. PH 2111 ENGINEERING PHYSICS I (Common to all branches B.E./B.Tech.

h.) (Regulation 2008) Time: Three hours Answer ALL questions PART A (10 X 2 = 20 marks)
1. What is sonar? Mention two applications of it. 2. A ultrasonic generator consists of a quartz plate of thickness 0.7 mm and density 2800 kg/m3. Find the fundamental frequency of ultrasonic waves if the Youngs modulus of quartz is 8.8 x 10 10 N/m2. 3. Define population inversion and metastable state. 4. What are the advantages of heterojunction semiconductor laser over homojunction? semiconductor laser? 5. Distinguish between step index and graded index fiber. 6. A silica optical fiber has a core refractive index of 1.5 and cladding refractive index of 1.47. calculate the critical angle at he core-cladding interface. 7. What is Compton wavelength and calculate its value. 8. What is the physical significance of wave function .

Maximum : 100 marks

9. State the values of coordination number of HCP structure and diamond structure. 10. The lattice constant for a FCC structure is 4.938A0. Calculate the interplanar spacing of (220) planes. PART B (5X16=80marks) 11. (a) (i) What is inverse Piezo electric effece? (ii) Describe the construction and working of a piezo electric generator to produce ultrasonic waves. (iii) State the merits and demerits of magnetostriction oscillator. (2+10+4) or (b) (i) What is acoustic grating? (ii) Describe the method of determining the velocity of ultrasonic waves using acoustic grating. (iii) Mention any four applications of ultrasonic waves. (2+10+4) 12. (a) (i) Distinguish between spontaneous and stimulated emission of radiation. (ii) Describe the construction and working of He-Ne laser with energy level diagram. (iii) What are Einsteins A and B coefficients? (4+10+2) or (b) (i)Describe the Vibrational modes of CO2 molecule. (ii) Describe the construction and working of CO2 laser with energy level diagram.

(iii) For a semiconductor laser, the band gap is 0.8eV. what is the wavelength of light emitted from it. (3+10+3) 13. (a) (i) Define acceptance angle and numerical aperture. (ii) Derive the expression Sin n12 n22. (iii) Describe a method of measuring the temperature of a source using fiber optic sensor. (2+8+6) Or (b) (i) Describe a fiber optic communication system. (ii) Describe the principle, construction and working of light emitting diode. (iii) State the advantages of light emitting diodes in electronic display. (6+8+2) 14. (a) (i) What is Compton effect? (ii) Derive an expression for the wavelength of scattered X ray photon from a material. (iii) A X ray photon of wavelength 1.24 x 10-3A0 is scattered by a free electron through an angle 900. Calculate the energy of the scattered photon. (2+10+4) or (b) (i) Derive the Schrodingers time independent wave equation. (ii) Apply Schrodingers wave equation to a particle in one-dimensional box and calculate the Eigen value and Eigen function. (8+8) 15. (a) (i) What are Bravais lattice? (ii) Derive an expression for the interplanar spacing in a cubic structure. (iii) With a neat diagram describe the edge dislocation. (2+8+6) or (b) (i) Define Atomic radius and packing fraction. (ii) Describe a HCP structure. Show that for an HCP structure c/a = 8/3 and hence calculate the packing fraction for the HCP structure. (iii) The lattice constant of a metal with cubic lattice is 2.88 A0. the density of metal is 7200 Kg/m3. calculate the number of unit cell present in 1Kg of the metal.