ECE-468 (Spring 2019)

COURSE SCHEDULE

 

Date

Lecture

Reading

Lab (Thurs/Fri)

Material Due

1/15

Course overview

 

Laufer: Ch. 1

 

   
1/17 Radiometry Radiance Handout    

1/22

Geometrical Optics

Laufer: Ch. 2

Optics Handout

 

 

1/24

Photodetectors

Saleh: Ch. 18

Kitchin: 1.1.1-1.1.6

   

1/29

Array detectors

Rees: Ch. 6

Kitchin: 1.1.8

 

HW 1 (in class)

1/31

Measurement Noise

Saleh: Ch. 18

Kitchin: 1.1.17

Noise Handout

 

 

2/5

EM theory

Laufer: Ch. 3-4

EM_theory_lecture_notes

 

 

2/6 Diffraction Laufer: Ch: 5-6 Lab 1: Optics HW 2 (in class)

2/12

Two-beam interference

Laufer: Ch. 8-9

   

2/14

Multi-beam interference

Laufer: Ch. 7

Multi_beam_interference_notes

Lab 2: Photomultipliers

Lab 1 (in lab)

2/19 No Lecture      
2/21 IN CLASS MIDTERM EXAM   Lab 3: Spectroscopy I Lab 2 (in lab)

2/25

QM theory

TBD

 

 

2/27

Atomic/Molecular Spectra I

Laufer: Ch. 11

Lab 3: Spectroscopy II HW 3 (in class)
3/5 LECTURE CANCELLED      
3/7 Atomic/Molecular Spectra II Laufer: Ch. 11 Lab 4: Data Analysis

HW 4 (in class)

Lab 3 (in lab)

3/12

Photon scattering I

Laufer: Ch. 11

 

 

3/14

Photon scattering II

Laufer: Ch. 11 Project Lab 4 (in lab)

3/19

SPRING BREAK

 

   

3/21

SPRING BREAK

 

 

 

3/26 Radiation transfer      

3/28

 

Parameter estimation, tomography

TBD Lab 5: LIDAR I  

4/2

Lidar

LIDAR handout

  TAKE-HOME EXAM

4/4

Measurement platforms and systems

Passive systems handout

Measurement_platforms_lecture16_notes

Lab 5: LIDAR II

 

4/9

No lecture

 

   

4/11

No lecture

 

Project

Lab 5 (in lab)

4/16

No lecture

 

 

 

4/18

No lecture

 

Project

 

4/23

No lecture

 

 

 

4/25

No Lecture

 

Project

 

4/30

No Lecture