Priyadarshini College of Engineering, Nagpur

B.Tech First Year 2023-24 Semester II

Department of Applied Physics
Question Bank (CO3, CO4, CO5)
Subject-Engineering Physics

UNIT 3
SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS
1. Explain formation of energy bands (in solids) on the basis of band theory of solids.
2. Explain classification of solids on the basis of energy band diagrams.
3. What is N-Type semiconductor? Draw energy band diagram for N-type semiconductor at 0 K
and T K.
4. What do you mean by forward bias and reverse bias of a diode?
5. Explain forward and reverse bias characteristics of zener diode.
6. What is LED? Explain construction & working of LED .
7. Draw the symbols of (i) Zener diode (ii) LED iii) NPN and iv) PNP transistor.
8. Explain why in a transistor (i) The base is thin and lightly doped (ii) The collector is large in size.
9. What is the probability that a quantum state whose energy is 0.10 eV (i) above and (ii) below
Fermi energy will be occupied? Assume T as 800K.
10. Determine the probability of an electron thermally excited into the conduction band in
germanium at 27oC, if the band gap is 0.72 eV.
11. In a common base configuration, IC = 0.95 mA and IB = 0.05 mA. Find the value of α.
12. In an NPN transistor in a common base configuration emitter current is 2mA and base current is
20μA.What are the values of collector current and current gain?

UNIT 4
LASERS
1. With the help of a well labeled diagram explain the term (i) absorption (ii) spontaneous emission
and (iii) stimulated emission.
2. Define the terms: (i)Pumping (ii) Population Inversion (iii) Metastable State
3. Write short note on three level and four level Pumping scheme.
4. Explain the construction and working of ruby laser.
5. Explain the construction & working of He-Ne laser with the help of neat energy level diagram.
6. White light has frequency range from 0.4 x 1015 Hz to 0.7 x 1015 Hz. Find the coherence time and
coherence length.
7. A typical He-Ne Laser emits radiation of wavelength 6328 A0 . How many photons per second
would be emitted by one milli Watt He-Ne Laser?
8. Find the coherence length of light with 6328 A0 in 10-12 second pulse duration. Find the
bandwidth.
9. If light of 6600 A0 wavelength has wave train 20λ long, what are its coherence length and
coherence time?

UNIT 6
ELECTRON OPTICS
1. What is Bethe’s Law? Derive its mathematical expression.
2. Draw a block diagram of a CRO and explain the function of time base circuit.

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3. Explain the function of aquadag coating on the screen of CRT.
4. Explain the working of velocity selector.
5. Explain the construction and working of the Bainbridge mass spectrograph with a suitable
diagram.
6. An electron beam passes through a magnetic field 2×10-3 Wb/m2 and an electric field of 3.4×104
V/m, both fields being normal to each other and acting simultaneously in the same region. The
path of electrons remains unchanged. Calculate the electron speed?
7. Electrons accelerated under a potential of 250V enters the electric field at an angle of incidence
of 500 and gets refracted through an angle of 30 0. Find the potential difference between the two.
8. In a Bainbridge mass spectrograph, the electric field used is 8x1014V/m ,the magnetic field
common to both places is 0.2 Wb/m2 . If the ion source consists of singly ionized neon isotopes
of atomic masses 20 and 22, calculate linear separation of lines formed on photographic plate.
9. The electric field between the plates or velocity selector in Bainbridge mass spectrometer is 1200
V/cm and magnetic field in both regions is 0.6T. A stream of singly charged neon ions moves in
a circular path of radius 7.28 cm in magnetic field. Determine mass number of neon isotope.