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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2025/2026

Continuous 40% Solar system: Origin of solar system and
Assessment: morphology of solar system. Sun-moon-
earth interactions.
Exoplanets and solar-like systems
SIF2013 PHOTONICS (3 CREDITS) The sun : atmosphere, solar activity and
nuclear fusion
Basics of optical fibre waveguides; Total The stars: properties of the stars;
internal reflection; Acceptance angle and brightness, distances, masses, sizes, star
Numerical aperture; Skew rays; formation, stellar structure and evolution;
Electromagnetic mode theory for optical death of the stars
propagation in guided medium; Modes in a Binary stars: types, mass and mass transfer
planar waveguide; Phase and group in close binary systems
velocity; Phase shift with total internal Hertzsprung–Russell diagram
reflection and evanescent field; Goos- The Universe: Milky Way galaxy, galaxies.
Haenchen shift; Multimode optical fibre;
Single mode optical fibre; Transmission Assessment Method:
characteristics of optical fibre; Summative 60%
Attenuation, Material absorption losses in Assessment:
silica glass fibre; Linear and nonlinear Continuous 40%
scattering losses; Fibre bend loss; Mid-IR Assessment:
and Far-IR transmission in optical fibre;
Chromatic and intermodal dispersion;
Dispersion-modified single-mode fibres; SIF2016 MATERIALS SCIENCE (3 CREDITS)
Polarization and nonlinear effects in
optical fibres; Fabrication of optical fibres; Introduction to materials science. Atomic
Fibre and waveguide amplifiers and lasers; structure and interatomic bonding:
Rare-earth doped fibre amplifiers; Raman Electronic structure. Structure of
and Brillouin fibre amplifiers; Telecom materials; Molecular structure, Crystalline
network, Waveguide amplifiers; structure and Defects. Mechanical
waveguide fabrication, devices and properties. Phase diagram. Introduction to
applications. polymers, ceramics, composites and
biomaterials.
Assessment Method:
Summative 60% Assessment Method:
Assessment: Summative 60%
Continuous 40% Assessment:
Assessment: Continuous 40%
Assessment:

SIF2015 ASTROPHYSICS (3 CREDITS)
SIF2018 RADIATION PHYSICS (3 CREDITS)
Astronomical Tools : spherical astronomy,
optical telescope, radio telescope and Radiation source, Nuclear Instability and
space telescope types of radioactivity, Halflife and mean
Atomic spectra, interaction of light and life, Natural radioactive series and
matter radioactive equilibrium (Bateman
equation), Branching decay and types of
decay, Nuclear activation, X-ray

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