B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Applied Physics Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

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The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first, second and third years are on NEP 2020; the final year is still on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for it this year.

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Syllabus for Applied Physics

Semester 1 · First Year BE Chemical

Module 1: Lasers

Lasers: Spontaneous and stimulated emission, population inversion, pumping, active medium & active center, resonant cavity, coherence length and coherence time, Characteristics of lasers, He-Ne laser: construction and working. Fiber laser Construction and working Application : (i)Elementary knowledge of LiDAR(ii) Barcode reader (iii) Application of laser in metal work

Module 2: Fibre Optics

Optical fibers: Critical angle, acceptance angle, acceptance cone, numerical aperture, total internal reflection andpropagation of light, Types of optical fibers: Single mode & multimode, step index & graded index, attenuation,attenuation coefficient, factors affecting attenuation, Fibre Optic Communication System, Advantages of optical fiber communication, numerical

Module 3: Interfenence In Thin Films

Interference in thin film of uniform thickness, conditions of maxima and minima for reflected system, Conditions for maxima and minima for wedge shaped film (qualitative), engineering applications – (i) Newton’s rings for determination of unknown monochromatic wavelength and refractive Index of transparent liquid (ii) AntiReflecting Coating

Module 4: Electrodynamics

Vector Calculus : Gradient, Divergence, Curl. Gauss’s law, Amperes’ circuital Law, Faraday’s law, Divergence theorem , Stokes theorem Maxwell’s equations in point form, Integral form and their significance(Cartesian coordinate only)

Module 5: Quantum Physics

de Broglie hypothesis of matter waves, de Broglie wavelength for electron, Properties of matter waves, Wave function and probability density, mathematicalconditions for wave function, problems on de Broglie wavelength, Need and significance of Schrödinger’sequations, Schrödinger’s time independent and time dependent equations, Energy of a particle enclosed in a rigidbox and related numerical problems, Quantum mechanical tunneling, Principles of quantum computing: concept of Qubit.

Module 6: Basics Of Semiconductor Physics

Direct and Indirect Band Gap Semiconductors, Electrical Conductivity of Semiconductors, Drift Velocity, Mobility and Conductivity in Conductors Fermi- Dirac distribution function, Position of Fermi Level in Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors.

Text Books

1 A Text book of Engineering Physics -Dr. M. N. Avadhanulu, Dr. P. G. Kshirsagar, S. Chand, Revised Edition 2014
2 Modern Engineering Physics - A. S. Vasudeva, S. Chand, Revised Edition 2013
3 Engineering Physics D. K Bhattacharya,PoonamTandon, Oxford Higher Education, 1st Edition 2015
4 Engineering Physics -R. K. Gaur,S. L. Gupta, DhanpatRai Publications, 2012
5 Engineering Physics -V. Rajendran, McGraw Hill Educations, 2017
6 A Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, T. Pradeep Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd., 2012
1 Concepts of Modern Physics - ArtherBeiser, ShobhitMahajan, S. Choudhury, McGraw Hill, 7thEdition 2017
2 Fundamentals of optics - Francis A. Jenkins, Harvey E. White, McGraw Hill Publication, India, 4th Edition
3 Fundamentals of Physics, Halliday and Resnick, Wiley publication
4 Introduction to Electrodynamics, D. J. Griffiths, Pearson PublicationOnline
1 https://archive.nptel.ac.in/courses/115/102/115102124/
2 https://archive.nptel.ac.in/courses/115/102/115102025/
3 https://archive.nptel.ac.in/courses/115/105/115105132/

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2024-25. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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