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M.Sc. SEM II PHYSICS (Practical) EXAMINATION

JUNE 2019 PSPHP 201 A

List of Experiments

1. Refractive Index of Liquids using Laser

2. Ultrasonic Interferometer: Velocity of sound in different Fluids

3. Characteristics of a GM counter and measurement of dead time

4. IV / CV measurement on Semiconductor Specimen

5. Double slit: Fraunhofer diffraction

6.Zeeman Effect: Fabry - Perot Etalon / L- G plate

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M.Sc. SEM II PHYSICS (Practical) EXAMINATION

JUNE 2019 PSPHP 201 A

Long Experiment: Refractive index of liquids using LASER

Candidate No……………………… DURATION: 3H MM: 60 Marks

1. Using the principle of total internal reflection, set the apparatus for measuring the
refractive index of given liquid using the beam of He-Ne LASER. Determine the critical
angle. You may use the formula
⁄2
= sin
Where the symbols have their usual meaning
Determine the refractive index of the given liquid sample. (30)
2. Repeat the experiment for another liquid sample given to you. (20)
3. Define Total internal reflection and Critical angle (4)
4. State the full form of LASER (3)
5. Explain: Coherence of LASER (3)

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M.Sc. SEM II PHYSICS (Practical) EXAMINATION

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Short Experiment: Refractive index of liquids using LASER

Candidate No…………… DURATION: 1H MM: 20 Marks

1) For an air-liquid interface, critical angle = 47.08⁰, find R.I of the liquid. (06)
2) Define Total internal reflection and Critical angle. (04)
3) Explain: Coherence of the LASER. (02)
4) State the full from of LASER (02)
5) Distinguish between spontaneous and stimulated emission (06)
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M.Sc. SEM II PHYSICS (Practical) EXAMINATION

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Long Experiment: Ultrasonic Interferometer

Candidate No……………… DURATION: 3H MM: 60 Marks

1. You are given Liquid (_______) of………Concentration and set up of the ultrasonic interferometer for
measuring the velocity of ultrasonic waves in the given liquid. Taking a no. of observations, find the
velocity, of ultrasonic waves at room temp. (30)
2. Repeat the experiment for the same liquid of two more different concentrations or repeat the same
for same concentration but at two other different temperature or repeat the experiment for same
concentration and same temperatures by taking two other different frequencies of ultrasonic waves.
(20)
3. Distinguish between Ultrasonic & Supersonic. (02)
4. What is working principle of an ultrasonic interferometer. (04)
5. State some properties of ultrasonic interferometer. (02)
6. State one application of ultrasonic interferometer. (02)

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M.Sc. SEM II PHYSICS (Practical) EXAMINATION

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Short Experiment: Ultrasonic Interferometer

Candidate No……………………… DURATION: 1H MM: 20 Marks

1. Find the ultrasonic velocity in m/sec and adiabatic compressibility of a water sample if frequency of
interferometer is 3MHz and average λ/2 is 0.375m and density of liquid ρ is 996.458 kg/m3. (10)

2. Distinguish between Infrasonic, Ultrasonic & Supersonic. (06)

3. Define human audible range & mention the values of same. (04)
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Long Experiment: GM Counter; Dead Time of the Counting System

Candidate No…………… DURATION: 3H MM: 60 Marks

The threshold voltage of given GM counter is_________V. Determine the dead time of the counting system
using the double source method. Estimate the error in the dead time. (60)

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M.Sc. SEM II PHYSICS (Practical) EXAMINATION

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Short Experiment: GM plateau and Dead Time of the Counting System

Candidate No…………… DURATION: 1H MM: 20 Marks

Determine the Threshold voltage for GM counter by Plotting the Graph of Count vs Applied Voltage from

given data and determine the “slope” of the plateau. (20)

Obs. Applied Counts Per 200 Seconds “N”

Voltage
No. 1 2 3
”V” volts

1. 400 5055 4859 5001

2. 450 5087 5125 4962

3. 500 5145 5086 5142

4. 550 5147 5105 5108

5. 600 5125 5129 5171

6. 650 5218 5185 5140

7. 700 5198 5095 5230

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M.Sc. SEM II PHYSICS (Practical) EXAMINATION

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Long Experiment: Zeeman Effect using Fabry-Perot-etalon/Lummer-Gehrcke Plate

Candidate No…………… DURATION: 3H MM: 60 Marks

1. Find the value of by normal Zeeman Effect using longitudinal/transverse magnetic field.
Determine from Lummer pattern. Use the following expression to determine

=
−

where, = thickness of the plate

= the mean displacement of the components

= separation between the two successive orders

= ……………….

= × cm/s

Measure by a gauss meter or from the given calibration chart.

Comment on the accuracy of the result.

N.B. you may use Fabry-Perot-etalon in place of Lummer-Gehrcke Plate (60)

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M.Sc. SEM II PHYSICS (Practical) EXAMINATION

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Short Experiment: Zeeman Effect using Fabry-Perot-etalon / L-G Plate

Candidate No…………… DURATION: 1H MM: 20 Marks

1) Find the value of by normal Zeeman Effect if the mean displacement of the components is 0.0083 cm

and separation between the two successive orders is 0.049cm at magnetic field 3.4 K Gauss. (10)

=
−
where, = thickness of the plate
= the mean displacement of the components
= separation between the two successive orders
= ……………….
= × cm/s

2) What is the origin of magnetic field in any atom? (02)

3) Atom with Zero spin; what does it mean. (04)

4) Compare Normal Zeeman Effect with Anomalous Zeeman effect. (04)

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Long Experiment: I-V/ C-V measurement on semiconductor specimen

Candidate No…………… DURATION: 1H MM: 60 Marks

1) Measure the C-V characteristics of the given specimen using suitable method ,apply the reverse
voltage ( ) up to ………………….volt. (30)

2) Plot versus and versus graphs. (20)

3) Determine the built-in potential and comment on the nature of Graph. (10)

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Short Experiment: I-V/ C-V measurement on semiconductor specimen

Candidate No…………… DURATION: 1H MM: 20 Marks

Plot the graph between Capacitance Vs Voltage. Comment on the nature of the graph. (20)

(V) Cj (pF)

4 10

3 15

2 47

1 84

0 110

-1 240

-2 410

-3 713

-4 816
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Long Experiment: Double slit diffraction

Candidate No…………… DURATION: 3H MM: 60 Marks

1. Draw the ray diagram of Fraunhofer double slit diffraction. (06)

2. You are given a Laser source, single slit, lens, double slit and a screen. Arrange the apparatus to
get an interference pattern on a white screen. Observe the “missing order”. Show it to the
examiner. (15)

The missing order occurs when the condition for maximum of interference and the minimum for
diffraction are both fulfilled for the same value of angular aperture ‘θ’
i.e., !" # = $ and !" # = %$
Hence = , and % are both integers.
%
=separation between two narrow slits.
=slit width.
3. Find the ratio of the missing order. Change the slit width ‘ ’ OR separation between two narrow
slits ‘ ’ for two more values and determine the missing order in the experiment. (35)
4. State the conclusion. (04)
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M.Sc. SEM II PHYSICS (Practical) EXAMINATION

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Short Experiment: Double slit diffraction

Candidate No…………… DURATION: 1H MM: 20 Marks

1) Draw the ray diagram of Fraunhofer double slit diffraction. (12)

2) You are given four recorded photographs of Fraunhofer double slit diffraction Pattern.

= . ' (( = . ) ((

= . *(( = . )((

= . '(( = . ) ((
 = . '(( = . ) ((

a) Find missing order and the ratio of each. Are they equal? (04)

b) Comment on the result. Where d and b have usual meaning. (04)