Course Code: PHY-S102 Breakup: 3 –1 – 3 –5 Course Name: Physics-II Course outcomes (CO): At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
CO1 understand the vector integration which they can apply in electricity and magnetism
CO2 Understand the concepts of wave optics such as the phenomena of interference, diffraction and polarization of light
CO3 Understand the concepts of electrostatics, magnetostatics, electromagnetic induction, Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetic waves
CO4 Apply the concepts of physics in the engineering courses Course Details: (Theory)
Unit 1 Vector integration, Stokes’ theorem, divergence theorem, electrostatics: Coulomb’s law, superposition of electric forces, electric flux, Gauss’s law, electric field, potential, calculation of electric fields due to different charge distribution, gradient and curl of electric field, electric dipoles and multipoles, potential energy of a dipole placed in external electric field, Laplace’s equation, Poisson’s equation.
Unit 2 Magnetostatics, motion of charge in electric and magnetic field, Lorentz force, magnetic flux, torque on a current coil in uniform magnetic field, magnetic dipole, potential energy of a magnetic dipole, Biot-Savart law, Ampere’s law, calculation of magnetic field due to different current distribution, divergence and curl of magnetic field.
Unit 3 Electromagnetic induction, Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law, self-induction, mutual induction, growth and decay of current in L-R circuit, electromagnetic waves, displacement current, Maxwell’s equations in free space and matter, verification of Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction and Ampere’s law in vacuum by using plane electromagnetic waves and derivation of velocity of light (c) in terms of permittivity and permeability of free space, Poynting vectors, Poynting theorem.
Unit 4 Coherent sources, Interference, Fresnel’s biprism, interference in uniform and wedge shaped thin films, necessity of extended source, Newton’s rings and its applications, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction at single slit and double slits, absent spectra, diffraction grating, spectra with grating, dispersive power, resolving power of grating, Rayleigh’s criterion of resolution
Unit 5 Dispersion of light, angular dispersion, dispersive power, irrational dispersion, angular and chromatic dispersion, deviation without dispersion, dispersion without deviation, polarization of light, Fresnel’s theory of optical activity and polarimeter, fundamental idea of optical fiber, types of fibers. Text and
References Books:
1. Introduction to Electrodynamics by D.J. Griffiths, 3E, Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, 2002.
2. Vector Analysis by M. R. Spiegel, Schaum's Outlines, 2021
3. Optics by Ajoy Ghatak, McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited, 7th
Edition,2020 4. A textbook of Optics by Subrahmanyam, Brijlal and Avadhanulu, Schand; 23rd Rev.
- Teacher: SURESH KUMAR SHARMA,