Physics for Information Science detailed syllabus for Computer Science & Design (CSD) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the CSD 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 Computer Science & Design 2nd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CSD 2nd Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of physics for information science is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS 9 Classical free electron theory – Expression for electrical conductivity – Thermal conductivity, expression – Wiedemann-Franz law – Success and failures – electrons in metals – Particle in a three dimensional box – degenerate 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
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS 9 Magnetic dipole moment – atomic magnetic moments- magnetic permeability and susceptibility -Magnetic material classification: diamagnetism – paramagnetism – ferromagnetism – antiferromagnetism – ferrimagnetism – Ferromagnetism: origin and exchange interaction- saturation magnetization and Curie temperature – Domain Theory- M versus H behaviour – Hard and soft magnetic materials – examples and uses– Magnetic principle in computer data storage – Magnetic hard disc (GMR sensor).
Unit IV
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Unit V
NANODEVICES AND QUANTUM COMPUTING 9 Introduction – quantum confinement – quantum structures: quantum wells, wires and dots — band gap of nanomaterials. Tunneling – Single electron phenomena: Coulomb blockade – resonanttunneling diode – single electron transistor – quantum cellular automata – Quantum system for information processing – quantum states – classical bits – quantum bits or qubits -CNOT gate -multiple qubits – Bloch sphere – quantum gates – advantage of quantum computing over classical computing.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Jasprit Singh, Semiconductor Devices: Basic Principles, Wiley (Indian Edition), 2007.
- S.O. Kasap. Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices, McGraw-Hill Education (Indian Edition), 2020.
- Parag K. Lala, Quantum Computing: A Beginner’s Introduction, McGraw-Hill Education (Indian Edition), 2020.
Reference Books:
- Charles Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, Wiley India Edition, 2019.
- Y.B.Band and Y.Avishai, Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Nanotechnology and
- Information Science, Academic Press, 2013.
- V.V.Mitin, V.A. Kochelap and M.A.Stroscio, Introduction to Nanoelectronics, Cambridge Univ.Press, 2008.
- G.W. Hanson, Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics, Pearson Education (Indian Edition) 2009.
- B.Rogers, J.Adams and S.Pennathur, Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems, CRC Press, 2014.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Computer Science & Design, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit CSD 2nd Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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