Engineering Physics syllabus

SPPU First Year Engineering, 2024 pattern. Course code BSC-102-BES. Five units, 40 hours of theory and a practical component, with the marks scheme, outcomes and books taken from the official syllabus book.

4 credits (3 theory + 1 practical)CCE 30 + End-Sem 70Term work 255 units x 8 hours

40hours of theory

05.units

04.credits

Unit-wise syllabus

UNIT I

Fundamentals of Photonics

8 hours

Laser: Spontaneous/Stimulated emissionCO2 laser construction & workingHolography: Recording & ReconstructionOptical fibers: NA, AttenuationFiber optic communication advantages

UNIT II

Quantum Physics

8 hours

de Broglie hypothesis & Matter wavesSchrödinger's time dependent/independent equationsParticle in a rigid boxQuantum tunneling & STMQuantum computing: Qbits, Superposition, Entanglement

UNIT III

Wave Optics

8 hours

Interference in thin films (Reflected system)Wedge shaped film, ARC and optical flatnessPolarization (PPL, CPL, EPL)Malu's lawDouble refraction (Huygens theory)LCDs & 3D Movies

UNIT IV

Semiconductor Physics and Ultrasonics

8 hours

Fermi level & Fermi energyPN junction diode (Fermi level basis)Solar cell: IV characteristics & Fill factorHall effectUltrasonics: Piezoelectric generationFlaw detection & Thickness measurement

UNIT V

Nanoparticles and Superconductivity

8 hours

Quantum confinementSynthesis: Ball milling, PVDGMR effect & HDDSuperconductivity (Type I & II)Meissner effect, Cooper pairs & Josephson effectSQUID & Maglev train

Marks and credits

Head	Marks	Credit
Theory: CCE	30	3
Theory: End-Semester	70	3
Practical / term work	25	1

The prerequisites listed in the syllabus are Bohr’s atomic theory, properties of mechanical and electromagnetic waves, Huygens’ principle and wavefront, interference and polarization of light, wave particle duality, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, basics of magnetism, trigonometry and calculus. The course aims to teach the fundamentals of physics through hands-on experiments and extend them to engineering applications. The practical side is 2 hours a week, and any 8 experiments from a list of 12 are performed.

Course outcomes

CO1Develop the understanding of the working principle of lasers and optical fibers and extend it to holography and fiber optic communication.
CO2Deduce Schrödinger’s wave equations and apply them to problems on bound states, using the fundamentals of quantum physics.
CO3Explain interference in thin films, polarization and double refraction, and connect them to the anti-reflection coating and LCD.
CO4Understand Fermi level and Fermi energy in semiconductors from Fermi Dirac statistics and relate them to semiconductor devices. Extend ultrasonics to thickness measurement and flaw detection.
CO5Explain the properties of nanoparticles and their engineering applications. Explain superconductivity and its engineering applications.

Books

Text books

A Textbook of Engineering Physics by M. N. Avadhanulu, P. G. Kshirsagar and TVS Arun Murthy (S. Chand Publications)
Engineering Physics by R. K. Gaur and S. L. Gupta (Dhanpat Rai Publications)

Reference books

Optics by Ajoy Ghatak (Tata McGraw Hill)
Introduction to Solid State Physics by C. Kittel (Wiley and Sons)
Quantum Mechanics by A. K. Ghatak and S. Lokanathan (Laxmi Publications)
Nanotechnology: Principles and Practices by Dr. S. K. Kulkarni (Capital Publishing)
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics by Serway and Jewett (Cengage Publications)

Video lectures

The syllabus lists two video resources, plus the Feynman Lectures and Beiser’s Concepts of Modern Physics as e-books: Lectures by Walter Lewin, Quantum Mechanics lecture series by Prof. H. C. Verma.

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FAQ

How many credits is Engineering Physics in the SPPU 2024 pattern?

BSC-102-BES carries 4 credits: 3 for theory (3 hours a week) and 1 for practical (2 hours a week).

How are the marks split?

Theory is graded out of 100: CCE (continuous internal evaluation) 30 and End-Semester 70. Term work is a separate 25 marks tied to the practical credit.

How many units are there?

Five units of 8 hours each, 40 hours in total: photonics, quantum physics, wave optics, semiconductor physics with ultrasonics, and nanoparticles with superconductivity.

How many experiments do I have to do?

Any 8 from the list of 12 in the syllabus. One of the 8 may be an in-house experiment or a virtual lab experiment instead.

Which books does the syllabus list?

Text books: Avadhanulu, Kshirsagar and Arun Murthy (S. Chand), and Gaur and Gupta (Dhanpat Rai). Five reference books are listed too, including Ghatak’s Optics and Kittel’s Solid State Physics.

Are there official video lectures?

The syllabus lists Walter Lewin’s lectures and Prof. H. C. Verma’s quantum mechanics series. Both are linked on this page.