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SYLLABUS
Course No Title of the Course Course Structure Pre-Requisite

FCPH0124 Physics 3: Oscillations, 3L-0T-2P

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waves and optics

COURSE CONTENT
UNIT I
Introduction to Oscillation and waves: Oscillation and waves, Damped harmonic oscillator
– heavy, critical and light damping, energy decay in a damped harmonic oscillator, Logarithmic
decrement, Relaxation time. Forced oscillators, steady state motion of forced harmonic
oscillator. Energy dissipation, Sharpness of resonance, Q-factor, Application in resonance.
UNIT II
Wave motion: Transverse wave on a string, the wave equation on a string, Harmonic waves,
Reflection and transmission of waves at a boundary, impedance matching, standing waves
and their Eigen frequencies, longitudinal waves and their wave equation. Superposition of
waves, group velocity, Phase velocity, Sound waves: intensity and loudness of sound.

UNIT III
Wave optics: Interference of light by amplitude division; Interference due to thin films:
Newton’s rings, Michelson interferometer. Farunhofer diffraction from a single slit, double slit,
and N-slit, Diffraction gratings, Rayleigh criterion for limit of resolution; Resolving power of
grating and telescope. Polarization in light, Double refraction, Nicol prism, Quarter and half
wave plates, Production and analysis of plane, Circularly and elliptically polarized light,
specific rotation, Polarimeter.

UNIT IV
Lasers: Einstein’s theory of matter radiation interaction and A and B coefficients;
Amplification of light by population inversion, Properties of laser beams: mono-chromaticity,
coherence, directionality and brightness, Different types of lasers: solid-state laser (ruby), gas
laser (He-Ne), semiconductor laser; applications of lasers in science, engineering and
medicine.

UNIT V
Fiber Optics: Need for fiber Optic Communication, Physical nature of Optical fiber, Theory of
Light propagation in optical fiber, Acceptance angle and numerical aperture, Step index and
graded index fibers, Single mode and multimode fibers, Losses in optical fiber, Optical fiber
coupler and connectors. Optical Fiber cables and bundles, Dispersion in optical fibers,
Applications of optical fibers.