SYLLABUS FOR M.Sc. (APPLIED PHYSICS)
with specialization in ELECTRONICS OR SEMICONDUCTORS

SEMESTER III

INTRODUCTION TO MODERN OPTICS:   Principles of Optical Design, Matrix Formulation of Geometrical Optics; Image Formation, Radiometry and Photometry, Modern Theory of Diffraction and Interference Fourier Optics, Coherence and Statistical Optics, Polarization.

INTRODUCTION OF LASERS:   Light Amplification, Population inversion, Amplifier Nonlinearity and Gain saturation, Theory of laser Oscillation, Optical Resonators, Rate Dynamics of Three Level and Four Level Lasers, Q-Switching and mode Locking, Solid Sate Lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Dye lasers.

APPLICATION OF LASERS:   Spatial Filtering, Holography, Laser Remote sensing, laser Spectroscopy, Industrial Applications, Application in Medicine and Chemistry.

Basic microprocessor architectural concepts, Microprocessor Architecture Families, Microprocessors and introduction.  8088/8086 pinout and instruction set, 8086 Family Assembly Language Programming 8086 Assembly language programming techniques,  IF-THEN-ELSE structures,Procedures and Macros, Instruction Descriptions and Assembler Directives, Communicating with microprocessors, Microprocessors I/O, Operating system and system software, 80x86 microprocessors, Architecture and instruction set, Memory and Task management hardware features, coprocessors and other advance microprocessors.

Signal and Systems Characteristics and Models, convolution, Continuous Time signal, Spectral of Continuous Time Signals, Time domain Analysis of Continuous Time Systems, Spectral Analysis of Contirnous time Systems, Analysis of Continuous Time systems Using the Laplace Transform, Discrete time Signals, Time-Domain Analysis of Discrete Time System, Spectral Analysis of Discrete-Time System.

SWITCHES:   Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical and Electronic.

INDUSTRIAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES:  Power Rectifiers, Power Transistors, DIAC, Shocktly Diode, SCR, TRIAC, MOV, SUS, SBS, Heat Sinking, Troubleshooting.

TIME DELAYS:  Passive time delay, Active time delay, Digital time delay circuits.

PHASE CONTROL:  Phase control using RC circuits, UJT, Ramp and Pedestal zero voltage switching, Converters, Chopper Control, Jone Circuit, Pulse width modulation (PWM) techniques.

MOTORS:  Series, Shunt, Permanent magnet, PM brushless DC motors, Induction, Synchronous AC motors.

TRANSDUCERS:  Optical, Temperature, Humidity, Pressure, Strain and Level transducers.

PROCESS CONTROL:  Open-Loop, Closed-Loop System, Process Parameters, Process Load, LAD, Stability, Discontinuous and Continuous control, ON-OFF, Proportional, Integral, Derivative modes, Composite Mode: PI, PD and PID.   Electrical Implementation basic circuit.

SEQUENTIAL PROCESS CONTROL:  Characteristics, Symbols, Ladder Diagram, Applications, Programmable Logic Controllers.

Introduction to Remote Sensing, Physics Bases of Remote Sensing, Aerial Sensor Imagery, Satellite Sensor Imagery, Image Processing, Methodology and Requirement of Remote Sensing Data Collection, Spectroadiometry of Imaging Systems, Spectral Signatures and Their Correction for Atmosphere and Noise Effects, Electro Optical Detectors and Systems, Space Remote Sensing Systems

Basic aspects of  Signals Processing, convolution, Correlation and Filtering; processing of random signals, Signal recovery, Conditioning and Prediction, Modulation and Sampling Rate, Interpolation and Sampling theorem, Widows  functions and Windowing, Analogue Filter Design Butterworth Filters, Chebeyshev Filters, Elliptical Filters, Frequency band transformation, bilinear transformation, Frequency and Time multiplexing.

The Z-Transform and its application to Discrete Time systems, Realization of linear Digital Systems, IIR and FIR digital filter design.  The Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), Frequency Response Characteristics, Sampling and Generalized Convolution, weighting functions, Whittaker's reconstruction, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), FFT using Time decomposition, FFT using frequency decomposition, FFT error analysis.

Signal processing system design, Adaptive Filtering.

Infrared Basics, Radiometry, Sources Infrared Optics, IR Detectors, Thermal Imaging,  Staring and Scanning, Signal Processing, Measurement of Detector Characteristics, Applications of Infrared Techniques.

MICRO WAVE DEVICES:   Tunnel Devices, IMPATT and BARRIT, Transit Diodes etc.

TRANSFERRED ELECTRON DEVICES:  Transferred-Electron Effect, Modes of Operation, Devices Performance.

PHOTONIC DEVICES:  Physics of Hetrostructures, Radiative Transitions LED's and Semiconductor Lasers, Photo Conductor, Photo Diode, Avalanche Photodiode, Phototransistor Detectors, Solar Cells.

Crystal growing techniques, Crystallography, Crystalline defects, Diffusion in solids, Lon implantation techniques, Epitazial growth of semiconductor, Lithography (PLG, e-beam lithography, X-ray lithography), Etching (wet chemical etching, dry etching technique), Oxidation and insulating film deposition, Thin film deposition techniques for metals and semiconductor, Active and Passive device fabrication in monolithic ICs, IC fabrication processing, MOS and Bipolar IC technologies and their application, Wire bonding and packaging of ICs, Future developments and modern trends in semiconductor industry.

Operational Amplifier Characteristics, Inverting and Non-Inverting Amplifiers, Mathematical Circuits, Instrumentation Amplifier, Phase Locked Loop Circuits, Timer 555 IC, Function Generator Circuits, Comparator Circuits, Active Converter, Analog to Digital Converter, Noise Generator Circuits.