Tuesday |
Thursday |
8/21
Opening Remarks, Review of Phasors and Wave Equation.
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8/23
Review of Plane Waves.
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8/28
Rigorous Geometrical Optics (GO),
Gaussian Curvature
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8/30
Geometrical Optics: Ray Reflections |
9/4
Geometrical Optics: Ray Tracing Techniques
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9/6
GO wrap-up |
9/11
Uniqueness Theorem
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9/13
Green's Theorem, Scalar Diffraction, and KHIT |
9/18
Fresnel Evaluation of KHIT; Fresnel Integral Functions
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9/20
Rectangular Apertures; Knife-Edge Diffraction (KED) |
9/25
Applications of KED in radio;
Review of Contour Integration; Residue Calculus
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9/27
Introduction to the Plane Wave Spectrum |
10/2
Boundary Conditions for the Diffracting PEC Half-Plane
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10/4
Sommerfeld Solution to the Diffracting Half-plane;
sample paper: 3D Sommerfeld solution.
Test 1 Assigned
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10/9
Fall Recess |
10/11
Asymptotic Approximations to Sommerfeld's Solution; Geometrical Theory of Diffraction (GTD)
Test 1 Collected |
10/16
Catalog of Diffraction Coefficents; Joseph Keller's GTD paper
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10/18
Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD);
Kouyoumjian UTD paper
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10/23
Characterization of Random Rough Surfaces; Stochastic Processes and Spatial Fourier Transforms
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10/25
First-Order Rough Surface Scattering |
10/30
Second-Order Spatial Statistics; Rough Surface Scattering with Perturbation Analysis
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11/1
Random Surface Scattering |
11/6
Examples of Surface Scattering
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11/8
Applications in Rough Surface Scattering |
11/11
Wave Inferference: First-Order Statistics
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11/15
Wave Interference: Second-Order Statistics |
11/20
Wave Interference: Radio Applications
Test 2 Assigned
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11/22
Thanksgiving Break |
11/27
Test 2 Collected
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11/29
Student Oral Presentations:
Ryan Pirkl and Girish Jain |
12/4
Student Oral Presentations:
Chris Edmonds and Usman Saed |
12/6
Student Oral Presentations:
Kiruthika Devaraj and Lorne Liechty
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12/11
collect Final Project
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