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Electrostatics

Background information on electric charges historically The law of Coulomb Superposition Principle, Gauss Law, Electric Flux, Electric Field, and Electric Dipole Charge distribution within a conductor and action at certain points, The superposition principle, continuous charge distribution, electric field lines, electric dipole, electric field due to a dipole, torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field, and forces between multiple charges are all examples of this.

Current Electricity

Ohm's Law, Electric Current, and In electrical circuits, energy and power Kirchhoff's formula, Thermoelectric current, linear and non-linear V-I characteristics Power and electrical energy temperature dependence of resistance, electrical resistivity and conductivity.

Magnetism and magnetic effects of electric current

Ampere, the basic property of magnets Applications of circuit law, Lorentz force, Ampere's law, and infinitely long straight wire. Straight solenoid, force on a moving charge in homogeneous magnetic and electric fields (only qualitative treatment). force between two parallel current-carrying conductors, and force acting on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field.

Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating current

Electromagnetic Induction, Self-Induction, Methods of producing induced emf, Transformer, Alternating Current Power in AC circuits, Oscillation in LC circuits

Electromagnetic waves

Displacement current and Maxwell’s correction to Ampere’s circuital law, Electromagnetic waves, Types of spectrum emission and absorption spectrum fraunhofer lines, Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses.

Ray optics

Ray optics, Spherical mirrors, Refraction, Thin lens, Prism, Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula, refraction of light, total internal reflection and optical fibers, refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lens maker’s formula, magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact, refraction of light through a prism.

Wave optics

Theories on light, Wave nature of light, Interference, Diffraction, Optical instruments, Wave front and Huygens principle, reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wave fronts. Huygens' principle is used to demonstrate the laws of reflection and refraction. Interference. Young's double-slit experiment and fringe width expression (final expression without derivation only), coherent sources and continuous light interference, single-slit diffraction, and central maxima width (only qualitative treatment).

Dual nature of radiation and mater

Electron Emission, Matter waves, Photo Electric Effect, X - ray Spectra Continuous X Ray Spectra, Characteristic X Ray Spectra, Hertz and Lenard's observations. Einstein's photoelectric equation-particle nature of light. Experimental study of photoelectric effect. Matter waves-wave nature of particles, de-Broglie relation.

Atomic and nuclear physics

Electric Discharge Through gases Properties of Cathode Rays, Atomic Spectra, Nuclear Force, Nuclear fission, Nuclear fusion

Electronics and communication systems

Energy Band Diagram, DIODES, The Bipolar Junction transistor, Digital Electronics, Modulation,

Recent developments in physics

Nano science and Nano technology, Robotics