Syllabus
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Course Code: B-PHY-401 Course Name: Wave & Optics |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | NTERFERENCE Interference byDivisionof Wave front:Young’sdouble slit experiment, Coherence, Conditions of interference, Fresnel's biprismand itsapplications to determine the wavelength of sodium lightand thickness of amicasheet,phasechangeon reflection. Interference byDivisionof Amplitude: Plane parallel thin film, productionof colors in thin films, classification of fringes infilms,Interference due totransmitted light and reflected light, wedgeshaped film, Newton's rings. |
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| 2 | DIFFRACTION-I Huygens-Fresnel’s theory, Fresnel’s assumptions, rectilinearpropagation of light,Fresnel’s half period zones, zone plate, diffraction at a straight edge,rectangular slit and diffraction at a circular aperature. Diffraction due toa narrow slit, diffraction due to a narrow wire. |
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| 3 | DIFFRACTION- II Fraunhoffer diffraction:one slit diffraction, two slit diffraction, N-slit diffraction, plane transmission grating spectrum, dispersive powerofgrating, limit of resolution, Rayleigh's criterion, resolvingpower of telescopeand agrating. |
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| 4 | POLARIZATION Polarization:Polarisationbyreflection,refractionandscattering, MalusLaw, Phenomenonofdoublerefraction,Huygens’swavetheoryofdoublerefraction(Normal andobliqueincidence),AnalysisofpolarizedLight.Nicolprism,Quarterwaveplateand halfwaveplate,productionanddetectionof(i)Planepolarizedlight(ii)Circularly polarizedlightand(iii)Ellipticallypolarizedlight.Opticalactivity,Fresnel'stheoryof optical rotation, Specificrotation, Polarimeters(half shade andBiquartz). |
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