Salient Features:
- A precise, lucid and organized approach to all the topics.
- All the chapters start from an elementary level, which facilitates the readers who are not well versed.
- Subject matter is supported with cogent illustrations, which make it interesting and easy to understand.
- Fully-worked examples are given after every article to relate and build the concepts.
- Highly focused short answer/reasoning type questions are given after each chapter to promote comprehension.
- Descriptive type questions of general nature are given at the end of each chapter.
- Brief biographies of eminent contributors to Physics are included to provide historical development.
The book will also be useful for the students taking various competitive examinations.
Contents: Unit-I: Interference / Diffraction / Polarization / Optical Fiber / Central Forces / Harmonic Oscillations / Special Theory of Relativity / Laser / Optical Instruments Unit-II: Electromagnetic Theory / Quantum Theory / Statistical Mechanics / Semiconductor Physics / Superconductivity / X-rays / Ultrasonics / Appendix A: Kronig-Penney Model Appendix B: Density of States for Electrons in Solids / Appendix C: Electromagnetic Spectrum / Appendix D: SI Units and Prefixes / Appendix E: Standard Constants / Index