AU First Year Engineering (Semester 1)
Engineering Physics 1
December 2013
Total marks: --
Total time: --
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


1 What is cavitation?
2 M

2 A nickel rod is used to produce ultrasonic waves of frequency f. if ultrasonic waves with frequency 2f are to be produced what should be the length of the nickel rod?
2 M

3 What is the function of helium atom in He-Ne laser?
2 M

4 Give any two differences between homo-junction and hetero-junction lasers?
2 M

5 For a step index optical fiber with a core of refractive index 1.48 and numerical aperture 0.649, calculate the refractive index of cladding?
2 M

6 What is the principle by which temperature is measured using a fiber optical sensor?
2 M

7 State Wien's displacement law?
2 M

8 An electron is constrained to a one dimensional potential box of 0.1 nm width. Obtain the first eigen value of the electron in electron volts (h=6.62x10-34) Js)
2 M

9 Give the cooordination number of BCC and FCC structures?
2 M

10 what is Schottky defects?
2 M

11.(a)(i) What is inverse piezo-electric effect? Describe the method of producing ultrasonic waves by piezo-electric method.
10 M
11.(a)(ii) Describe about any two methods using which ultrasonic waves can be detected?
6 M
11.(b)(i) Give an account on the application of ultrasonic in? Drilling
b) Welding
Cleaning
3 M
11.(b)(ii) Explain the process of non destructive testing of materials using ultrasonic waves?
6 M

12.(a)(i) describe the construction of Nd-YAG laser and using an energy level diagram explain the working of Nd-YAG laser.
10 M
12.(a)(ii) Discuss about the different pumping schemes used to achieve population inversion in lasers?
6 M
12.(b)(i) Describe the method of construction and reconstruction of images using holography?
10 M
12.(b)(ii) Outline the use of lasers in welding and cutting of materials?
6 M

13.(a)(i) Explain the principle and propagation of light through an optical fiber and obtain the expression for numerical aperture and acceptance angle?
10 M
13.(a)(ii) Explain the working of fibre endoscope?
6 M
13.(b)(i) With the help of block diagram explain the working of an optical communication system. What are its advantages over conventional wire systems?
10 M
13.(b)(ii) Give an account on dispersion and bending losses in optical fibres?
6 M

14.(a)(i) What is Compton Effect? Obtain an expression for Compton shift.
10 M
14.(a)(ii) Describe briefly about the working of scanning electron microscope?
6 M
14.(b)(i) Write Schrodinger's equation for a particle in a box. Solve it to obtain eigen values and eigen functions and show that they are discrete?
10 M
14.(b)(ii) Obtain Rayleigh Jeans law from Planck a theory. Is Rayleigh Jeans law valid for all wavelengths?
6 M

15.(a)(i) Explain the hexagonal closed packed structure and obtain its atomic packing factor?
10 M
15.(a)(ii) Sodium chloride crystallizes in FCC structure. The density of sodium chloride is 2.18x103 Kg/m3. Calculate the distance between two adjacent atoms. The atomic weight of sodium and chlorine are 23 and 35.5 respectively?
6 M
15.(b)(i) What is line defect? Explain edge dislocation using a neat diagram. What are positive and negative edge dislocations?
10 M
15.(b)(ii) Describe the method of determining Miler indices of a given plane in a cubic lattice?
6 M



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