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Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 What is Physics 1.2 Light 1.2.1 Corpuscular Theory 1.2.Wave theory of light 1.2.3 Electro Magnetic Theory of light 1.2.4 Quantum theory 1.3 Electromagnetic Spectrum.

Chapter 2 Lasers
2.1 Introduction 2.2 Examples of lasers 2.3 Properties of laser light 2.3.1 Directionality 2.3.2 Monochromaticity 2.3.3 Intensity 2.3.4 Coherence 2.4 Interaction of Radiation with Matter 2.4.1 Absorption 2.4.2 Spontaneous emission 2.4.3 Stimulated Emission 2.5 Einstein’s theory of stimulated emission 2.5 Features of stimulated emission 2.6 Population Inversion 2.7 Metastable States 2.8 Methods of achieving population inversion - Pumping 2.9 Laser Action 2.10 Resonators or cavity resonance 2.11 Open Resonators 2.12 Confocal Resonators 2.13 Working of a laser 2.14 Lasing threshold and Q-factor 2.15 Q – Switching 2.16 Ruby Laser 2.17 The Helium - Neon Laser 2.18 Semiconductor Laser (Gas Laser) 2.19 Applications of Lasers

Chapter 3 Fibre Optics
3.1 Introduction 3.2 Principle of Optical Fibres 3.3 Construction of Optical Fibres 3.4 Materials used for fibres 3.5 Properties of optical fibres 3.5.1 Dispersion 3.5.2 Attenuation 3.5.3 Bandwidth distance product 3.6 Types of optical fibres 3.6.1 Step - Index single mode fibre 3.6.2 Step - index Multimode fibre 3.6.3 Graded - index multimode fibre 3.7 Numerical Aperture (NA) of a Fibre 3.7.1 Fractional index change 3.8 Modes of propagation 3.8.1V – number 3.9 Coherent Bundles 3.10 Fibre Optic Communication System 3.11Fibre Optic Sensors

Chapter 4 Electron Optics

4.1 Introduction 4.2 Electron Microscope 4.3 Magnetic Lens 4.4 Electrostatic Lens 4.5 Construction 4.6 Working 4.7 The Scanning Electron Microscope 4.8 Comparison of Optical microscope and Electron Microscope

Chapter 5 Crystallography
5.1 Introduction 5.2 Classification of solids 5.3 Some Definitions 5.3.1 Space Lattice 5.3.2 Unit Cell 5.3.3 Primitive Cell 5.3.4 Basic vectors and translation 5.4 Seven Crystal Systems and Bravais Lattices 5.5 Number of atoms per unit cell 5.6 Lattice constant and density 5.7 Coordination number 5.8 Packing Factor 5.9 Directions, Planes and Miller indices 5.9.1 Features of Miller indices 5.10 Spacing between lattice planes 5.11 X-ray diffraction 5.12 Bragg’s X-ray spectrometer 5.13 Powder Crystal Diffraction

Chapter 6. Superconductivity
6.1 Introduction 6.2 Meissner effect 6.3 Isotope effect 6.4 Type - I and type - II Superconductors 6.5 BCS Theory 6.6 High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) 6.7 Josephson Tunnelling 6.7.1 Dc Josephson effect 6.7.2 Ac Josephson effect 6.7.3 Superconducting quantum interference 6.8 Applications of Superconductors 6.8.1 SQUID 6.8.2 Other applications

Chapter 7. Ultrasonics
7.1 Introduction 7.2 Generation of Ultrasonic waves 7.2.1 Magnetostriction Method 7.2.2 Piezoelectric Method 7.3 Properties of Ultrasonics 7.4 Applications of Ultrasonics

Chapter 8. Magnetic Materials
8.1 Introduction8.2 Review of Magnetism 8.2.1 Magnetic pole strength 8.2.2 Magnetic moment 8.2.3 Intensity of Magnetization 8.2.4 Magnetic Field 8.2.5 Magnetic flux 8.2.6 Magnetic Induction 8.3 Magnetic Susceptibility 8.4 Permeability 8.5 Relation between magnetic susceptibility and permeability 8.6 Classification of magnetic Materials 8.6.1 Paramagnetic substances 8.6.2 Properties of paramagnetic substances 8.6.3........ Diamagnetic Substances 8.6.4 Properties of Diamagnetic Substances 8.6.5 Ferromagnetic Substances 8.6.6 Properties of Ferromagnetic Substances 8.6.7 Hard and soft magnetic materials 8.6.8 Anti ferromagnetic materials 8.6.9 Ferromagnetic materials or Ferrites 8.7 Applications of Magnetic Materials

Chapter 9. Dielectrics
9.1 Introduction 9.2 Dielectric constant or Relative permittivity 9.3 Dielectric Polarization 9.3.1Polarization surface charge 9.4 Electrical polarization mechanisms 9.4.1 Electronic polarization 9.4.2 Ionic polarization 9.4.3 Orientational polarization 9.4.4 Space charge polarization 9.5 Polarizability 9.6 Electric Susceptibility 9.7 Relation between dielectric constant and susceptibility 9.8 Dielectric Loss 9.8.1 Loss tangent or the dielectric loss factor 9.9 Dielectric strength 9.10 Polar and non polar molecules 9.11 Classification of dielectrics 9.11 Engineering Applications



References and Suggested readings, Appendix –I (M.G. University Syllabus, CUSAT Syllabus)

Appendix –II Previous year university question papers Appendix-III Table of physical constants and conversion factors