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S No.
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Topic
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Domain
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Hours as per UGC
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I
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RAY AND GEOMETRICAL OPTICS
- Fermat’s principle
- cardinal points of an optical system
- Matrix methods in paraxial optics
- Effects of translation and refraction
- Derivation of thin lens and thick lens formulae
- Unit plane, nodal planes
- System of thin lenses,
- Chromatic aberration
- Spherical aberration and coma.
- Astigmatism and distortion aberrations and their remedies.
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Must Know
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10
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II
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INTERFERENCE AND ITS APPLICATIONS
- Interference by Division of Wave front: Fresnel’s Biprism
- Fresnel’s Biprism applications to determination of wavelength of sodium light
- Fresnel’s Biprism application to determination of thickness of a mica sheet
- Interference by Division of Amplitude: Parallel & wedge shaped film (no derivation)
- Newton’s rings
- Michelson’s interferometer
- Michelson’s interferometer’s application to Standardization of a meter
- Michelson’s interferometer’s application to determination of wavelength.
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Must Know
Desirable to Know
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08
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III
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DIFFRACTION AND POLARIZATION
- Single slit diffraction
- Plane transmission granting spectrum
- Dispersive power of a grating
- Rayleigh’s criterion, resolving power of grating.
- Polarization by Double Refraction
- Huygen’s wave theory of double refraction
- Analysis of Palorized light: Nicol prism
- Quarter wave plate and half wave plate
- Production and detection of (i) Plane polarized light (ii) Circularly polarized light and (iii) Elliptically polarized light
- Optical activity
- Fresnel’s theory of rotation
- Specific rotation, Polarimeters (half shade and Biquartz).
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Must Know
Nice to know
Must Know
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12
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