Applied Physics

Interactive Learning Modules for Engineering Students

I

Lasers

Spontaneous & Stimulated Emission • Population Inversion • Pumping • Active Medium • Resonant Cavity • Coherence • He-Ne Laser • Fiber Laser • LiDAR • Barcode Reader • Metal Work Applications

II

Fibre Optics

Critical Angle • Acceptance Angle • Numerical Aperture • Total Internal Reflection • Single Mode & Multimode Fibers • Step Index & Graded Index • Attenuation • Fiber Optic Communication

III

Interference in Thin Films

Thin Film Interference • Uniform Thickness Films • Maxima & Minima Conditions • Wedge Shaped Films • Newton's Rings • Wavelength & Refractive Index Determination

IV

Electrodynamics

Gradient, Divergence, Curl • Gauss's Law • Ampere's Law • Faraday's Law • Divergence & Stokes Theorem • Maxwell's Equations in Point & Integral Form

V

Quantum Physics

de Broglie Hypothesis • Matter Waves • Wave Function • Schrödinger Equations • Particle in a Box • Quantum Tunneling • Quantum Computing & Qubits

VI

Semiconductor Physics

Direct & Indirect Band Gap • Electrical Conductivity • Drift Velocity & Mobility • Fermi-Dirac Distribution • Fermi Level in Intrinsic & Extrinsic Semiconductors