Department of Applied Physics

The department of Applied Physics was established in Guru Nanak Dev University in 1990 with a special grant from University Grants Commission (UGC). The aim of the department is to impart high quality education and carry out research in the applied areas of physics like semiconductors, device fabrication, electronics, materials science and nanoscience and technology.

The department has well equipped student's laboratories in solid-state physics, materials science, laser physics, electronics and communication. The course curriculum includes large number of courses in both fundamental and applied physics courses such as semiconductor devices, physics of low dimensional semiconductors, microprocessors, microwaves, optical fiber communication, digital signal processing, carbon nanotubes, nanowires and quantum dots, nanoelectronics, nanomaterials synthesis and characterization.

The department has also research laboratories in the areas of semiconductors, ultrasonics, solid state ionics, glasses, thin films and sensors. Some of the major equipment that is available with the department are high temperature furnaces, thin film coating unit, ultrasonic velocity measurement set up, UV-visible spectrophotometer, impedance analyzers, viscometer, potentio-stat galvanostat etc. The department has produced over 300 graduates who have found placement in both academia and industry.
The faculty has successfully completed several research projects funded by agencies like UGC, DST, CSIR, AICTE, UGC-DAE-CSR and IUAC. All faculty members are active in their respective research areas and our thrust areas are thin films, sensors, polymer electrolytes and glasses. About 20 scholars are currently registered/enrolled for the doctorate degree in our department. Our faculty and research scholars have published in several peer-reviewed journals with high impact factors.

The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India has sanctioned the M.Sc. Nanoscience and Technology course to the department wef 2008 -09 session under the Nano Science and Technology Initiative (NSTI). Under this scheme, in addition to a grant of Rs.3 Crore, each student admitted to this course gets a monthly stipend of Rs. 3000 along with an annual contingency grant of Rs.10,000.
In future, we aim to develop the department into a nationally competitive center of education, research and training in applied areas of physics including nano science and technology.

Courses Offered:

• M.Sc. Applied Physics (Electronics)

• M.Sc. Nanoscience and Technology
  

14 seats are available in M.Sc. Applied Physics (Electronics) and 15 seats in M.Sc. Nano Science and Technology. Admission to both courses is made on the basis of merit in the Entrance Examination and the minimum eligibility of admission is Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) or its equivalent with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.
 

Facilities / Labs :

• Semiconductors Laboratory has equipment like thermal and e-beam coating units. High temperature furnaces and glass melt quenching set up, semiconductor and thin film electrical properties' and photoconductivity set up.

• Solid State Ionics is a research laboratory with synthesis and characterization facilities for ion conducting glasses and conducting polymers. Some of the major equipment that is available are electrochemical work station, viscosometer and impedance analyzer.

• Glass Physics & Sensors Laboratory has high temperature furnaces, UV-visible double spectrophotometer, gas sensor test facility, auto ranging picoammeter and thin film characterization set up by two probe method.

• Ultrasonic Laboratory has MATEC make Ultrasoinc velocity measurement set up for liquid and solid samples.

• Solid State Physics Laboratory has several M.Sc. level experimental set ups like Electron Spin Resonance (ESR), Hall effect, Magnetoresistance, two and four probe set ups, Photoelectric effect set up, Quicke's method, Faraday Effect, Ion -conductivity set up, Microwave bench, Ferroelectric and superconductivity set ups etc.

• Lasers Laboratory is a M.Sc. students laboratory with equipment like Mach Zehnder, Jamin's and Michelson Interferometers, Raman-Nath effect set up & particle size determination using lasers.

• Electronics and Microprocessors Laboratories has very large number of experimental kits on digital and analog electronics, semiconductor devices and circuits, fibre optics, VLSI trainer, digital communications and microprocessors.

The department is presently in the process of purchasing sophisticated instrumentation like X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and Scanning Tunneling Electron Microscope (STEM), UV-visible photoluminescence and absorption spectrophotometers, thermal evaporation and RF sputtering units. These equipment will be used by M.Sc. students in their laboratory and project courses.
 

Head of Department : Dr. Atul Khanna
PABX Contact No. : 0183- 2258802-09 (3168)

Mobile: 987-679-7402
Email ID : ak.ap@gndu.ac.in, akphysics@yahoo.com

Placement Incharge : Dr. K. P. Bhatti
Mobile: 946-366-0107
Email ID : kanwalbhatti@gmail.com