POW -Spring'25

Fourier Series, wave packets and group velocity, dispersion relations, two- and three dimensional waves.

 Electromagnetic Waves, Energy-momentum, Poynting’s theorem, reflection and refraction, Stokes relations. 

Interference, Coherence, Two-beam and Multi-beam interference, Fresnel Biprism and Mirrors, Newton’s rings, Michelson Interferometers, Thin films, Diffraction, Fraunhofer single slit diffraction and Grating

Polarisation, Birefringence, Quarter and half wave plate. 

Failure of classical physics, Planck’s spectrum, Photo-electric effect, Compton Effect, Davisson-Germer Experiment, de Broglie waves, Uncertainty principle. Wave function and Schrodinger equation, Probability interpretation, One-dimensional infinte square well potential problems.