Welcome: To The World of
Welcome: To The World of
TO THE
WORLD OF
PHYSICS……...?
The word physics comes from the Greek word
‘phusis’ = nature ; ‘phusikos’ = natural .
A conductor is a material
that allows electric current
to pass easily.
Voltage
Voltage is the electrical force, or sort of a
"pressure“ , that causes current to flow in a circuit. It
is measured in VOLTS (V ).
Current
Current is measured in
AMPERES.
Resistors
Capacitors
Inductors
Transistors
Integrated Circuits
Resistor
It is used to control the amount of voltage and/or
amperage (current) in a circuit.
It can be fixed or variable type.
Capacitor
An arrangement for storing a very large amount of
charge.
It can be of fixed or variable.
Inductor
It stores energy
in a magnetic field
created when an
electric current flows
through them.
Transistor
It is a semiconductor
device commonly used
to amplify or switch
electronic signals.
Integrated Circuit (IC)
It is a miniaturized electronic circuit that has been
manufactured in the surface of a thin substrate of
semiconductor material.
Rectifier
It allows the current flow only in one direction and can
convert ac to dc.
Amplifier
An amplifier, is any device that changes, usually
increases, the amplitude of a signal. The "signal" is
usually voltage or current.
Oscillator
It is the addition
(superposition)
of two or more
waves that result in
a new wave pattern.
Diffraction
It is the bending of light round corners and edges of
obstacles.
Polarization
It is a property of waves that describes the orientation of
their oscillations.
Newton’s Rings
It is an interference pattern caused by the reflection
of light between two surfaces - a spherical surface
and an adjacent flat surface.
Optical Fibre
It is a glass or plastic fiber that carries light
along its length.
Fibre Geometry
Basic principle of optical fibre:
Total internal reflection
When light travelling in a dense medium hits a
boundary at a steep angle (larger than the "critical angle"
for the boundary), the light will
be completely reflected.
Total internal reflection
It is an instrument
for producing,
examining ,or
recording a
spectrum.