ENGINEERING PHYSICS LAB
Pre Lab Assignment:
Experiment No.1: Solar Cell- V-I and Intensity Characteristics
1. Describe the basic working principle of a solar cell.
2. Define open-circuit voltage (Voc), short-circuit current (Isc), fill factor (FF), and maximum
power point (Pmax).
3. How does light intensity affect the performance of a solar cell.
Experiment No.2: Characteristics of LED
1. Explain the working principle of an LED.
2. What is the V-I characteristic of an LED, and why is it important to study it?
3.Write equation for calculating wavelength of light emitted.
Experiment No.3: Laser – Determination of wavelength using diffraction grating
1.What is the basics principle of laser.
2.Define diffraction.
3.Write expression for grating equation, hence write equation for wavelength.
Experiment No.4: Numerical aperture of optical fiber
1. What is the basics principle of optic fiber.
2.Write expression for Numerical aperture.
3. An optical fiber has a core with a refractive index n1=1.48 and a cladding with a refractive index
n2=1.46. Calculate the numerical aperture (NA) of the fiber and the maximum angle of acceptance θ for
light entering the fiber in air (where the refractive index of air, is approximately 1.0).
Experiment No.5: Zener diode- V-I characteristics
1.Define Zener break down and Avalanche break down
2.Draw V-I characteristics of Zener diode, and explain it.
3.Write two applications of Zener diode.
Experiment No.6: Diode characteristics
1.Explain forward bias and reverse bias connections of pn junction diode.
2. Explain the V-I characteristic curve of a diode and its significance.
3.Draw band diagram of pn junction diode without bias voltage .
Experiment No.7: Photo diode- V-I Characteristics
1.Explain working principle of photodiode
2. Explain the V-I characteristic curve of a Photo diode and explain it.
3.Write three applications of photo diode
Experiment No.8: Hall effect in semiconductors
1.Define Hall effect and Hall Voltage.
2.Write expression for hall coefficient.
3.Write applications of Hall effect.
Experiment No.9: Half Wave rectifier
1.Define Rectification
2.Explain rectification property of Diode.
3.Define ripple factor.
Experiment No.10: Dielectric Constant
1.Define Dielectric constant and write its expression
2.Write any four applications of Dielectric materials.
3.Explain the effect of introducing dielectric material in to the gap between the plates of parallel
Plate capacitor.
