ECEN 560 Schedule - Winter 2010
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Date		Text (Kong)	Topic	Homework	Notes
Propagation in Media
Jan. 5		1.1-1.9,3.1-3.2	Introduction	HW0, HW1	Review
7		1.8	Anisotropic media	Links, HW2	Anisotropic
12		3.3C	Uniaxial media		Examples
14		Topic 3.3A,B	Gyrotropic, bianisotropic media
Green's Functions, Radiation, Antennas
19		4.2	Green's functions - Helmholtz equation	HW3	Scalar
21		4.2	Green's functions - Maxwell's equation	HW4	Maxwell
26		4.2A	Dyadic Green's function, far field	HW5	Dyadic
28		4.2B	(Building closed)		Far Field
2		4.3, 4.5	Antenna parameters, linear antennas	HW6
4		4.4A,B,C	Linear arrays, Dolph-Chebyshev arrays		Arrays
9			Exam 1 (in class) practice	Review	Antennas
11		4.4D	Pattern Synthesis Elliot Hansen	HW7	Arrays 2
16			(No class - Monday instruction)
18		4.7A	Dipole in layered media		Layered Media
23		4.7A	Dipole in layered media	HW8	Layered Media R/T
25		4.7B	Contour integration		Complex
Mar. 2		4.7B	Asymptotic integration	HW9	Asymptotic
4		Topic 4.7A	Vertical magnetic dipole		VMD
Theorems and Principles
9		5.1B, Topics 5.1A,B	Uniqueness, Duality, Image, theorems	HW10	Theorems
11		5.2 5.1A,C,D	Equivalence principle		Reciprocity
16		5.1A,C,D	Reaction and reciprocity	HW11	Reciprocity 2
18		Topic 5.1C	Huygens' principle, Exam Review	Review,HW12	Huygens
			Exam 2 (Testing Center, March 24-26) practice
23		5.1D	Fresnel Diffraction	Green Theorem Paper	Diffraction
25			Fresnel, Fraunhofer Diffraction	HW13
30		5.5	Gaussian beams, review exam		Gaussian
Scattering
Apr. 1		6.2	Scattering		Scattering
6			Scattering	HW14	Scattering 2
8			Special topics		Lithography Metamaterials
13			Special topics
16			Final exam (3-6pm, in class)