Applied Physics detailed syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (AERO) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the AERO students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Aeronautical Engineering 2nd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit AERO 2nd Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of applied physics is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS 9 Classical free electron theory – Expressions for electrical conductivity and Thermal conductivity -Wiedemann-Franz law – Success and failures – Quantum free electron theory – Tunnelingdegenerate states – Fermi-Dirac statistics – Density of energy states – Electron in periodic potential – Energy bands in solids – tight binding approximation – Electron effective mass – concept of hole.
Unit II
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Unit III
DIELECTRICS AND FERROELECTRICS 9 Macroscopic description of the static dielectric constant. The electronic and ionic polarizabilities of molecules – orientational polarization – Measurement of the dielectric constant of a solid. The internal field – Lorentz, Clausius – Mosotti relation. Behaviour of dielectrics in an alternating field, elementary ideas on dipole relaxation, – Piezo, pyro and ferroelectric properties of crystals -classification of ferroelectric crystals – BaTiO3 and KDP.
Unit IV
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Unit V
OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS 9 Light waves in a homogeneous medium – refractive index – dispersion: refractive index-wave-length behaviour – group velocity and group index – NLO materials – phase matching – SHG, sum frequency generation, parametric oscillations – difference frequency generation (qualitative)- applications- -complex refractive index and light absorption – Luminescence, phosphors and white LEDs -polarization – optical anisotropy: uniaxial crystals, birefringence, dichroism – electro-optic effect and amplitude modulators.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- S.O. Kasap. Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices, McGraw Hill Education (Indian Edition), 2020.
- Charles Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, Wiley India Edition, 2019.
- R.Balasubramaniam, Callisters Materials Science and Engineering. Wiley (Indian Edition), 2014.
Reference Books:
- L.Solymar, D.Walsh and R.R.A.Syms, Electrical Properties of Materials, Oxford Univ.Press, 2014.
- Jasprit Singh, Semiconductor Optoelectronics: Physics and Technology,McGraw-Hill Education (Indian Edition), 2019.
- Kip S. Thorne and R.D.Blandford, Modern Classical Physics, Princeton Univ.Press, 2017.
- Amnon Yariv and P.Yeh, Photonics: Optical Electronics in Modern Communications, Oxford Univ.Press, 2007.
- David Jiles, Introduction to Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Springer, 1991.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Aeronautical Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit AERO 2nd Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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