Engineering Physics

This book, now in its Second Edition, is written to address the requirements of the course curriculum in Engineering Physics for the first-year students of all branches of engineering. This text emphasizes the basic concepts of physics. It exposes students to fundamental knowledge in several topics such as ultrasonics and their industrial and medical applications, properties of lasers and their industrial and medical applications, types of optical fibres, their geometries and use in communication systems, and Types of optical instruments and their usage.

The book also contains numerous solved problems, short and descriptive type questions, and exercise problems to help students assess their progress and familiarize them with the types of questions set in examinations.

New chapters on
Elasticity
Thermal Physics
Acoustics

New sections on
Non-linear optics
Direct and Indirect Bandgap
Crystal growth

Preface Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgements

1. Crystal Physics

2. Properties of Matter

3. Thermal Physics

4. Quantum Physics

5. Electron Optics

6. Acoustics

7. Ultrasonics

8. Laser (Photonics)

9. Fibre Optics

10. Conducting Materials

11. Semiconducting Materials

12. Magnetic Materials

13. Superconducting Materials

14. Dielectric Materials

15. Advanced Engineering Materials

Index