Engineering Physics: Model ESSAY questions

Unit-I
1. **Explain interference in thin films by reflection. And, derive condition to make the film
bright and dark.
2. ***Explain working principle of Newton’s rings experiment and derive wavelength of
the monochromatic light in reflection mode.
3. *Explain Fraunhofer diffraction at single slit.
4. Explain Fraunhofer diffraction due to N-slits. How do you determine the wavelength of a
laser source?
Unit-II
5. ***Obtain the relation between Einstein’s coefficients.
6. *Describe construction and working of Ruby Laser?
7. **Describe construction and working of He-Ne Laser?
8. Describe construction and working of Semiconductor Laser?
Unit-III
9. ***Describe the experimental method (Davisson-Germer’s experiment) to verify the
wave character of the moving particle.
10. **Derive Schrodinger’s time independent wave equation. Explain physical significance
of wave function.
11. *Derive energy of a free particle in finite one dimensional potential box.
Unit-IV
12. **Explain Drude-Lorentz theory? Derive expression for electrical conductivity and
Ohm’s law.
13. ***Describe the Kronig-Penny model of periodic potential. Explain its consequences.
14. *What is effective mass of electron? Derive its formula.
15. What is origin of formation of energy bands in solids? Describe classification of solids
based on band theory.
Unit-V
16. ***Derive expression for concentration of electrons in an intrinsic semiconductor.
17. *Derive continuity equation for a semiconductor.
18. **What is Hall Effect? Derive formula for Hall coefficient? Explain its applications.
Unit-VI
19. *Explain formation and V-I characteristics of PN junction diode?
20. **Explain Construction and working of LED?
21. ***Explain Construction, working and V-I characteristics of Solar Cell?

PROBLEMS on following topics:

1. Thin film interference
2. *Newton rings experiment
3. Missing orders in Double slit diffraction.
4. *deBroglie’s wavelength (all formulae)
5. Particle in a potential box.
6. *Hall coefficient and Hall experiment.
7. *Fill factor of Solar Cell.
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 Engineering Physics:: Model SHORT questions
Unit-I
1. *What is principle of superposition? Give any three examples.
2. What are coherent light sources?
3. *Define constructive and destructive interference?
4. *Distinguish interference and diffraction?
5. *Distinguish Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffractions?
6. What is an Airy disc?
7. *What is the condition for missing orders of interference in double slit experiment?
8. *What is diffraction grating? Give three examples.
Unit-II
9. *What are the characteristics of a laser?
10. *Define terms a) metastable state b) population inversion c) life time d) pumping process.
11. **Distinguish spontaneous emission and stimulated emission?
12. **What are industrial and medical applications of lasers?
13. *What is working principle of an optical fiber?
Unit-III
14. **Find wavelength an electron accelerated with potential 1600 V.
15. *What is Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle? Write its consequences.
16. What is deBrglie’s hypothesis of matter waves?
Unit-IV
17. **State Bloch theorem.
18. *What are Brillouin zones? Show them in E-k diagram.
19. *Classify the solids based on energy band gap with suitable examples.
Unit-V
20. What are intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors?
21. *What are doner and accepter levels?
22. *Write expression for Diffusion current density and Drift current density?
23. *What is effect of temperature on Fermi level of pure semiconductor?
Unit-VI
24. *Distinguish Direct and Indirect band gap semiconductors?
25. *Draw the energy level diagram of PN junction diode in forward and reverse biases.
26. *What are the advantages and applications of LED?
27. *What are the applications of LED?
28. *Define Fill Factor? Write its formula.

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