmentofwav epackets.

Angul
armoment um. Commut ati
on rel
ati
ons,ei
gen-
funct
ions of the angul
ar
momentum oper
ator
s,mat
ri
xrepr
esent
ati
onofangul
armoment um oper
ator
s.

I
ntr
oduct
iont
oper
tur
bat
iont
heor
y.

Scatt
eri
ngTheor
y,Cent
ralf
orcepr
oblem,parti
alwav
eanaly
sisBor
n’sappr
oxi
mation,
opti
calt
heor
em boundstat
esandresonances.Schr
odi
ngerandHei
senber
gpict
ures.

Recommendedbooks:

1. Quant um Mechanics L.Schi

ff
2. Quant um Mechanics E.Merzbacher
3. Pr acti
calQuantum Mechani
cs S.Fl
ugge
4. Quant um Mechanics Mathews and
Venkat
esan
5. Quant um Mechanics M.P.Khanna
6. Pr i
nciplesofQuantum Mechanics P.A.M.Di
rac
7. Lect uresonQuantum Mechanics G.Baym

PY406 El
ect
roni
cCi
rcui
tsLabor
ator
y.

(Di
ode)Cli
ppi
ngandcl ampingcir
cui
ts
(Di
ode)Recti
fi
erci
rcuit
s
Regul
atedpowersupplyci
rcuit(
Zener
)
Commonemi t
ter(
singl
estage)ampli
fi
er
Commonsour ceJFETampl if
ier
 Multi
vi
brators(Astabl
e,Monost
abl
e,andBi
stabl
e)
Phaseshiftoscil
l
ator
Operati
onalamplifi
erappl
i
cati
ons

(
PY001)
:HOW THI
NGSWORK?THEPHYSI
CSOFEVERYDAYLI
FE
MECHANICS.

Modul
e1.

1.1Skat i
ng
(inert
ia,f
orce, velocit
y,accel
erati
on,mass,Newton’
sfir
standsecondl
aws,
inerti
alframesof
reference, unit
s)
1.2Fal li
ngBal ls
(wei
ght,
projecti
lemot ion,vectorcomponents)
1.3 Ramps
(netf orce,Newt on’st
hirdlaw,energy,
work,
ener
gy
conser
vation,
pot ential
ener gy,r
amps, mechanicaladvantage)

Modul
e2. Mechani
cal
Obj
ect
s

2.1 Bicycl
es
(unstableequil
i
bri
um,stati
canddynami cstabi
li
ty,
precessi
on)
2.2 Rocket sandSpaceTr av
el
(reacti
onforces,
Newton’slawofgrav
itati
on,el
li
pti
calorbit
s,Kepl
er’
s
l
aws, speci
alandgeneral
r
elat
ivi
ty,
equi
val
encepr i
ncipl
e)

Modul
e3. Fl
uidsandMot
ion

3.
1 Gar
denWat er
ing
(
viscousfor
ces,
l
ami
narandt
urbul
entf
lows,
speedandpr
essur
ein
a
fluid,
Reynolds
number ,
chaos,momentum i
naflui
d)
3.2 Bal l
sandAi r
(aerodynamiclif
tanddr
ag,vi
scousdrag,
pressur
edr ag,
boundar
y
layers,Magnusandwake
defl
ecti
onforces)
3.
3 Ai r
planes
(streamlini
ng,
lif
ti
ngwing,
angleofat
tack,
induceddrag,st
all
ed
wi
ng,
thr
ust)
Modul
e4. Wav
esandOsci
l
lat
ions

4.
1 Cl
ocks
(t
imeandspace, naturalresonance,harmonicOscill
ators,
si
mpl e
harmoni cmotion,fr
equency )
4.
2 Musi cal
Instr
ument s
(sound,music,vi
brati
onsi nstrings,
airandsur
faces,higher-
Order
modes, harmonicandnon-
harmoni cov ert
ones,sy mpatheticvi
brati
on,
standingand
tr
avel
i
ng
wav es,t
ransverseand
l
ongi t
udinalwav es,veloci
ty,
frequencyandwav elengthin
mechani
cal
wav es,
superpositi
on,Doppleref f
ect)

Modul
e5. Magnet
ism andEl
ect
rody
nami
cs

5.
1 HouseholdMagnets
(magnet icpole,
magnet ostati
cforces,Coulomb’
slawfor
magnet ism ,
magnetic
fi
elds,ferr
romagnetism,magnet i
cpol ar
izati
on,magnet
ic
domai ns,magnetic
mat er
ials,magneti
cfluxlines,
rel
ationshipbetweencurr
entsand
magnet icfiel
ds)
Modul
e6.
Elect
ri
cPowerDi stri
buti
on,
Electr
icGener at
or sandMot ors

6.
1 El
ect
ri
cPowerDi st r
ibuti
on
(
super conduct i
vit
y,di
rectandalternati
ngcurr
ents
i
nduct i
on,tr
ansformer s,magneti
cfield
ener gy,rel
ati
onshipbet weenchangi ngmagneti
cfiel
dsand
el
ect
ri
c
fi
elds,induced
emf ,Lenz’slaw,el
ectricalsaf
ety)
6.
2 El ectr
icGeneratorsandMot ors
electromagnet i
cf orces,energyandwor k,
Lor
enzforce)

Modul
e7. El
ect
roni
cs

7.
1 PowerAdapters
(quant
um physi
cs,
wav
e-par
ti
cledual
i
ty,
Paul
iexcl
usi
on
pr
inci
ple,
band
st
ruct
ure,
Fermi
l
evel,
metals,i
nsul
ator
sandsemi
conduct
ors,
p-n
j
uncti
on,
diodes,
capaci
tor
s)
7.
2 Audi
oPl
ayer
s
(analogvs.di
git
alrepr
esent
ati
ons,
resi
stor
s,MOSFETs,
l
ogi
c
el
ement s,
seri
esandparall
el
ci
rcuit
s,amplif
ier
s)

Modul
e8. El
ect
romagnet
icWav
es

8.
1 Radi
o
(
elect
ri
cfi
eldener
gy,
rel
ati
onshi
pbet
weenchangi
ngel
ect
ri
c
f
iel
ds
andmagnet i
c
fi
elds,
tankci
rcui
ts,
speedofl
i
ght
,wav
e
pol
ari
zat
ion,
ampl
i
tude
modulation,
fr
equency
modulation,
bandwidt
h)
8.
2 Mi cr
owav
eOv
ens
(speed,f
requencyandwav el
engt
hinel
ect
romagnet
ic
waves,
pol
ar
andnonpol ar
mol ecul
es,cycol
tr
onmot i
on)

Modul
e9. Li
ght

9.
1 Sunl
i
ght
(Ray l
eigh
scatt
eri
ng,impedance,
refracti
on,refl
ection,
dispersion
andi nterferencein
electr
omagnet icwav es,
indexofr ef
racti
on,polar
ized
ref
lect
ion)
9.2 Laser
sandLEDs
(incoherentandcoher entlight
,spontaneousandst imulat
ed
emi ssion,populati
on
inversion,l
aserampl icati
onandosci llat
ion,
diff
racti
on,
laser
safety)

Modul
e10. Opt
ics

10.
1 Cameras
(r
efr
acti
ngopt
ics,
conv
ergi
ngl
enses,
real
i
mages,
focus,
focal
lenghts,f
-number s,the
lensequat i
on,di
verginglenses,
vi
rt
uali
mages,l
ight
sensors,
visi
onandv isi
on
correcti
on)
10.
2 Opt
ical
Recor
dingandCommuni cati
on
(dif
fract
ionlimit,
planeandci r
cul
arpol
ari
zat
ion,t
otal
 i
nter
nalr
efl
ect
ion)

Modul
e11. Moder
nPhy
sics

11.
1 NuclearMedi ci ne
(nuclearstructur e,isotopes,radi
oacti
vit
y,uncer
tai
nty
pr i
nciple,
tunneling, half-
l
ife,
alphadecay ,fission,chain
react
ion,
fusi
on,
transmul
ati
on
ofelement sf allout )
11.2 MedicalImagi
ngandRadi at i
on
(Xr ays,gammar ay s,X-ray
fluorescence,Br emsst r
ahlung,phot
oelect
r i
c
ef f
ect,Compt onscat teri
ng,beta
decay ,
aniti
mat ter,accel erator
s,magneticresonance)

Modul
e12. Uni
tyofPhy
sics

TextBook:“HowThi
ngsWor
k”

LouisA BLOOMFI
ELD,3rdEdit
ion,
JohnWi
l
eyand
Sons,
Accompani
edbyWalt
erE
Lewin’
sYOUTUBEl
ect
ur es.
 Semest
er2

PY451 Mat
hemat
ical
Met
hodsI
I

Geomet r i
calrepr esentationofcompl exnumber s.Funct i
onsofcompl exvariables.
Proper ties ofel ement arytri
gonomet ri
c and hy per boli
cf unctions ofa compl ex
variable. Di fferent i
ation,Cauchy -
Riemnann equat i
ons. Pr operties ofanal yt
ical
functions. Cont oursi ncompl expl ane. I ntegrationi ncompl expl ane. Cauchy
theorem.Def or mat ionofcont ours.Cauchyi ntegralr epresent ati
on.Tay l
orser i
es
represent at
ion.I solatedandessent ialsingularpoi nts.Laur entexpansi ont heorem.
Poles. Resi dues at an i sol
ated si ngular poi nt. Cauchy r esidue t heorem.
Appl i
cat ionsoft her esiduetheor
em.
Groups, fiel
ds,
Def i
niti
ons and exampl es ofphy sicall
yi mpor tantf i
nit
e gr oups. Poi ntgroups,
mul ti
plicat i
on t able,subgr oups,cy clicgroups,cent er
,cl asses,coset s,Lagr ange
Theor em. Repr esentat i
onsoff i
nitegr oups,Irreduci bl
er epr esentat i
onchar acter s,
orthogonal i
tytheor em, Schur’
sLemma, Charactert able.Si mpl eappl icati
onst osmal l
oscill
ationsandsel ectionrul
esinmol ecul
arspect ra.

Recommendedbooks:

1. MathematicsforPhysi
cist
s Denner
y&Kr
yzywi
cki
2. ComplexVar i
abl
es&Appl i
cat
ions R.V.Churchil
l
3. TheoryofFini
teGroups L.JansenandM.Boon

PY452 El
ect
romagnet
icTheor
y–I
I

Maxwel l
’
s equati
ons ofelect
rody nami
cs. Time dependentscalarand vector
potent
ial
s.Gauget r
ansf
ormations.CoulombandLorentzgauges.Wav eequat
ion.
Planewav esol
uti
ons.Polari
zation.Poynt
ing’
stheor
em.Conser vati
onofenergy.
Moment um andangul
armoment um ofel
ectr
omagneti
cfi
elds.

Refl
ecti
on,ref
ract
ionanddispersi
on.Pr
opagat
ioni
nconduct
orsandpl
asmas.Ski
n
ef
fect.Propagati
oninWaveguides.

Retardedpot ent
ial
s. Li
enard-
Wiechertpotent
ial
s. Radi
ati
onfr
om amov ingpoi
nt
charge and oscill
ati
ng el
ectr
ic and magneti
c dipol
es. Mul
ti
pol
e expansi
on f
or
radi
ationfi
elds.

I
ntroducti
ontospeci
altheor
yofrel
ati
vi
ty.Lorent
ztr
ansf
ormat
ion.Tr
ansf
ormat
ions
ofelect
romagnet
icfi
eldsunderLor
ent
ztransf
ormati
ons.

Recommendedbooks:

1. I
ntr
oduct
iont
oEl
ect
rody
nami
cs Gr
if
fi
ths
2. El
ect
rody
nami csofconti
nuousmedi
a Landau&Li
fshi
tz
3. Cl
assi
calFi
elds Landau&Li
fshi
tz
4. Cl
assi
calEl
ectodynamics J.B.Mar
ion

PY453 Quant
um Mechani
cs–I
I

Pert
urbati
onmet hods.Ray l
eigh-
Schrodingerper t
urbationt heory
,degener atecase,
appl
icati
ons, variati
onal methods. WKB appr oximation. Ti me dependent
pert
urbati
ontheor y,Fer
mi’
sGol denrule.Semi classicalradiati
ont heor
y,interact
ion
ofchargedparticleswithelectr
omagnet i
cf i
elds,polarizabil
it
yofasy stem,Phot o-
el
ectri
ceffect
,Einstein’
sA,Bcoef f
ici
ents.

Spin.SternGerl
achexperiment,Paul
i’
stwocomponentequat i
on,addit
ionofangul ar
moment a.Identi
calparti
cles,symmetri
zati
onpost
ulate,BoseandFer mi-
stati
stics,
Pauliexcl
usionpri
ncipl
e. Hel i
um atom,Spininat i
medependentmagnet icfield,
Hartr
ee-Fock method. Sy mmetryin quantum mechani cs,space and t ime
di
splacements,rotat
ions,space inver
sion,ti
me reversal
,Spin-or
bitcoupli
ng,j -
j
coupli
ng,Zeemanef f
ect.

Quant
um mechani
csofmol
ecul
es,
Bor
n-Oppenhei
merappr
oxi
mat
ion.

Rel
ati
vist
icQuantum Mechani
cs,Klei
nGordonequati
on,Dir
acequati
on,pr
oper
ti
esof
Dir
acMat r
ices,
positi
veandnegati
veener
gystates.FreeDir
acpart
icl
einanext
ernal
el
ectr
o-magneticfi
eld.

Recommendedbooks:

1. Quant um Mechanics L.Schi

ff
2. Quant um Mechanics E.Merzbacher
3. Pr acti
calQuantum Mechani
cs S.Fl
ugge
4. Quant um Mechanics Mathews and
Venkat
esan
5. Quant um Mechanics M.P.Khanna
6. Pr i
nciplesofQuantum Mechanics P.A.M.Di
rac
7. Lect uresonQuantum Mechanics G.Baym

PY454 Numer
ical
Met
hodsTheor
yandLab

1. Root sofalgebrai
candtranscendent
alequati
ons:Onepoi ntandtwo-poi
nt
i
ter
ati
ve
methods
Such as bisecti
on met
hod,i nver
se i
nterpol
ati
on and Newton Raphson
methods.

2. Mat
ri
xoper ati
onsand si
mult
aneousli
nearequati
ons: Mat r
ixaddit
ion,
mul
ti
pli
cati
onandinversi
on. Sol
uti
onofsimul
taneousl
i
nearequat
ionsby
mat
ri
xinversi
onmethods.
3. I
nter
pol
ati
on : Linearint
erpol
ati
on,Lagr
angi
an i
nter
pol
ati
on,Newt
on’
s
i
nter
pol
ati
on(
dif
fer
entfor
ms).

4. I
ntegr
ati
on:Newt
on-
Cot
esf
ormul
ae,
Gaussquadr
atur
e.

5. OrdinaryDi
ffer
enti
alequat
ions: Init
ialvalueprobl
em Tay
lor
’sal
gor
it
hm,
Euler’
smethods,Runge-
Kut
ta,andPr
edict
or-cor
rect
ormet
hods.

Recommendedbooks:

1. I
ntr
oductiontoNumer i
calMethods T.R.McCalla
2. NumericalMethodsthatwork F.S.Acton
3. AnInt
roductiontoNumerical
Analy
sis K.E.Atkinson
4. NumericalRecipes W.H.Pr esset.
al

PY455 Di
git
alEl
ect
roni
csTheor
yandLabor
ator
y

Int
roduction:Numbersyst
em,digit
alsi
gnaland gat
es.Bool
ean al
gebr
a and
Simpli
ficati
onofBool
eanFunct
ions. Mi
nimi
zat
ionbyKor
ongMaps.Don’ tcar
e
condit
ions.

Combi nat
ionallogic desi
gn:design concepts,Desi
gn procedur
e,Combi nat
ional
funct
ionsandci r
cuit
s,binar
yadder -
subtr
actors,magni
tudecompar at
or,Decoder,
encoder,multi
plexer
s,demulti
plexer
.Designofcombi nati
onalcir
cui
tsusing MUX
l
ogic.

Sequent i
all
ogics:lat
ches,Fli
p-f
lops:
R-S,J-K,Mastersl
aveJ-
K,Dt y
peandTt y
peFl
ip
Flop. Char acter
isti
ct abl
e and characteri
sti
c equat
ion,Exci
tati
on tabl
es,st
ate
equation,st
atediagram,st at
ereducti
on,designofasequencedet ect
orusingst
ate
table.

Sequent
ial ci
rcui
t desi
gn, Regi
ster
s, Shif
tr egi
ster
s, Synchr
onous Count
ers,
Asynchr
onousCounters,
Arbi
tr
arysequencecount
erdesignandconst
ruct
ion.

Dat
aConv
ert
ers:
Anal
ogt
oDi
git
aldat
aconv
ert
ers,
Digi
tal
toanal
ogdat
aconv
ert
ers.

Memory:RAM,Memorydecodi
ng,
ROM, PLA,
PAL,Anyot
hertopi
c(eg.Logi
cfami
l
ies,
mi
cropr
ocessor
s,FPGA)atthedi
scr
eti
onofthecour
sei
nst
ructor
.

Ref
erencebooks:

1. Di
git
alLogicandComput erDesi
gn,M.Mor r
isMano,Prenti
ce-
HallI
ndi
aPvt.
Lt
d.
2. Di
git
alElect
roni
cs:FundamentalConcept
sandApplicat
ions,C.E.Str
angi
o,
PHI.

Di
git
alEl
ect
roni
csLab.
 Veri
ficationofTTLI cs
Universal Gates
Adder sandSubt ractors
7-
SegmentDi splay
Encoder ,Decoder ,MUXandDEMUX
Ari
thmet icusi ngDecoderI cs
Fl
ip-Flpos( SR, JK,MS- JK)
Fl
ip-FlopI Cs,RippleCount ers
Synchr onouscount ers(up/down/
random)

PY456Moder
nPhy
sicsLab.

Chargeofanel ectron(Mil
likonOildrop)
Bandgapofasemi conductor
Franck-
Her t
zExper i
ment
Wav el
engthofLaser( Scalediff
racti
on)
Brewsterangle( Pol
ari
zati
on)
FresnelBipr
ism
Photoelectr
iceffect
Microwav eOptics
e/m ofanel ect
ron
 Semest
er3

PY501 St
ati
sti
cal
Mechani
cs

BasicSt at
isticalideas: Pr obabil
it
yconcept s,stat
esofcl assicalandquant um
syst
ems.
Isol
atedsy stems: Mi crocanonicalensembl e,stati
sticalentropy,mostpr obabl
e
stat
e. Sy stems int hermaland di f
fusive contact. Condi ti
ons forequi li
bri
um.
Canonicalandgr andcanonicalensembl e,andpar t
it
ionfunctions.
Thermody nami cs: Ext ensi
veand i ntensiv
ev ar
iables,lawsoft hermody namics,
vari
ousther mody namicpotenti
alsandtheirconnect i
onwi thparti
ti
onf unct
ions.

I
dealFer
miandBosegases:Dist
ribut
ionfunct
ions,cl
assi
call
imit
.Elect
rongasi
na
metal
.Blackbodyr
adi
ati
on.Debyetheory
.BoseEi nst
einCondensat
ion.

El
ementaryi
deasaboutphaset
ransi
ti
onsofdi
ff
erentki
nds. Exampl
esofsome
phaset
ransi
ti
ons.

Recommendedbooks:

1. Thermal Phy si
cs C.Kit
tel
2. Stati
sti
cal Physics L.D.LandauandE.M.Li
fshi
tz
3. Problemsi nTher modynamicsand
Stati
sti
cal Physics P.T.Landsber
g(Ed.
)
4. I
ntroductiont oStat
ist
ical
Mechanics F.Reif

PY502 Sol
i
dSt
atePhy
sics

Chemicalbi
ndi
ng,cr
yst
alst
ruct
ure,X-
raydi
ff
ract
ion,r
eci
procall
att
iceandBr
il
loui
n
zones.

Lat
ti
cev
ibr
ati
ons,
phonons,
ther
mal
proper
ti
es.

Fr
eeel
ect
rongas,
Bandt
heor
yofsol
i
ds,
Semi
conduct
ors,
Transpor
tpr
oper
ti
es.

Magnet
ism :Di
a-,
par
a-,
fer
ro-
,ant
if
err
oandf
err
imagnet
ism.

Superconduct
ivi
ty: Exper
iment
alsur
vey,Thermodynami
csof super
conduct
ors,
London’sequat
ions.Hi
ghli
ght
sofBCStheor
yresul
ts.

I
ftimeper
mits: El
ast
icpr
oper
ti
es,Di
elect
ri
candFer
roel
ect
ri
cmat
eri
als,Opt
ical
pr
oper
ti
esofsol
i
ds.

Recommendedbooks:

1. I
ntroduct
iontoSol
idSt
atePhy
sics C.Kit
tel
2. Sol
idStatePhysi
cs J.S.Bl
akemore
3. Pri
ncipl
esofSoli
dStat
ePhysi
cs R.A.Levy
4. Pr
inci
plesoft
heTheor
yofSol
i
ds J.Zi
man

PY503 Par
ti
clePhy
sics

Speci
alt
heor
yofr
elat
ivi
tyandki
nemat
ics.

Cl
assi
fi
cati
on offundamentali
nter
act
ions and el
ement
arypar
ti
cles. Yukawa’
s
pr
oposalonmesonexchange.

Sy
mmet
ri
esandconser
vat
ionl
aws.

Nother’stheorem inclassicalmechani cs,(

ii
)continuousspacet i
mesy mmet r
iesand
associatedconser vati
onlawsofmoment um,ener gy,angul
armoment um.Lor ent
z
i
nvariance,(ii
i
)Sy mmet ri
esi nquant um mechani cs. DiscreteSy mmet ri
es,Par it
y,
Chargeconj ugationandt imerever sal(iv
)Exampl esofdet er
mi nat
ionofi ntrinsi
c
quantum number s,massand spi n,( v)Chargei ndependenceofnucl earf orces,
i
sospin and st rangeness. Appl ication ofi sospininvari
ance t o pi
on nucl eaon
scatt
ering,(vi)St arngeness charm and ot heraddi t
ive quantum number s,( vi
i)
Resonanceandt heirquant um number swithspeci alref
erencet opi onnucl eaon
scatt
ering.Gel l
MannNi shij
imaformul a.

Viol
ationandsymmet
ri
es:Isospi
nv i
olat
ioninelect
romagnetai
cint
eract
ions,Par
it
y
non-conser
vat
ioni
nweaki
nter
acti
ons,CPv i
olat
ionsandKoKosyst
em.

Experi
mentaltechni
ques: Cy col
otr
on,synchr
otr
on,li
nearacceler
ator
s,col
li
ding
beam experi
ments,i
nter
sectingstor
ageri
ngsandstochast
iccool
ing.Detect
orsfor
photons,
lept
onsandhadr ons.

Recommendedbooks:

1. I
ntr
oducti
ontoHighEnergyPhysics Perki
ns
2. I
ntr
oducti
ontoParti
clePhysi
cs Gri
ffi
ths
3. I
nvari
ancePr
inci
ples&ElementaryPart
icl
es Sakurai
4. I
ntr
oducti
ontoParti
cle&NuclearPhysi
cs T.Ferbel
andA.Das

PY504 LaserPhy
sics

Laserandi
tsappl
i
cat
ions(
int
roduct
ory
).

Gener
al Physi
cal pri
nciples behi
nd ampl
i
ficat
ion : Spontaneous emi
ssi
on.
St
imulat
edef f
ects. LasingactionRol
eoffeedback(cav
ity
). Compari
sonwith
bl
ackbodyr
adiati
on.

Cavi
ty desi
gn : Gaussi
an beam i
n spher
icalmi
rr
orcav
ity
, l
ongi
tudi
naland
tr
ansver
semodes.LossesandQ-f
act
or.

Di
ff
erentLaserSy
stems: GasLaser
s,sol
i
dst
ate,f
reeel
ect
ron,l
i
qui
dst
ateand
exci
merl
aser
s.Oper
ati
onpr
inci
pleanddesi
gnspeci
fi
cs.Out
putchar
act
eri
sti
cs.

Model
ocki
ng,
rel
axat
ionosci
l
lat
ionsandQ-
swi
tchi
ng.

Singl
emodelasert
heor
y:(
a)Rat
eequat
ion,
(b)Semi
classi
cal
theor
ies.I
deasabout
l
inewidt
hs.

Recommendedbooks:

1. AnI ntroducti
ontoLaser&theirAppl
i
cat
ions O’
Shea,Cal
len&Rhodes
2. I nt
roducti
ont oLaserPhy
sics K.Shimoda
3. LaserPhy si
cs M.Sargent
,M.O.Scul
ly&W.E.
Lamb
4. Laser s Si
egman
5. Laser s Sv
elt
o
6. Quant um Electr
onics Yar
iv

PY505 Sol
i
dSt
atePhy
sicsLab.

x-
raydi ffr
acti
on
Niresistivi
ty
Levit
ationofaSuper conduct
or
B-Hloop
Halleffect
Thinfi
lm depositi
on
Measur ementofthicknessofafi
l
m
Determi nati
onofTcofaFer r
oel
ectr
icmat
eri
als

PY506 Laser
Phy
sicsLabor
ator
y.

Lasercharacteri
stics
Gouyphase
Pancharatnam phase
Speedofl i
ght
PD-PRchar acter
istics
Acousto-Opticeffect
Elect
ro-
Opt i
cef f
ect
Magneto-Opt i
ceffect
LaserDoppl erAnemometr
y
 Semest
er4

PY551At
omi
candMol
ecul
arSpect
roscopy

Hy dr ogenat om spect rum, introductiontoappr oximat i

onmet hodsforst ationary
states- per turbat iontheor yandv ari
at i
onal principle.
Finest r
uct ureofHat om spect r
um: spinor bitint eracti
onandot herr elativi
st i
c
correct ions, perturbat iontheor yestimates, ot herhy drogenl i
kesystems.
Manyel ectronat oms: central f
ieldapproximat ionandt heperiodi
ct abl e,Har tr
ee-
Fockequat ions, exchangei nt eracti
on.
Opt icalspect raofat oms, spect roscopicter ms, Finestructureandhy perfine
struct ure,Zeemanef fect,elect r
onpar amagnet icresonanceandnucl earmagnet ic
resonance.
Mol ecul esandcl uster s,BornOppenhei merappr oximation,el
ectr
onst atesi n
Hy dr ogenmol ecul eionandhy drogenmol ecul e.Ot herdiatomicmol ecul es.
Rot at i
onal, vibrational spect r
aofdi atomicmol ecul es,nuclearspi
nef fects.
Poly atomi cmol ecules, symmet ryclassif
icationofv ibr
ationalst
ates, Rot ational
states, infra-redspect roscopyandRamanspect roscopy .Atom-atom andel ectr
on
atom col l
isions.

Ti
tl
esoft
heBooks 

1.Theor
yofatomicspect
ra-CondonandShortl
y
2.Quant
um Mechanicsofoneandtwoelect
ronatoms-Bet
heandSal
pet
er
3.Physi
csofAtomsandMol ecul
es-Br
ansdenandJoachi
m

PY552Mi
crowav
eandNucl
ear
Phy
sicsLab.

Kl
ystron
Vol
tageSt andi
ngWav eRat i
o(VSWR)+Smi t
hchar t
Di
rectionalCoupl
er+Magi cTee
HornAnt enna(r
adiat
ionpatterns)
Di
electri
cconstantofsoli
ds( v
onHi ppel'
smet hod)
Di
electri
cconstantofli
quids(li
quidplungermet hod)

Nucl
earInstr
umentati
onModules
GM Counti
ngSy st
em
Massattenuati
oncoeff
ici
entofβradi
ati
on
Gamaspect r
oscopywithSCA
Massattenuati
oncoeff
ici
entofγr
adiati
on
Gamaspect r
oscopywithMCA
 Opt
ional
Paper
sA

PY555 Adv
ancesi
nOpt
icsandPhot
oni
cs

Syll
abusandbooksrecommendedf
ort
hiscour
sewi
l
lbepr
ovi
dedbyt
hef
acul
ty
teachi
ngt
hiscour
se.

PY556Adv
ancedCondensedMat
terPhy
sics

El
asti
cproper
ti
es.
Di
elect
ri
candFerroel
ect
ri
cmat
eri
als.
Opti
calpr
opert
iesofsol
i
ds.

Magnetism: Langev in Di amagneti

sm and Par amagnet i
sm; Van Vl eck
Paramagnet i
sm, Cr yst
al-
fi
eld ef fect
s; John- Tel
ler ef f
ects; Adi abati
c
demagnet i
zati
on;
Landau di amagneti
sm,Paul iparamagnetism,The De Haas- Van
Alphen effect
,Mol ecularf i
eldtheor
y off err
omagnet i
sm;Hei senberg-
exchange
i
nteract
ion;SpinWav es;Slater
-Pul
i
ngCur ve;Shape,magnet ocry
stall
i
neandot her
ty
pes ofani sot
ropy;Or igi
n and observati
on off err
omagnet i
c domains;Br i
ef
i
ntroducti
ont oantif
erromagnet i
sm &Ferri
magnet i
sm,Di f
ferenttypesofmagnet i
c
i
nteract
ions.

Super conduct i
v i
ty: Basi c pr operti
es of super conductors. Phenomenol ogical
thermody namict reatment .Twof l
uidmodel ;
Magnet i
cbehav iourofsuperconductors,
i
nt ermedi ate state,London’ s equations and penet r
ati
on dept h,quant i
zed flux.
Pippar d’
snon- localr elat
ionandcoher encelength.Ginzburg-Landautheory,var
iati
on
oft heor derpar amet erandt heener gygapwi thmagnet icfi
eld,isot
opeef f
ect;
electron-phononi nt eracti
onandcooperpai rs,bri
efdiscussionoft heB.C.S.theory,
i
tsr esult
sandexper i
ment alveri
ficat
ion;(p-andd-wav epairs).DcandacJosephson
effects,SQUI D; Br
iefi ntr
oductiont oHight emperatur
esuper conductor
s.

PY557 Quant
um Fi
eldTheor
y

Lagrangi
an and Hamilt
onian f
ormul at
ions,v ari
ationalpr
inci
ple,Euler
-Lagnr
ange
equati
on,inv
ari
anceofact i
onandconser vat
ionl aws,revi
ew offieldquanti
zati
on,
quanti
zati
on ofguage fiel
d,invari
ance ofel ectr
omagneticfiel
d underLor entz
tr
ansformati
ons,
elect
romagneti
cf i
eldintheLor entzguage.Procafiel
d.

I
nter
acti
onofanel
ect
ronf
iel
dwi t
htheradi
ati
onf
iel
d,di
scussi
onofguagei
nvar
iance
andmini
malcoupl
i
ng–CPTt heorem.
Covari
antpert
urbationt
heory,S-matri
xexpansi
onint
heinter
act
ionpi
ctur
e,Feynman
di
agramsandFey nmanr ul
esf orQ.E.D.Thompsonscatt
eri
ng,Comptonscatter
ing
andMi l
lerscatt
ering. A bri
efi nt
roduct
iontochar
geandmassr enormali
zati
on,
Bet
he’streat
mentofLambshi ft.

Recommendedbooks:

1. AdvanceQuant um Mechani
cs J.Sakur
ai
2. Rel
ativi
sti
cQuantum Fiel
ds.Vol
s.I&II Bjor
kenandDr
ell
3. Quantum Fiel
dTheory Mandl
4. Part
icl
esandFi el
ds Luri
e
5. Quantum TheoryofFiel
ds.Vol
s.I&II Weinber
g

PY558 Adv
ancedEl
ect
roni
cs

Syll
abusandbooksrecommendedf
ort
hiscour
sewi
l
lbepr
ovi
dedbyt
hef
acul
ty
teachi
ngt
hiscour
se.
 Opt
ional
Paper
sB

PY559. Adv
ancedSt
ati
sti
cal
Mechani
cs

TheIsingmodel
:Mul ti
componentor
derparamet
ers:TheN-
vect
ormodel
:Exact
ly
sol
ublemodel
s:I
singchai
nandaf ewot
herexampl
es.

The rer
omali
zat
ion group (
RG)appr
oach,Real
-space and moment
um-
space RG
methodsandappli
cati
ontosimpl
emodels.

Quant
um f
lui
ds:BCSt
heor
yofsuper
conduct
ivi
ty,
li
qui
dhel
i
um

Langevin and Fokker-

Planck equati
ons,Fluctuat
ion-
dissi
pat
ion t
heor
em. Li
near
responsetheor
y ,
non-equil
ibr
ium phasetr
ansiti
ons.

Recommendedbooks:

1. Equi
libri
um st
ati
sti
calphysi
cs M.PlischkeandB.Bergesen
2. Moder ntheor
yofcri
ti
calphenomena S.K.Ma
3. Amoder ncourseinstat
isti
cal
physi
cs L.E.Reichl
4. Stat
isti
calMechani
cs J.K.Bhat
tachar
ya

*
PY560 Gener
alTheor
yofRel
ati
vi
ty

Eotvosexper iment,principlesofequival
enceandprincipleofgeneralcovar
iance.
Tensoral gebraandcal culus,metri
ctensor,Chr
ist
offelsymbols,geodesicscovar
iant
di
fferenti
ation,paral
lel tr
anspor t
,curv
atureandscalartensor.
Ei
nstein’sequat i
on,Schwar chi
ldsoluti
on,cl
assi
ctestsofgener alr
elati
vi
ty.
Cosmol ogicalpri
nciple, Robertson-
Wal l
acemetri
cHubbl econstant.
Physicsoft heearlyuni verse.

Recommendedbooks:

1. TheoryofRelati
vit
y P.G.Bergman
2. Gravi
tati
on&Cosmol ogy S.Weinber
g
3. GeneralRelat
ivi
ty&Gravi
tati
on M.G.Bowler
4. I
ntroducti
ontoGeneralRelat
ivi
ty Narl
i
kar

PY561. Adv
ancedQuant
um Mechani
cs

Syll
abusandbooksrecommendedf
ort
hiscour
sewi
l
lbepr
ovi
dedbyt
hef
acul
ty
teachi
ngt
hiscour
se.
PY562. ManyBodyTheor
y

Sy
stemsofi
dent
ical
par
ti
cles,
Symmet
ri
candant
i-
symmet
ri
cwav
efunct
ions;

I
nter
act
ingel
ect
rongas,
Har
treeandHar
tree-
FockAppr
oxi
mat
ions:

Second quant i
zati
on for bosons and f ermions, Ti
me- dependent oper
ator
s-
Schrodi
nger,Heisenber
gandinteract
ionrepresent
ati
ons,Perturbat
ivetr
eatmentof
i
nteract
ingelect
rongasprobl
em, Random phaseapproxi
mation.

Gr
eenf
unct
ion,
Sel
fener
gy,
Dysonequat
ion,
Equat
ionofmot
ionmet
hod.

Di
agr
ammaticpert
urbat
iont
heor
y,Wi
ck’
stheor
em,Fey nmandiagr
ams,appl
i
cat
ions
t
o:el
ect
rongas,
andmanybosonsyst
emswithcondensedphase.

Recommendedbooks:

1. ManyElectronTheory S.Raimes
2. Quantum Many -
Parti
cleSyst
ems J.H.Negele&H.Orland
3. Quantum TheoryofSolids C.Kitt
el
4. ManyPar t
iclePhysi
cs G.D.Mahan
5. TheMany -BodyProblem W.E.Per r
y
6. TheMany -BodyProblem D.Pines
7. GreenFunctionsi
nSol i
ds E.N.Economou
8. I
nteract
ingFermi Sy
stems NozieresandPi
nes

*
PY563. Phaset
ransi
ti
onsandCr
it
ical
phenomena

Syll
abusandbooksrecommendedf
ort
hiscour
sewi
l
lbepr
ovi
dedbyt
hef
acul
ty
teachi
ngt
hiscour
se.

*
PY564. Dy
nami
cal
Syst
emsandChaos

Rev i
ew ofHamiltoni
andy namics: Speci
alemphasi
sont heHamilt
onian-
Jacobi
theoryandacti
on-angl
ev ar
iabl
e.Soluti
onsofHamilt
on’
sequat
ionset
c.,canoni
cal
transfor
mat
ions,phasespacedynamics.

Integr
abl
emodels:Def
ini
ti
onofi
ntegr
abi
l
ityf
orHami
l
toni
ansy
stems,KAM t
heor
em,
classi
cal
per
tur
bationt
heory
.

Chaosi nHamilt
oniansystemsandmaps: Si mplechaoti
cHami l
toni
an systems,
Lyapunovexponents,Poi
ncaresect i
ons,powerspectr
a,Kolmogoroventropyand
othersyst
ems,noiseanal
ysisi
nel ect
ri
calci
rcui
ts,
measuresofchaosinHamilt
onian
systems,simpl
emaps,ar eapr eservi
ngmaps,f i
xedpointandpoincareBir
kohoff
theorems.

Dy
nami
csofdi
ssi
pat
ivesy
stems: Di
ssi
pat
ivesy
stemsand t
urbul
ence,st
range
att
ractor
s,Lor
entzandRosslerat
tract
ors.
Non-li
nearevol
uti
onequationsandsol i
tons: KDV equat
ions,i
nver
sescat
ter
ing,
appli
cati
oninpar
ticl
eandcondensedmat terphysi
cs.

Bri
efint
roduct
iontosemi-
classi
calandquant
um chaos,exampl
esf
rom par
ti
cle
physi
csandcondensedmat
terphysi
cs.

Numer
ical
simul
ati
onofchaot
icsy
stems.

Textbooks:

ChaosandInt
egrabil
i
tyinNon-
li
nearDy
nami
cs byM.Tabor(Wi
ley)
Regul
arandstochasti
cmoti
on byLi
cht
enber&Lieber
man
ChaosinGuageTheories by Bi r
o Mul l
er ( Wor
ld
Sci
enti
fi
c)

*
PY565 Semi
conduct
orPhy
sics

I
ntri
nsicandExt r
insi
cSemiconductor
s.Chemi calbindinginSemiconduct
orsTypi
cal
Exampl esofEner gyBand Calcul
ati
ons,Ki neti
cphenomena/ tr
ansportproper
ti
es,
Dif
fusionofelect
ronsandholesandr ecombinationef f
ects
Character
ist
icPropert
iesofSemiconductor
sandt heirdeter
minat
ion.

ElementalSemiconduct
ors(Ge,Si
,Se and Te)and t
heirproper
ti
es,I
mpor
tant
semiconduct
orcompounds.Dopi
ng/
Impl
antat
ioni
nSemiconduct
ors.

Def
ect
sinSolids:Grai
nandt winboundar i
es,PointDefects,li
nedefectsandplanar
def
ect
sordisl
ocationsandt hei
reffectsonsoli
dst at
epr operti
es.Radiati
ondamage
i
n Sol
ids and it
s effect
s on l at
tice and elect
roni
c pr opert
ies,colourcentr
es.
Det
ect
ionandstudyofdef ectsbyXRD, Elect
ronMi cr
oscopy ,andRBS/Channel
ing.

I
ntr
oducti
ontoDi
sor
der
:subst
it
uti
onalandst
ruct
uraldi
sor
der
,shor
trangeandl
ong
r
angedisor
der
.

Recommendedbooks:

1. I
ntroduct
iontoSol
idStatePhysi
cs C.Kit
tel
2. Semiconduct
ors R.A.Smit
h
3. EnergyBandsinSemiconduct
ors D.Long
4. Soli
dStateEl
ectr
onics S.Wang

*
PY566 Pr
obesofCondensedMat
ter
Inv
esti
gat
ionofst r
uctur
aland phy
sicalpr
oper
ti
esofsol
i
dsusi
ng t
hef
oll
owi
ng
exper
imental
techni
ques:

X-
raydi
ff
ract
ion,neut
ron scat
ter
ing,i
on-
beam channel
i
ng,el
ect
ron mi
croscopy
,
EPR/ NMR/ NQR,Mossbauerspect r
oscopy ,posit
ronanni
hil
ati
on,andot
hernuclear
techniques.
Ther mal pr opert
ies-specifi
c heat t hermal conducti
vi
ty,t her
mal expansion,
Differenti
alScanningCal or
imet
ryTr ansportproper
ti
es-
acanddcconductivi
ty,Hall
effect,magnetoresistance
Magnet i
csusceptibil
i
t y
,Magnetisat
ion,Hystresi
s
Ramanscat ter
ingandot heropt
ical
pr obes

Recommendedbooks:

1. X- r
ayDi ff
racti
on H.P.KlugandL.E.Al xander
2. Met hodsofExper i
ment al
PhysicsVol.
21-Sol
id–StatePhy si
cs
3. Nucl earMet hods J.W.Mundyet .al.(Edi
tor
s)
4. HandbookofMi croscopy,Appl
icati
onsinMaterial
sScience.
5. Sol i
dSt at
ePhy sicsandChemi stry S. Amel inckx et al .
(Edi
tor
s)
6. Techni quesofMet al
sResearch R.F.Bunshah(Editor)
7. Ot herbooksaspr escr
ibedbytheinstr
uctor

PY567. Li
qui
dCr
yst
als

Mesomor phi
sm i
nanisot
ropicflui
dsandamphi phil
i
csy st
ems:Nemat ic,chol
est
ric
andsmect i
c(A,B,Candot herexoti
c)phasesoflongrodlikemolecules;Nemataic
andcolumnarphasesofdiscoti
cmol ecul
es;Mi
cell
es;Hexagonal
,cubicandl amel
lar
phasesofamphiphi
li
cmolecularsyst
ems.

El
asticconti
nuum t heoryofli
quidcrystals;Defectsanddy namics;Hydr
odynamics
andequili
bri
um theories.
Phasetransi
ti
onsandcr i
ti
calphenomenai nliqui
dcr y
stal
s;Phasediagramsofli
quid
cryst
all
i
ne mi xur
es;Pol arli
quid cr
ystals,frustr
ati
on and re-ent
rantphenomena;
Glassystat
es;Ferr
oelectri
cli
quidcry
stals.

Li
qui
dcr y
stal
sinel ect
ri
candmagnet icfi
elds;Elect
ro-
hydr
odynami
cinst
abi
l
iti
es;
Ker
reff
ect;El
ect
ro-opti
calef
fect
s;Twi
stednematicsandsmecti
cs.

Magnet
icr
esonanceanddiel
ect
ri
cresponseinl
iqui
dcr
yst
als;
Orderpar
amet
ersand
mol
ecul
armotions;
Studi
esonori
entedsol
utes.

Li
quidcr yst
aldi
spl
ays(acti
vematri
x,passiv
emat r
ixandRMSr espondi
ngdi
spl
ays)
andopt i
calcommunicat
iondev
ices;
Applicat
ionofl
iqui
dcr
yst
alsinimageandsi
gnal
processi
ng.

Recommendedbooks:

1. ThePhy
sicsofLi
qui
dCr
yst
al 2ndEdi
s( ti
on) P.G.deGennesandJ.
Pr
ost
 2. Li quidCryst
al 2ndEdi
s( ti
on) S.
Chandr
asekhar
3. Ther motropicLi
quidCr
ystal
s-Fundament
al G.Ver
togenandW.H.
deJeu

PY568. Quant
um opt
ics

Quantum theor
yofRadi at
ion–secondquant i
zation;
Quantum statisti
caldescript
ion
ofther adi
ati
onf iel
ds;Coherentstates;Photoncorrel
ati
ons;Squeezedst atesand
appl
icati
ons;Theor y of sever
alpr ocess using second quant ized formal i
sm;
spontaneousemi ssionandstimulat
edemi ssi
on;secondor derprocess,mul t
iphoton
absorpti
on,andionizati
onwithdescri
ptionofsomeexper i
ment al
results.

Recommendedbooks:

1. I
ntr
oducti
ontoQuant
um Opti
cs Baldwin
2. St
ati
sti
calTheor
yofRadi
ati
on Louisel
l
3. Coher
ence&Quantum Opt
ics Mandel &Wol
f

PY569. Opt
oel
ect
roni
cs
I
ntr
oduct
ion;
Rev
iewofopt
ics

Opti
calwav egui
des:Pl
anarslabwavegui
deandci rcularwavegui
de(opti
calfiber
);modes,
numeri
cal aperture; att
enuat
ion and disper
sion i n wav egui
des; fabri
cat
ion and
char
acter
izati
onofwav egui
des;
coupl
ingbet
weenopt icalsour
cesandwaveguides

Semiconductoroptoel
ect
ronics:Basi
csemi conduct
oranddevicephysi
cs,
opti
calproperti
es
ofsemiconductors,p-
njunct i
ons,opt
icalabsorpti
on,ampl
if
icati
on,semi
conductorlasers,
phot
o-detect
orsandnoises,quantum welldevi
ces

Opt
oel
ectr
oni
cdev
ices:EOef
fect
,phaseandi
ntensi
tymodul
ator
,int
erf
eromet
ri
candel
ect
ro
-
absor
pti
onmodul
ator

Opt
ical
communi
cat
ionsy
stem

Recentt
rends:
Opt
oel
ect
roni
cfi
ber
s;or
gani
copt
oel
ect
roni
cs;
phot
oni
ccr
yst
alf
iber
s

Refer
encebooks:
 Intr
oductiont of iberopti
cs,A.Ghat akandK.Thy agaraj
an,Cambri
dgeUniv
ersi
tyPress,
Cambr idge, UK1998
 Fundament alsofphot oni
cs, B.A.Sal
ehandM. C.Teich,WileyI
nter
sci
ence,
NJ,USA2007
 Fundament alsofopt oel
ectronics,C.
R.Poll
ock,I
rwinInc.,USA1995
 Quantum el ectronics/Optical el
ectr
onics,
A.Yari
v
 Optoelectronics,Wi l
sonandHawkes
 OptoelectronicsandPhot oni cs,Kasap
 Fi
beropt
iccommuni
cat
ions,
Pal
ais

PY570. Nonl
i
nearSpect
roscopy

Bri
efi ntroducti
on tot unabl el asersour ces and l i
nearspect roscopy;Phy sical
pri
ncipl es under l
yi
ng v ar ious spect roscopi ct echniques and l ine broadening
phenomena;Resonantt woandt hreelevelmodel sf ornonli
nearresponset ointense
l
aser r adiati
on. Sat ur at i
on spect r
oscopy , hole burning; coherent Raman
spectroscopy ,resonantfourwav emi xi
ngf orcoher entanti
-st
okesRamanscat tering;
mul t
iphot on ionizati
on met hods; life t ime measur ements, Quant um beat
spectroscopy ,Hanleeffect ;Pi cosecondandf emtosecondspect roscopictechni
ques
forpr obingultrafastdy nami cs,fourwav emi xi
ngf ordetermini
ngdephasi ngtimes
usingi ntenseincoherentli
ght .

Recommendedbooks:

1. Int
roducti
ontoNonli
nearSpectr
oscopy M.D.Levenson
2. Nonli
nearLaserSpect
roscopy V.S.Letokhov&V.P.Chebotay
ev
3. LaserInducedDynami
cGr at
ings H.J.Eicher,
P.Gunt
er&D.W.Pohl

*
PY571. Li
eGr
oups&Li
eAl
gebr
a

Continuous gr
oups,Lie groups,examples l i
ke tr
ansi
ti
on and rot
ati
on gr
oups.
Lorentzgroup,SU(2)7SU(3)gr oups. Stat
ement sof Lie’
stheor
em,Liealgebra,
standardfor
m ofLiealgebr
a.Casi mirinv
ariants,r
ootsandcart
anclassi
fi
cat
ionof
semi-simpl
e Lie gr
oups. Rootdi agrams forSU( 2),SU(3)and SU(N)
. Dy nki
n
diagrams.

Basicandi r
reducibl
erepr
esent
ationsofSU(2)&SU(N)
.Youngt abl
eauandit
suses
forClebsch-Gordondecomposit
ion.Classi
fi
cat
ionofel
ementarypart
icl
esi
nt er
ms
ofr epr
esentationsofSU(3),SU(4)andSU( 6)
,Dynamicalsy
mmet ri
es,sy
mmet ry
groupofhy drogenatom.

Recommendedbooks:

1. Cl
assical
Groups Wybourne
2. Li
eGroups&t hei
rLi
eAlgebra Gi
lmore
3. Cont
inuousGroupsofTransf
ormat
ions Ei
senhart

PY572. Ul
tr
afastPhenomena

Syll
abusandbooksrecommendedf
ort
hiscour
sewi
l
lbepr
ovi
dedbyt
hef
acul
ty
teachi
ngt
hiscour
se.
*
PY573. Adv
ancedQuant
um Mechani
csandManybodyTheor
y

Syll
abusandbooksrecommendedf
ort
hiscour
sewi
l
lbepr
ovi
dedbyt
hef
acul
ty
teachi
ngt
hiscour
se.

PY574 Low-
temper
atur
eTechni
ques

Production of l ow temper atures; Pr i

nciples of gas l iquefaction & basi c
ther
mody namics;Li
quefacti
oncy cles;Liquefacti
onandr ef
ri
ger at
orsy stems;Phi
lips
l
iquidnitrogenandl i
qui
dhel ium pl ant
s,storageandt r
ansferofl i
quidgases;Heat
exchanger s; Cooli
ng wi t
h l i
qui d hel i
um; Di l
uti
on r efrigerators; Adi
abat i
c
demagnet izat
ion; Nucl ear demagnet i
zation; Heat t r
ansf er; Temper ature
measur ementand cont rol;Thermalcont actand isolati
on;Desi gn ofcryost
at s,
vacuum t echniquesandmat er
ialsf orlow t emper
atur
ewor k. Dev i
cesbasedon
superconductingproper
ties.

Recommendedbooks:

1. Experi
mentalTechniquesi
nLowTemper
atur
ePhy
sics G.K.Whi
te
2. Experi
mentalCryophysi
cs F.E.Hoar
eetal
.
3. Cryogeni
cSystems R.Barr
en

PY575. Nanosci
enceandNanot
echnol
ogy

Int
roduction
Histor
icalPerspect i
ve;Fi
nitesizeeffect
sonphy sicalpropert
ies(Opti
cal
,Magnetic,
Mechani calandTr ansportproper
ti
es)ofmat er
ial
s;Properti
esofquantum st
ruct
ures
suchasquant um dots,quantum wel
ls,nanowir
es,l
ay er
edmat eri
als.

Fabri
cationofnanost r
ucturedmateri
alsanddev i
ces
Top-down and bot tom-up approaches ofnanomat eri
alsynthesis;Physi
caland
ChemicalVapor deposi tion,Vapour-li
quid-soli
d sy nt
hesi
s,Chemi calsynt
heti
c
prot
ocols; Sol-gel
; Hy drother
mal sy nthesis; Mechanical mill
ing; Nanocl
ust
er
deposit
ion;Othernovelmet hodsofnanomat eri
alsynt
hesis.
Li
thographictechniques:electr
onbeam l i
thography,x-r
aylit
hography,nanoi
mpri
nt
l
it
hography ,
dippenl i
thography.

Character
isati
on
Scanningpr obeandt unnel
ingMi croscopy;X-raydif
fract
ion;El
ect
ronMi cr
oscopy;
scanning near fiel
d opt i
cal mi croscopy; X-r
ay phot oel
ect
ron spect r
oscopy;
photol
uminescenceandRamanspect roscopywi themphasisoni nf
ormat i
ont hat
canbeext ractedaboutnanomat eri
alssuchassi zeandshapeofpar ti
cles,cr
ystal
str
ucture,
nanoscaleoptical
,tr
ansportandmagnet icbehavior.

Special
materi
als
Grapheneandotherl
ayer
edmat
eri
als,
car
bonnanot
ubeset
c.

Appl
i
cat
ions
Si
ngle el
ect
ron devices;sensor
s;r esi
sti
ve memor i
es;nano-elect
ro mechani
cal
sy
stems;plasmonics;drug del
iv
ery;therapyand diagnost
ics;energyharv
esti
ng,
st
orageandgenerati
on;super
hydrophobi
csurfaces.

Recommendedt
ext
books

I
ntroduct
iont
oNanot
echnol
ogy,
byChar
lesPool
eandFr
ankOwens(
Wil
ey
publi
sher
s)

Nanot
echnol
ogy
:Pr
inci
plesandPr
act
icesbySul
abhaK.Kul
kar
ni,
(Spr
inger
)

Fabr
icat
ionEngi
neer
ingatt
heMicro-andNanoscal
e(TheOxf
ordSer
iesi
nEl
ect
ri
cal
andComputerEngi
neeri
ng)
4thEdi
tionbySt
ephenA.Campbell

*
PY576 Adv
ancedPar
ti
clePhy
sics

Adv
ancedPar
ti
clePhy
sics(
M.Sc.I
VthSemest
erOpt
ional
B)

I
ntroduct
iontoLieAl gebr
aofSU(2)andSU(
3)Mul
ti
plet
s
Gell
-Mann-OkuboMassf ormul
a
QuarkandQuar konium stat
es
Justi
fi
cat
ionofcol or

Relat
ivi
sti
ckinematics
Scatt
eri
ngcr oss-
secti
on,Li
fe-
times
I
ntroducti
ont oS-matr
ix,
Feynmandi agramsandMat ri
xelement
s

El
ectr
omagneti
cformf
actor
s,
Basi
cideaonpart
onmodelanddeepi
nel
ast
icscat
ter
ing

WeakI nt
eracti
ons,V-Atheory,
Pi
ondecay ,Muondecay
ChargedcurrentNeutri
no-el
ectronscat
teri
ng
Neutralcurr
entNeutrino-
quarkscatter
ing
Cabi
bboTheor y,CKM mechani sm,
GaugeSy mmet ri
es
I
deasaboutspont aneousSy mmet r
ybreaking
Sal
am-
Wei
nber
gmodel
andi
tssi
mpl
etest
s

RecommendedBooks:

1.QuarksandLept
ons: Hal
zenandMar t
in
2.GaugeTheoryofWeakInt
eract
ions: WalterGr
einerandBer
ndtMull
er
3.AnIntr
oduct
iontost
andar
dmodel ofpar
ti
clephysi
cs:W.Cotti
ngham,D.
Greenwood

PY577 Quant
um Theor
yofSol
i
ds

 Secondquant
izat
ion
 Fer
mionFi
elds,
Har
tree-
FockAppr
oxi
mat
ion,
RPA,
Plasmons
 Quant
izat
ionofLat
ti
cei
n3di
mensi
onsandphonons,
Speci
fi
ceat
.
 El
ectr
on-phononint
eract
ionandresisti
vi
tyi
nmetal
s,El
ectr
on-
phononint
eract
ion
i
nioni
csolidsandpolarsemiconductor
sandPolar
ons
 Quant
izati
on ofSpin wave,Fer r
omagneti
c and Ant
i-
fer
romagnet
ic Magnons,
Speci
fi
cheat.
 Super
conducti
vit
yandBCSt heory
 Green’
sf unct
ions and t
hei
rappl
i
cat
ions i
n sol
i
d st
ate phy
sics (
one ort
wo
examples)

Books:

1.Quant
um t
heoryofsol
i
ds–C.Ki
tt
en
2.Manypar
ti
clephysi
cs–G.Mahan

PY578 Si
gnal
sandSy
stems

Basi
cCont
inuous-
ti
meandDi
scr
ete-
ti
mesi
gnal
s;LTISy
stemsandt
hei
rpr
oper
ti
es

Time-domai nanal
ysi
sofLTISy stems:Convolut
ionofconti
nuous-
ti
meanddi scret
e-
ti
mesi gnal
s;Impul
ser esponseandconvol
utionrepr
esentati
onofcont
inuous-ti
me
anddi screte-
ti
mesignals;modeli
ngandreali
zati
onofsy st
emsdescri
bedbyl i
near
di
ffer
ent ial
anddif
ferenceequati
onwit
hconstantcoef
fici
ents.

Frequencydomainanalysi
sofcont inuoust i
meLTIsy stems:Responseofsy stems
tocompl exexponenti
alsignals,Fourierseriesr epresentati
onofper i
odi
csi gnals
Fouri
erTr ansf
orm ofa- peri
odic signals,pr operti
es oft he Four
ierTransform,
Frequencyresponse ofsy st
ems descr i
bed byl ineardi ff
erent
ialequat
ions with
constantcoeff
ici
ent
sandFor m- I
Irealizat
ion,Anal ysisofFi r
standSecondor der
sy
stems.

Lapl
aceTr ansfor
m analy sisofcont
inuoustimesi gnals:TheLapl aceTransfor
m,its
regi
onofconv er
gence,pr opert
iesanditsrelat
iont oFT;Sy stem transferf
uncti
on,
Lapl
acet r
ansform analysisofsyst
emsdescr i
bedbyl ineardifferenti
alequati
onswith
constantcoeff
ici
ents,pole-zer
oplot
sandt heiri
nterpretat
ions.

¬*Anal
ysi
sofI dealfi
lt
ers,fi
lt
ert r
ansf
ormat
ionsandt
hei
rreal
i
zat
ion-
But
ter
wor
th,
Chebychey,
ell
i
pticandinver
sefil
ters

Frequencydomainanal ysi
sofdiscret
e-ti
mesy st
ems:Discret
etimeFour
ierser
ies
andFour i
erTr
ansform andthei
rpropert
ies;
*
Discr
eteFour
ierTransf
or m(DFT)
,properti
esofDFT,
FFTalgori
thms
*
z-
Transfor
ms:Def ini
ti
onandpr oper
ti
es,rat
ionalz-t
ransformsandthei
rregionsof
convergence,i
nversez-tr
ansf
orm,z-t
ransf
orm propert
ies,Syst
em r
esponsefuncti
on
forsystemscharacteri
zedbyli
neardi
ffer
enceequationswi t
hconst
antcoef
fi
cient
s.

Sampl i
ng: Thesampl i
ngtheorem andali
asi
ng,interpr
etati
oninf
requencydomain
*
Reconstructi
onofsignalsfrom i
tssamplesusingi nt
erpol
ati
ngfi
lt
ers-
ideall
ow-pass,
zero-andf ir
st-
orderhold.
*
Frequencydomai nsampl i
ng,deci
mationandinterpolat
ion
*
Reali
zzti
onofdi scr
ete-t
imesy stemsforsampl edsignalsfr
om cont i
nuoustime
specifi
cations.

Probabil
i
ty,
random si
gnal
s,spect
raldensi
ti
es,
whi
t seand1/
enoi fnoi
se,
separ
ati
on
ofsignal
sfrom noi
se.

Si
gnalsandSy stems: A.V.Oppenhei m andA.S.Wi ll
sky
,Prent
iceHall
Di
git
alSignalProcessi ng-AComput er-basedApproach:S.K.Mit
ra,
McGraw-Hi
l
l
Si
gnalsSy st
emsandTr ansf
orms: C.L.Phill
i
psandJ.M.Par r,
Prent
iceHal
l
I
ntr
oductiontoSi gnalsandSy stems:D.K.Li ndner
,McGraw-Hi
ll
I
ntr
oductiontoDi git
alSignalProcessing:JohnyR.Johnson
*
Opt
ionalatt
hedi
scr
eti
onoft
hei
nst
ruct
or,
ift
imeper
mit
s

PY579 Adv
ancedSol
i
dSt
atePhy
sicsLab

1. El
ectri
calresi
stiv
ityofNi
inthetemperatur
erange77K–770Kt osepar
ateout
di
ffer
entscat t
eri
ngcontr
ibut
ionstototalr
esi
stiv
ityandtost
udythemagnet i
c
phasetransit
ion.
2. Thermoelectr
ic powerin doped semi conductors down t
o 77K fort he
measurementofbandgapandt hety
peofcar r
iers.

3. Hysteresi
sloops ofsof
tand har
d magnet
ic mat
eri
als usi
ng el
ect
roni
c
i
ntegratormet
hod.

4. Fer
romagneti
cresonancemeasurement
stodetermi
nemagneticani
sot
ropy,
spi
nr e-
ori
entat
ion temper
atur
e and spi
n-wav
e exci
tat
ions i
n magneti
c
 sy
stems.

5. Mei
ssner and magneti
c suspensi
on.l
avi
tat
ion eff
ect and / or zer
o–
r
esi
stancephenomenoni
nhightemperatur
esuperconduct
ors.

6. Det
ermi
nat
ionofel
ast
icconst
ant
sofacubi
ccr
yst
albyul
tr
asoni
cvel
oci
ty
measur
ement
s.

PY580 Phy
sicsofMat
eri
als

Chemicalbonding i
n soli
ds,Transiti
on met aloxides: Structure ofoxides and
methodsofstruct
uredeter
mination,Perovski
tes,bronzes,f
err
itesandv ari
ousoxide
fami
li
es,Metal– insul
atortransit
ion. Superconductingmat eri
als,Ferr
oelect
ri
cit
y
andrel
atedphenomena,Magnet i
sm inoxides,Glassesandglasscer amics.

Metal
sandal l
oys:Phasediagramsofsinglecomponent ,binaryandter
narysyst
ems,
di
ff
usion,nucleat
ion and growth.Diff
usionaland di f
fusionl
ess t
ransf
ormations.
Mechanicalpr
operti
es.Met all
i
cglasses.Pr epar
ation,str
uctureandpropert
ieslike
el
ectr
ical
,magneti
c,thermalandmechani cal
,appl
icati
ons.

Li
quidCryst
als:Mesomorphism ofanisotr
opi
csyst
ems,Dif
ferentl
i
qui
dcr
yst
all
i
ne
phaseandphasetr
ansi
ti
ons,Fewapplicati
onsofl
i
quidcr
yst
als.

Pol
ymer
s:Phy
sical
proper
ti
esandappl
i
cat
ionsofpol
ymer
s.

Recommendedbooks:

1. I norgani
csolids D.M.Adams(John-Wi
ley
)
2. Phaset r
ansformationinmetal
andal
l
oy s D.A.PorterandK.E.
East
erl
i
ng
3. Fundament alofthermotr
opicl
i
qui
dcryst
als deJenandVer
togen
4. El ectr
onicproperti
esofpoly
mers H.KuzmanyandS.Roth
5. Met al
li
cglasses K.Moorj
ani

PY581 Fer
roel
ect
ri
cs&El
ect
rocer
ami
cs

Natur
eofcer amics. ProcessingandMi crostr
ucturalCharacterizati
onofcer ami c
materi
als.Linearandnonl i
neardiel
ect
ri
cs.Py r
o-,pi
ezo-andf erroelect
ri
cit
yinsol i
ds.
Fer
roel
ect r
ics as pol
ardi el
ectri
cs. Theories ofFer r
oel
ect r
ic phase transi
tions.
Var
iousf amil
iesoffer
roelectr
ics-
Bari
um Tit
anate.LeadTi t
anat e.KTPet c.

Domainsi
nfer
roel
ect
ri
csandt
hei
rexper
iment
alobser
vat
ion:Pol
ari
zat
ionswi
tchi
ng
mechani
sms.

Appli
cati
onstomemoriesanddispl
ays,Non-swit
chingappl
i
cati
onsincl
udingelect
ro-
opt
ic,nonli
near
-opt
ic,piezoel
ectr
ic,pyroelect
ri
c and elast
o-opt
ic appl
icati
ons.
Emergingar
eassuchasnanomat er
ial
s.
Soli
dStateIoni
cmat er
ial
s,Str
uctur
e,El
ect
ri
calandelect
ro-
chemi
calPr
oper
ti
esand
appli
cat
ionstofuel
cell
s,batt
eri
esandchemical
sensors.

Recommendedbooks:

1. I
ntroduct i
ontoCer ami cs Ki
ngr
ey
2. Pri
nciplesandAppl icationsofFerr
oelect
ri
c
andRel atedMat er
ial
s LinesandGl
ass
3. Fer
roel ect
ricMat erials&t hei
rAppl
icati
ons Xu
4. SuperionicSolids-PrincipleandAppli
cati
ons S.Chandra

PY582 Cav
ityQuant
um El
ect
rody
nami
cs

Atomsi nfreespaceandi nagener ali

zedcavit
y. Weakandst ronginteracti
ons
regi
mesofcav i
tyQED. Per t
urbati
vedomai nofcav it
yQED. Fer miGol denRul e,
enhancementandinhibi
ti
onofspont aneousemission,f
requencyshif
t.Atom neara
mirr
or,at
om inFPcav i
ty.Atom-feil
dinter
acti
oninahi gh-Qcavi
ty.Vacuum f iel
d
Rabispli
tt
ings. Experi
mentalresultsonenhancement /i
nhi
bit
ionofspont aneous
emissi
on,vacuum Rabispl
it
ti
ng.Ot hercavi
tyQEDef f
ects.
Recommendedbooks:

Tobepr
escr
ibedbyt
heI
nst
ruct
or.

PY583 Coher
ence&Quant
um I
nter
fer
ence

Coher encei nducednov eleffects:El ectr

omagnet i
cfiel
dinducedt ranspar ency;ult
ra
hi
ghr efracti
v eindex,lasingwi thoutinversi
on,inversi
onwi thoutlasing,cont rolof
effi
ciencyofnonl i
nearopt icalout putbyext r
aresonantintenseradiati
on, eli
mination
ofKer r-nonlineareffects,cor relatedemi ssi
onl aser
. Quant um inter
f er
ence, EPR
argument s on quant um i nterference,Bell’
sinequalit
y,coincidentdet ection,two
photoni nterferrometry,exper i
ment alveri
fi
cati
onofBel l’
sinequalit
y,quant um non-
demol it
ion measur ement ,quant um t r
ansportati
on,quant um er aser,quant um
comput er .

Recommendedbooks:

Tobepr
escr
ibedbyt
heI
nst
ruct
or.

PY584 MEMSTheor
y&Labor
ator
y

I
ntr
oducti
on
 Anovervi
ewofmi croelectr
omechanicaldevi
cesandtechnol
ogi
es
 Physi
csinmi croscopicwor l
d,scal
i
ngi ssues
 MEMSi nElectri
caltechnology
 Appli
cati
ons: RFMEMS, Opti
calMEMS, LabonaChip,MEMSbasedSensor
s

Mi
cromachi
ningt
echnol
ogi
es
 Basicsofmi crofabr i
cationtechnol
ogi
es
 Bulkmi cromachi ning
 Surfacemi cromachi ning
 Mat eri
alsencount eredinmi cromachi
ningprocessesandt
hei
rpr
oper
ti
es
 Si
liconinmi cromachi ni
ng
 Processst epsinv olvedinmi cr
omachining
 Etchingformi cr
omachi ning
 Packagingandr elatedissues

I
ntr
oducti
ontoMi cr
osyst
em Desi
gn
 ModelingStr
ategi
es.
 CADf ormicr
omachini
ng
 Int
roducti
ontoANSYS.

CaseSt
udy
 RFMEMSSwi
tch

Textbooks
1.MEMS&Mi cr
osy
stems,DesignandManuf
act
uri
ng,Tai
-RanHsu,
TMH.
2.RFMEMS: Theor
y,Desi
gn,andTechnol
ogy
,Gabr
iel
M.Rebeiz,
Wil
ey-
Int
ersci
ence.
ReferenceBooks

1.Fundament al
sofMicrofabri
cat
ion,
Mar cMadou,CRCPress,
ISBN0-8493-
9451-
1
2.I
ntroducti
ontoMi cr
oelectr
omechanicalMi
crowaveSy
stems, H.
J.DeLosSantos,
Art
echHouse.
3.Microsyst
em TechnologyW. Menz,
J.Mohr,O.Paul
,Wi
l
ey -
VCH.

Labor
ator
y

1.I
ntr
oducti
on
 CADt oolsforMEMSdesi gnandsimulati
on.
 Famili
ari
sation of ANSYS:model ing,mat eri
alat t
ri
butes,meshi
ng and
el
ements,choi
ceofsol vers,
loadsandloadsteps,postpr
ocessi
ng.
 Coupledfiel
dsimul at
ion.
 3Dst r
ucturedrawinginANSYS
 DesignExampl es.

2.Speci
fi
ccases
 Simulationofacantileverstr
ucture–Model ,Harmoni
candTr
ansientanal
ysi
s.
 Cantil
ev erbasedchemi calsensordesign–bymasssensi ngr
oute.
 Cantil
ev erbasedRFswi tch
 Membr anebasedRFswi tch
 Membr anebasedpiezor esi
sti
vepr essuresensor
 Int
erdigitatedstr
ucturebasedMEMSdev ices
 Opticalmi cromi
rr
or
 Anyot herexamplessuggest edbyt heinstructer
.
PY585 I
ntegr
atedOpt
icsTheor
y&Lab

Semi conduct orLaser s:Opt i

calemi ssion-Opt i
calabsor pti
onandgai n-Gai nco-
eff
icient–QuasiFer mil evelsandi nversion-Thesemi conduct ordi ode lasers-
Modul ationinsemi conduct orl
aser s-DFBandDBR l asers.
Opt i
calwav eguides:Thepl anarwav eguide-Thel ongitudinalwav ev ectorβ.-Eigen
valuesf ortheslabwav egui de-Opt icalmodeconf i
nement .-Sy stemat icwav eguide-
Proper t
iesofmodes-Numberofmodesi nawav eguide-Thenumer ical apert
ure.
Spatialmodesi nast epi ndexwav eguides:TEandTM modes-Hy br i
dmodes-LP
modes-Vnumberandcut -off-HE11mode-Tot alnumberofmodesi nast epindex
wav egui de-Powerconf i
nementi nast epi ndexwav eguide.
Coupl i
ng:Coupl i
ngofsour cet ofiberusingLens, Prism andgr ating.
Opt i
caldev ices:
Wav eguidemodul at or
s:Li nearel ectr
o-opticef fect,andt heel ect
ro
opticphasemodul ators– El ect r
oopt i
ci ntensitymodul ator
s; El ect ro-absorpti
on
modul ators;Acoust o-
opt i
cmodul ators.
WDM: Fi
bercoupl erss–Wav eguidecoupl er s–I nt er
feromet erMul ti
pl exer–Gr ati
ng
fi
lt
er–Tunabl esour ce–Tunabl ef i
lter
Opt i
calAmpl i
fi
ers:Semi conduct oropt i
calampl if
iers.Erbium- dopedf iberampl if
ier.
Opt i
calDet ector
s–Det ect ornoise.

Ref
erences

1."
FundamentalsofOptoelectronics,
"C.R.Pollock
2."
FundamentalsofOpticalWav eguides"KatsunariOkamoto
3."Opti
calEl
ectr
onicsinmoder ncommuni cati
ons,"A.Yar
iv
4."Optoel
ect
ronics:ani
ntroductiontomat er
ialsanddev i
ces,
"J.
Singh
5.“LaserEl
ectr
onics”J.
T.Verdey en
6.“Opti
calFi
berCommuni cat
ions”G.Kei ser

Labor
ator
y

1.Connector
izat
ionoffi
ber
s.
2.Measurementoflossesi
nafiber.
3.MeasurementofInfor
mati
onCapacityofadi
git
alopt
ical
communi
cat
ionl
i
nk
4.Dri
verforaVCSEL.
5.Fabri
cati
onofaplanarwaveguide.

*
PY586 Adv
ancedComput
ati
onal
Techni
ques

Syll
abusandbooksrecommendedf
ort
hiscour
sewi
l
lbepr
ovi
dedbyt
hef
acul
ty
teachi
ngt
hiscour
se.

*
PY587 Nanost
ruct
uri
ng by v
ari
ous met
hods (
laser
s, i
on
 beams,
sput
ter
inget
c.)

Syll
abusandbooksrecommendedf
ort
hiscour
sewi
l
lbepr
ovi
dedbyt
hef
acul
ty
teachi
ngt
hiscour
se.

PY588 Opt
ical
Cool
i
ng

Bri
efsur v
eyofat omicspectra,includi
nghy perf
ineinteracti
on.Atomi
censemble,it
s
i
nteracti
on withr esonantradiati
on,r esonance f l
uorescence,ener
gymoment um
conservati
on,spontaneousemi ssionli
newi dth,thermody namicequi
l
ibr
ium.Optical
pumpi ngtonewequi li
bri
um state.

Coll
i
sionst udies, microwav etr
ansiti
ons, appli
cati
onsofopt ical
lypumpedensembl es:
Magnetomet er,at omic clocks,weaki nteracti
ons. Coupl ing ofcent re ofmass
motionwi thi nternalexcitati
onbyr adiati
onandi t
susei ncool i
ngat oms,v ari
ous
cool
ingmechani sms:Doppl ercool i
ng,Opt icalmol asses,Thermody namicl i
mitto
l
owestt emper atur e,li
ghtshif
ts,gradientcooling–Si sphuscool i
ng,opticalpumping
and cooling,coher entpopul at
ion t r
apping st ates,v el
ocit
y selecti
v e coher
ent
populat
ion trappi ng states. Ultra cold state,v elocit
ydi str
ibut
ion and quantum
mechanical proper ti
es.At omicmaserandappl i
cationsofcol dbeams.

Recommendedbooks:

Tobepr
escr
ibedbyt
heI
nst
ruct
or.

PY589 Opt
ical
ResonanceandTwo-
lev
elAt
oms

Resonanti nteracti
onofsi mpleatomicsy stemswi thint
enser adi
ationfiel
d;Optical
coher enttransientssuchasf r
eeinduct i
ondecay ,opt
icalnutati
on,phot onecho,
stimulatedphot onecho,andRamseyf r
ingesf rom separatedfi
elds;Areat heor
em,
selfinducedt ranspar
ency;Spontaneousemi ssi
onandr esonancef l
uorescencewi t
h
excitati
onbyi ntenseradiati
on;Superradianceandcooper ati
vephenomena;opt ical
bistabil
it
y,chaosi nopti
calsyst
ems, spat
ialtempor alpat
terns.

Recommendedbooks:

1. TwoLevel
Atom All
en&Eberl
y
2. Laser
s Eberl
y&Mill
oni
3. Laser
s&Quant
um Opt
ics Sargent&Meyst
re

PY590 Nonl
i
nearOpt
ics

Coher
enti
nter
act
ionsofr
adi
ati
onf
iel
dwi
thgaseousandsol
i
dst
atesy
stems

Nonl
inearopti
cs:Int
roducti
on,secondandthir
dharmonicgenerat
ion,thi
rdor
der
nonl
i
niari
tes,par
amet
ric ampli
fi
cati
on and osci
ll
ati
on,phase conjugat
e opt
ics,
ani
sot
ropi
cnonl
i
nearmedi
a,di
sper
siv
emedi
a.

Guidedwav eopt
ics:Pl anardiel
ectr
icwav egui
des,coupli
ngofradi
ati
ont oopt
ical
wav e gui
des,di
stri
buted feedback laser
s,electr
o-opt
ic modulat
ion and mode
coupli
ngsinwaveguides,fabr
icat
ionofplanaropt
icalwavegui
des.

Opti
calf
iber
s:step i
ndexand gr
aded i
ndexf
iber
s,at
tenuat
ion,di
sper
sion and
pr
opagat
ionofl
i
ghtinfi
ber
s.

Nonli
nearphenomenaingui
dedwavegeomet r
y,Quasiphasematchi
ng,cascaded
secondordernonl
i
near
it
y.Nonl
i
nearopt
ical
fibr
es.Sol
it
onsinopt
icalf
ibr
es.

Recommendedbooks:

1. Pr
inci
plesonNon-
li
nearOpt
ics Y.R.Shen
2. Non-l
i
nearOpti
cs N.Bloembergen
3. Non-l
i
nearOpti
cs R.W.Boy d
4. Non-l
i
nearOpti
cs Butcher&Cotter

PY591 Mat
hemat
ical
Met
hodsI
II

Par
t1.TopologyandDiff
erenti
alGeomet r
y[25l
ectures]
Simpleintr
oduct
iontobasicTopology:Topol
ogicalSpaces,
Topol
ogi
cal
Invar
iants,
Topol
ogicalEqui
valence.(
10Lectures)

Homotopy:
HomotopyTy
pe,Paths,
theFundament
alGr
oup,
Homot
opygr
oups.
UsesofHomot
opyinPhysi
cs.
(Fi
veLect
ures)

Di
ffer
ent
iabl
eManifol
ds:Defi
nit
ionofManif
old,Calcul
usonManif
olds,
Di
ffer
ent
ialf
orms,Connect
ions,Cur
vatur
e,i
ntegrat
iononDif
fer
ent
ialFor
ms,
El
ectr
odynamicsi
ntermsofdiff
erent
ialf
orms.(10Lectur
es)

Part2:
GroupTheoryandRepresent
ati
ons[
20lect
ures)
a)Rev i
ewofGroupTheoryandRepresent
ati
ons,Repr
esent
ati
onsoff
ini
tegr
oups.
Appli
cati
ontocry
stal
logr
aphy.(
8lect
ures)

b)Li
eGr
oupsandLi
eAl
gebr
asandt
hei
rrepr
esent
ati
ons.
(6l
ect
ures)

c)Fami
l
iarLi
egr
oupsandLi
eAl
gebr
asi
nPhy
sics.(
6Lect
ures)

Books:
MainText
:Lect
uresonAdv
ancedMathemat
ical
Met
hodsi
nPhy
sics,
Suni
lMukhi
andN.Mukunda,Worl
dSci
ent
if
ic(
2010).

TopologybyE.M.Patterson,
Universi
tyMathemat
icalText
s.
Diff
erenti
alGeometr
yf orPhysi
cist
sandMat hemati
cians,
JoseP.VargasWorl
d
Scienti
fi
c(2014)
.
Mat hemati
csforPhysics,Mi
chaelStoneandPaulGoldbart
,Cambr
idgeUniv
ersi
ty
Press(2009)
 Fali
cov ,
L.M.GroupTheoryandItsPhysi
cal
Appli
cati
ons(Lecturesi
n
Physics)(UnivofChicagoPress,
1966)
Li
chtenber g,D.B,
Unitar
ySymmet r
yandElementar
ypart
icles(Academi
c
Press,1978)

PY592 Exper
iment
almet
hods

I
mport
antclassesofmat
eri
als:Metals;All
oys;
Met
all
i
ccomposi tes;
Polymers;
Cer
amics,
Glassesandcr
ystals;
Preparat
ionofmat
eri
als:
glasses,cr
yst
als,
thinfi
l
ms.

Phasedi
agrams,thePhaseRule;solubl
e,par
ti
all
ysolubl
eandinsolublesyst
ems,
Soli
dsol
uti
onsandcompounds; singleandmulti
phasemater
ials;
Or deri
ng
phenomenainsubsti
tut
ional
all
oys;superlat
ti
ces

Char acter
izat
ion:Metall
ography,micr
ostructuralchar
acteri
zati
onusingOpti
cal
mi cr
oscopy ;
Diffr
actiontechni
ques;Producti
onofX- r
ays, cry
stalSt
ructuredeter
minati
onusi
ngX-
rays,NeutronsandElectrons;Ther
mal analysisusingDSC,DTA,TGA;Phase
transiti
ons;
ElectronMi cr
oscopy:SEM, TEM,STM; Composi ti
onalcharacter
izat
ionusi
ngEDAX,
WDS

Propert
iesofMaterial
s:
Elect
ri
calandgalvanomagneticpropert
ies,I
onicconducti
vit
y,Producti
onofmagnetic
fi
eldsandMagnet i
cpr oper
ti
esofmat erial
s;basi
csofMul t
if
erroi
cs-temperat
ure
dependenceofelectri
calandmagnet i
cpr operti
es;
DCandACmet hods;UseofLock-
i
n-amplifi
ert
oimpr oveSignal
/noi
seratio.Moder nexperi
mentaltechni
quesusing
computerint
erf
acewi thdataacquisi
ti
onf orautomation.

Thermal properti
es: Speci
fi
cheat ;Thermal sensors,Ther
mal expansion,Thermal
conductivi
ty;Elasti
c/mechanicalproperti
es;Defectsinsoli
ds:Pointdefects,
vacancies,disl
ocat i
ons;Bur
gersv ector;
effectofIrradi
ati
on,Str
engthofmat erial
s;
workhar dening;fail
uremechanisms; fati
gue;mi cr
o-andnano- i
ndentati
on,typi
cal
engineeri
ngappl icati
ons.

Vacuum techni
ques:Vacuum Pumps,pr
essuregauges;
Thinfil
ms&appl
icati
ons:
Methodsofdepositi
on,measurementofthi
ckness,Opt
icalabsor
pti
onusing
spect
rophotometer,
opti
calpr
opert
iesofmaterial
s;Sur
facestudi
esusi
ngAFM, DFM,
SNOM

Cryogenict
echni
ques:Cry
ogeni
cflui
ds,cry
ost
ats,
feed-
thr
oughs,
temper
atur
e
control
tolowtemperat
ures,
Propert
iesatl
owtemperat
ures

Ref
erenceBooks:

Experi
mentalPhysi
cs:
ModernMethodsbyR.A.Dunl
ap(
1997Ed.
)–Oxfor
d
Univer
sit
yPress
Soli
dStateChemist
ry&it
sappl
icat
ionsbyAnt
honyR.West(
2007Ed.
)–JohnWi
l
ey
&Sons
Advancedpracti
calphysi
csbyWorsnopandFlint
Buil
dingSci
enti
fi
cAppar at
usbyMoore,
 Davis,Copl
anandGreer
Experiment
alTechniquesf
orLow-
TemperatureMeasurement
s-JackEki
n(2006)