As per the syllabus of Anna University This book is written specifically to address the course curriculum in Engineering Physics-I of the B.Tech syllabus of the Anna University. The book is designed to serve the needs of the first-year undergraduate students of all branches of engineering. It provides a sound understanding of the important phenomena in physics.
The book exposes the students to fundamental knowledge in :
Ultrasonics and their applications in industry and medicine.
Properties and applications of lasers in industry and medicine.
Types of optical fibres, their geometries, and use in communication systems; types of optical sources, detectors, and sensors including endoscopes.
Characteristics of black body radiation and quantum concepts of radiation.
Science of crystallography for understanding the structure of solids including the nature of crystal defects.
Key Features :
Numerous worked-out examples in text to give students a sound understanding of the subject.
Chapter-end summary for quick revision of the important results.
Chapter-end short and long answer questions to stimulate discussion on the major themes in the chapter.
Chapter-end numerical problems with answers to help students assess their progress and familiarize them with many of the types of questions set in exams.About the AuthorK. RAJAGOPAL (PhD) is Professor and Head of the Department of Physics, Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli. He received his M.Sc. degree in physics from Madras University and PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in the field of nonlinear optics. He has more than twenty-eight years experience of teaching physics to undergraduate engineering students.
Dr. Rajagopal has published more than fifty research papers in reputed national/international journals.
Dr. Rajagopal research interests include neurophysics, ultrasonics and nonlinear optics. His name has been included in the twenty-seventh edition (1999) of Dictionary of International Biography published by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, as well as in Who’s Who in the World, 15th edition, 1998, published by Marquis Publishers, USA.
Dr. Rajagopal has been selected as one of the 2000 outstanding intellectuals of 21st century 2011 by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England.
