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ECE 661 Schedule

Date Text Pages Topic Notes Homework Solutions
6-Sep 1-13 Overview Notes    
8-Sep   HW1 (due 9/13) HW1 Sol.

11-Sep 44-45 Diffraction Integrals Notes    
13-Sep Approximations Notes HW2 (due 9/20) HW2 Sol.
Section from book    
15-Sep Fraunhofer Diffraction Notes    
Transforms    
Matlab Frenel diffraction    

18-Sep Examples examples    
circular apertures    
20-Sep Angular Spectrum Notes HW3 (due 9/27) HW3 Sol.
22-Sep angular resolution notes    
Matlab file    

25-Sep   Complex Aperture Design Project (due 10/13)  
  matlab data  
27-Sep in class example No Homework this week  
29-Sep Angular resolution cont.   4f Project (11/1)  
x-aperture matlab file    
pixelated diffraction    
aperture plot    

2-Oct Fourier Optics Notes    
Spatial Filter Example    
4-Oct 86-100 Gratings Notes No Homework this week  
6-Oct      

9-Oct examples grating examples Computer Generated Hologram (Due 11/15) Project (preliminary)  
11-Oct Grating Efficiency Notes HW4 (due 10/18) HW4 Sol.
13-Oct      
CTIS paper    

16-Oct Coupled Wave Analysis Notes    
     
18-Oct   HW 5 (due 10/25) HW5 Sol.
20-Oct Bragg Example    

23-Oct No Class (Work on Projects)      
25-Oct No Class (Work on Projects)   HW 6 (due 11/1) HW6 Sol.
  white paper  
27-Oct Thick gratings Notes    
Reference Paper    

30-Oct RCWA Notes Modulating Retro-Reflector Project (Due 12/6)  
Reference Paper    
1-Nov RCWA analysis of SR gratings Notes HW 7 (due 11/8) HW7 Sol.
3-Nov      
basic SR RCWA file    
variable plot    
basic volume RCWA file    
variable plot    
convergence plot    

6-Nov      
8-Nov Geometrical optics Notes HW 8 (due 11/15) HW8 Sol.
Illumination ray tracing    
Illumination ray tracing    
image artifact    
10-Nov Prisms    
dove prism    
penta prism    
retro-reflector    
anamorphic prism    
wedge prism    

13-Nov Lenses Notes    
15-Nov   HW 9 (due 11/29) HW9 Sol.
17-Nov cameras Notes    

20-Nov      
21-Nov Multi-lens systems Principal planes    
Melles Griot thick lens    
22-Nov Holiday      
24-Nov Holiday      

27-Nov Project 1 presentations      
29-Nov ABCD Matrices Notes HW 10 (due 12/6)  
ABCD forward ray trace code    
ABCD backward ray trace code    
required function 1    
required function 2    
required function 3    
1-Dec Lens Performance Notes    

4-Dec Project 2 presentations      
6-Dec Project 3 Due      
8-Dec Project 3 presentations      

11-Dec Project 3 presentations      
13-Dec Review Final Review Topics    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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