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Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2015/2016

5. G. R. Fowles, Introduction to Modern Optics, 2nd Ed. (Courier, 4. S. C. Gupta, Optoelectronics Devices and Systems, 2nd Ed. (PHI
2012) Learning, 2014)
6. C. B. Hitz, J. J. Ewing, J. Hecht, Introduction to Laser Technology,
4th ed. (Wiley, 2012) SIF2014 COSMOLOGY AND GENERAL RELATIVITY (3 CREDITS)

SIF2013 PHOTONICS (3 CREDITS) Formalism of tensors, General Relativity, Black Holes, Gravitational
Waves, Cosmology.
Basics of optical fibre waveguides; Total internal reflection; Acceptance
angle and Numerical aperture; Skew rays; Electromagnetic mode Assessment Method:
theory for optical propagation in guided medium; Modes in a planar Final Examination: 60%
waveguide; Phase and group velocity; Phase shift with total internal Continuous Assessment: 40%
reflection and evanescent field; Goos-Haenchen shift; Multimode
optical fibre; Single mode optical fibre; Transmission characteristics of Medium of Instruction:
optical fibre; Attenuation, Material absorption losses in silica glass fibre; English
Linear and nonlinear scattering losses; Fibre bend loss; Mid-IR and
Far-IR transmission in optical fibre; Chromatic and intermodal Soft-skills:
dispersion; Dispersion-modified single-mode fibres; Polarization and CS2, CTPS3, LL2, EM1
nonlinear effects in optical fibres; Fabrication of optical fibres; Fibre and
waveguide amplifiers and lasers; Rare-earth doped fibre amplifiers; References:
Raman and Brillouin fibre amplifiers; Waveguide amplifiers; Optical 1. An Introduction to Modern Cosmology, Andrew Liddle, 3rd Edition,
parametric amplifiers; Cross-gain modulation wavelength converter; Wiley (2015)
Cross-phase modulation wavelength converter; Cross-absorption 2. Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology, Ta-Pei Cheng, 2nd Edition,
modulation wavelength converter. Oxford University Press (2010)
3. Gravitation and cosmology: principles and applications of the
Assessment Method: general theory of relativity, Steven Weinberg, Wiley; 1 edition
Final Examination: 60% (1972)
Continuous Assessment: 40% 4. Introduction to Cosmology, 4th Edition, Wliley (2015)
5. Introduction to General Relativity, Black Holes and Cosmology.
Medium of Instruction: Oxford University Press (2015)
English
SIF2015 ASTROPHYSICS (3 CREDITS)
Soft-skills: Light and telescope, introduction to gravity, review on atom and
CS2, CTPS3, LL2 spectra, interaction of light and matter, information from spectra
The sun : atmosphere, solar activity and nuclear fusion
References: The stars : properties of the stars; brightness, distances, masses,
1. J. M. Senior, Optical Fiber Communications (Pearson Education, sizes, nuclear processes, formation, stellar structure and evolution;
2009) birth and death of the stars
2. S.O. Kasap, Optoelectronics and Photonics: Principles and The Universe : Milky Way galaxy, galaxies
Practices (Pearson, 2013) Solar system : Origin of solar system, Earth
3. A.R. Billings, Optics, optoelectronics, and photonics : engineering Planetary system : Moon and Mercury, Venus and Mars; Jupiter and
principles and applications (Prentice Hall, 1993) Saturn; Uranus, Neptune and Kuiper Belt, meteorites, asteroids and
4. G. P. Agrawal, Fiber-optic communication Systems, 4th ed. comets
(Wiley, 2012) Astronomical Tools : optical telescope, radio telescope and space
5. B. E. A. Saleh, M. C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, 2nd ed. telescope
(Wiley, 2013)
Assessment Method:
SIF3006 OPTOELECTRONICS (3 CREDITS) Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Nature of light; Optical interferometer; Dielectric mirror; Diffraction
gratings; P-N junctions; Principles and characteristics of Medium of Instruction:
photodetectors; PIN and avalanche photodiodes; Photon counters; English
Single photon detectors and Photo Multiplier Tube; Light emitting
diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Soft-skills:
Electro-optics effect; Acousto-optics effect; Pockels effect; Optical CS2, CTPS3, LL2, EM1
modulators: Phase, polarization and amplitude; Bit rate and bandwidth;
Transmitter and receiver modules types for optical communications; References:
Optical storage; Optical imaging (CCD and CMOS); Physics of Solar 1. Michael Seeds and Dana Backman, Foundations of Astronomy,
Cells. 12th edition Brooks/Cole (2013)
2. Dina Prialnik, An Introduction to the Theory of Stellar Structure
Assessment Method: and Evolution, Cambridge University Press (2008)
Final Examination: 60% 3. Physics of the stars, A.C Philips, Manchester Physics Series,
Continuous Assessment: 40% Wiley (1999)
4. Stellar Structure and Evolution, 2nd Edition (2012)
Medium of Instruction: 5. An Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics, CRC press (2015)
English
SIF3007 ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS (3 CREDITS)
Soft-skills:
CS2, CTPS3, LL2, EM1 Antiparticles, Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations, Feynman diagrams,
electromagnetic and weak forces, fundamental particles and forces,
References: natural units; Leptons and neutrino oscillations; Quarks and hadrons;
1. S. O. Kasap, Optoelectronics and Photonics: Principles & Symmetries : C, P and T, C, P and CP violations, and CPT; Quark
Practices (Pearson Education, 2013) model: isospin symmetry and bound states; Relativistic kinematics:
2. G. Keiser, Optical Fiber Communications, 3rd ed. (McGraw-Hill four-vector and cross section; QCD: asymptotic freedom, jets and
Book Co., 2000) elastic lepton-nucleon scattering; Inelastic lepton-nucleon scattering:
3. J. Piprek, Optoelectronic Devices (Academic Press, 2013) parton model, structure functions and scaling violation; Weak

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